tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post5607889824152766778..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Ristos (1979)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-72368871089615726092007-03-16T01:24:00.000-04:002007-03-16T01:24:00.000-04:00There actually was a late sixties/early seventies ...There actually was a late sixties/early seventies transistor radio watch called the 'Wristo'.<BR/><BR/>See it here;<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2007/02/vintage-transistor-wrist-radios-dick.html" REL="nofollow">Link</A><BR/><BR/>It was enormous due to the double AA battery required.watchismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546529966461263571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-83683070419755733032007-03-16T01:20:00.000-04:002007-03-16T01:20:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.watchismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546529966461263571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-16939737594271562472007-03-05T05:06:00.000-05:002007-03-05T05:06:00.000-05:00I remember that page well. I vaguely think that it...I remember that page well. I vaguely think that it was Arthur C. Clarke who came up with wristo idea. Can anyone with a beter memory for/knowledge of his 1960s essays confirm this? (It might have been in "Voices from the Sky".)Paul M. Crayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475049224107006434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-46131632920091018032007-03-03T16:40:00.000-05:002007-03-03T16:40:00.000-05:00I recommend 'The Shape Of Further Things' by Brian...I recommend 'The Shape Of Further Things' by Brian Aldiss, in which he posits something very similar to the Risto, although ten years earlier.<BR/><BR/>I blog more about it here:<BR/><BR/>http://rossignol.cream.org/?p=406Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-53956708397805847702007-03-02T20:44:00.000-05:002007-03-02T20:44:00.000-05:00They weren't too far out: the Breitling Emergency ...They weren't too far out: the Breitling Emergency chronographs have some of the features of this concept - but not the phone functions!<BR/>http://breitling.com/en/models/professional/emergency/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com