Today in Tech History – February 21, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1937- Waldo Waterman flew the first test flight of the Arrowbile, and found the aircraft easy to fly and virtually spin and stall proof. It is considered the first successful flying car to actually fly.

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/waterman-aerobile/

1947 – Edwin H. Land demonstrated his one-step instant camera and film at a meeting of the Optical Society of America. The first Polaroid camera was on sale within two years.

http://www.rowland.harvard.edu/organization/land/instantphoto.php/

1986 – The Legend of Zelda, the first in the ongoing series, was released in Japan for Nintendo’s Famicom console.

http://kasuto.net/zelda1.php?main=zelda1/zelda1.html/

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