I Used Only Vintage Technology for a Week
Summary
TLDRIn a nostalgic experiment, the creator of the video revisits vintage technology, exploring the functionalities and limitations of devices such as a Casio analog handheld TV, a Palm Pilot, an AT&T Video Phone 2500, a Casio RIS digital wrist camera, a My Little Reminder voice recorder, and the Cybernaut MA4 wearable computer. Despite the technological advancements, the creator finds that some vintage tech still holds charm and ingenuity, while others have become obsolete with time. The video is a humorous and insightful journey through the evolution of technology, highlighting the rapid pace of innovation and the human creativity behind it.
Takeaways
- ð± The speaker reflects on the evolution of technology, from using LimeWire to download music to the advanced VR and AI technologies of today.
- ð Theæå¹äºApple Vision Pro's ability to simulate experiences like standing on the moon, highlighting the rapid advancements in tech.
- ð€ Excitement is expressed for OpenAI's text-to-video project, Sora, which can generate highly realistic videos from text prompts, potentially disrupting the entertainment industry.
- ð± The speaker decides to use vintage tech in the modern age, exploring the challenges and nostalgia associated with older devices.
- ðº Attempts to use a portable TV in 2024 are met with failure due to the discontinuation of analog TV signals.
- ð· A Casio digital wrist camera from 2001 is used to take photos, demonstrating the early attempts at wearable tech.
- ð€ The 'My Little Reminder' device, a digital voice recorder, is tested for its practicality in everyday life, with mixed results.
- ð± The speaker laments the inability to fully utilize a Palm Pilot due to the lack of Wi-Fi and support for the outdated device.
- ð¶ The 'Bone Phone,' an AM FM stereo radio worn around the neck, is tested and found to have a unique but limited use.
- ð± The AT&T Video Phone 2500, an early video calling device, is praised for its innovative technology despite its current impracticality.
- ð» The Cybernaut MA4 wearable computer, a bulky and outdated device, is celebrated for its ambition and the glimpse it provides into the future of wearable tech.
Q & A
What was the main challenge the speaker faced when trying to use the vintage tech products?
-The main challenge was that many of the vintage tech products did not work to their full potential or were difficult to use in the modern context, such as the portable TV not picking up any signals and the Palm Pilot being hard to type on.
How did the speaker describe the Casio analog handheld TV?
-The speaker described it as a small, lightweight device that could potentially receive an analog TV signal, despite analog TV broadcasts being discontinued in many places.
What was the main issue with the AT&T Video Phone 2500?
-The main issue was that it was expensive, bulky, and required both parties to have the same technology, which was rare. Additionally, it was difficult to find people to video call with due to its limited user base.
What was the Cybernaut MA4 wearable computer?
-The Cybernaut MA4 was a wearable computer from the late '90s that included a head-mounted display, a wrist-mounted keyboard and floppy drive, and a camera. It was designed to be worn around the waist and used for computing on the go.
Why did the speaker find the Casio digital wrist camera watch interesting?
-The speaker found it interesting because it was a unique combination of a watch and a camera, allowing users to take black and white photos and immediately store or transfer them to a PC.
What was the purpose of the 'My Little Reminder' device?
-The 'My Little Reminder' was a digital voice recorder designed to help users remember tasks or information by recording voice messages that could be played back later.
How did the speaker feel about the vintage tech experiment overall?
-The speaker felt that while some of the vintage tech products were not as functional in the modern age, the experiment was enjoyable and highlighted the creativity and ambition behind past technological advancements.
What was the speaker's final verdict on the Palm Pilot?
-The speaker gave the Palm Pilot a 1 out of 10, finding it difficult to use for typing and lacking modern support and capabilities.
What did the speaker achieve while using the Cybernaut MA4 wearable computer?
-The speaker managed to use the Cybernaut MA4 to paint a landscape and write a haiku, despite the challenges of using outdated technology.
What was the outcome of the speaker's attempt to use the bone phone?
-The speaker found the bone phone to be functional, providing a hands-free listening experience with vibrating speakers, but it was not as practical or comfortable as modern devices.
Outlines
ð± Embracing Vintage Tech in the Modern Age
The speaker shares their experience of using vintage technology in the modern world, highlighting the rapid advancements in tech over the past 30 years. They reminisce about downloading music on Lime wire and the limitations of dial-up internet, contrasting it with today's capabilities like VR and AI-generated content. The speaker expresses a sense of nostalgia for the simplicity of older tech, while also acknowledging the impressive progress of modern technology.
ð± Vintage Tech Challenge: The Hunt for Obscure Gadgets
The speaker embarks on a quest to find and use obscure vintage tech products in the year 2024. They aim to go beyond the typical flip phone and Walkman, seeking out weird and unique vintage tech. The speaker discusses their struggle with iPad addiction and their desire to find a vintage alternative for watching videos, leading them to a Casio analog handheld TV. They also mention the challenge of finding a vintage camera that allows immediate picture viewing.
ð± Navigating the World of Vintage Gadgets
The speaker delves into the specifics of their vintage tech challenge, discussing the products they've chosen and their intended purposes. They talk about the Casio digital wrist camera for taking and storing photos, the My Little Reminder digital voice recorder for note-taking, and the AT&T Video Phone 2500 for video calling. The speaker also mentions the bone phone, a hands-free AM FM stereo radio, and the Palm Pilot as a practical device for work tasks.
ð± The Cybernaut MA4: A Vintage Wearable Computer
The speaker introduces the Cybernaut MA4, a wearable computer from the late '90s, and expresses their fascination with its futuristic design and capabilities. They discuss the device's features, including a head-mounted display, a wrist-mounted keyboard, and a built-in camera. The speaker reflects on the product's failure in the market and its potential applications in industrial settings. They also share their excitement about using the Cybernaut MA4 in comparison to modern wearable tech like the Apple Vision Pro.
ð± The Struggles and Triumphs with Vintage Tech
The speaker shares their experiences using the vintage tech products they've collected. They discuss the challenges of using the Palm Pilot for typing and email, the disappointment of the handheld TV's inability to pick up analog signals, and the fun of using the wrist camera for taking photos. The speaker also talks about the limitations of the My Little Reminder for recording and playing back audio, and their attempts to use it for practical purposes like remembering coffee orders and directions.
ð± The Bone Phone and AT&T Video Phone 2500
The speaker explores the functionality and user experience of the bone phone and AT&T Video Phone 2500. They describe the bone phone's unique design and hands-free capabilities, as well as the video phone's heavy weight and laggy video transmission. The speaker expresses their excitement about the potential of these devices and the joy of using them, despite their limitations and the rarity of finding compatible devices or users today.
ð± The Cybernaut MA4: A Wearable Computer Adventure
The speaker narrates their experience of setting up and using the Cybernaut MA4 wearable computer. They discuss the numerous components and wires required, the computer's functionality, and their attempts to use it with a portable generator in a park. The speaker also shares their creative endeavors on the Cybernaut, including painting a landscape and writing a haiku, and reflects on the computer's rejection of a USB stick filled with modern memes, suggesting a preference for its own era's content.
ð± Reflections on Vintage Tech and the Future
The speaker concludes their vintage tech journey with reflections on the human spirit of innovation and creativity. They express appreciation for the ambitious attempts of past technologies and the lessons they teach about progress and preservation. The speaker encourages viewers to engage with them about their experiences and collections, and promotes the idea of Curtis Town as a community for like-minded individuals.
Mindmap
Keywords
ð¡Vintage Tech
ð¡Technological Advancements
ð¡Dial-up Internet
ð¡Apple Vision Pro
ð¡Casino RIS Camera
ð¡My Little Reminder
ð¡Cybernaut MA4
ð¡Palm Pilot
ð¡Bone Phone
ð¡iPad Baby Syndrome
ð¡Sora
Highlights
The speaker reflects on the rapid pace of technological advancements, from the days of downloading music on Lime wire to the modern era of advanced VR and AI.
The Apple Vision Pro is mentioned as a groundbreaking device that allows users to experience standing on the moon through virtual reality.
OpenAI's text-to-video project, Sora, is highlighted as an impressive technology that can generate highly realistic videos from text prompts.
The speaker reminisces about the simplicity of older technology, such as playing 30-second clips of songs on a HitClips player.
The experiment of using only vintage technology in the modern age is introduced, with a focus on finding and using obscure vintage tech products.
The speaker discusses the challenge of overcoming 'iPad baby syndrome' and the struggle to limit screen time.
A Casio analog handheld TV is mentioned as a product that may still be usable in Canada despite the discontinuation of analog TV broadcasts in America.
The Casio RIS digital wrist camera watch is described as a unique vintage tech product that allows for on-the-go photography and immediate image viewing.
The speaker's attempt to find a vintage device for hands-free music listening leads to the discovery of the 'bone phone,' a wearable AM FM stereo radio.
The Palm Pilot is introduced as an early smartphone equivalent, with the speaker expressing hopes to use it for work-related tasks like emails.
The Cybernaut MA4 wearable computer is discussed as a vintage equivalent to modern wearable tech like the Apple Vision Pro, with its capabilities and limitations explored.
The speaker humorously compares the Cybernaut MA4 to a failed attempt at creating a Matrix-style future, with its high price tag and impractical design.
The challenges of using vintage technology are emphasized, as the speaker struggles with the Palm Pilot's outdated operating system and lack of modern support.
The portable TV experiment is deemed unsuccessful due to the inability to find an analog signal, highlighting the obsolescence of certain technologies.
The wrist camera's functionality is tested with mixed results, showing the awkwardness of using such a device compared to modern smartphones.
The 'my little reminder' device is tested for its voice recording and reminder capabilities, with the speaker finding it noisy and limited in practical use.
The AT&T Video Phone 2500 is tested, and while it works, the lack of another compatible device prevents a full video calling experience.
The bone phone's promise of bone-vibrating audio is tested, with the speaker and a friend finding the experience amusing and somewhat effective.
The Cybernaut MA4 wearable computer is taken outdoors with a portable generator to test its portability, resulting in a humorous and somewhat successful experiment.
The speaker's final verdicts on the tested vintage tech products range from humorous rejection to appreciative nostalgia, emphasizing the rapid evolution of technology.
Transcripts
this week I thought it would be
interesting to throw away my modern tech
products and see what it would be like
to strictly use vintage Tech in the
Modern
[Applause]
Age folks I've been alive for almost 30
years and in that time I've seen a lot
of technological advancements for
example when I was a kid I had to
download music song by song on Lime wire
and just pray to God that the virus I
get wasn't too bad this time dude I
couldn't even use my computer or the
home phone at the same time because we
had dial up internet and freaking
nowadays you can talk to someone on the
phone while using that same phone to
generate a picture of a PS2 made out of
human skin the future is now and the
tech that's coming out today is
obviously pretty mind-blowing the VR
space for example is getting crazier and
crazier the Apple Vision Pro just came
out and people have been losing their
minds about it and rightfully so because
with the Apple Vision Pro you can
finally know the answer to that age-old
question what would it feel like to
stand on the moon and look out into the
vastness of
space and jerk off that's one small Edge
for man one giant goon for mankind not
to mention the world of AI has come a
very long way since I made a video about
AI generated art a few years ago open AI
just teased their text to video project
called sora which is by far the craziest
thing I have ever seen in my life if you
haven't seen it all you have to do is
type in a prompt and it provides you
with an insanely realistic video that
really does not look like AI at at all
stock video services and video
production companies are going to be
absolutely cooked in the next few years
and I'm really nervous for the future of
entertainment but I mean you can't deny
how impressive that technology is right
with something like Sora you could
generate virtually anything finally get
to see what it looks like if someone was
standing on the surface of the Moon and
jerking off but the interesting about
tech is that it's all relative to when
it comes out sure all of this is
impressive now but 20 years from now
we're going to be looking back at this
laughing same as today when you look at
an old laptop you're like this piece of
can barely run anything but at the
time of the laptop's release people were
losing their minds about it a computer I
can fold in half only it didn't cost my
entire yearly salary of $100 I think the
tech industry is kind of like a southern
man's sexual escapades it's all relative
and I hate to sound like a boomer but I
often miss the Simplicity and innocence
of the tech that I grew up with back
when having millions of songs readily
available to play Whenever seemed like a
fantasy because I could only play 30
second clips of a song at a time off of
my hit Clips player coming at
your right between the ears of hit Clips
so this week I thought it would be
interesting to throw away my modern tech
products and see what it would be like
to strictly use vintage Tech in the
Modern Age and I've seen some of these
videos before they use a flip phone and
a Walkman they call it a day I don't
want to do that that's too easy so I'm
going to track down the weirdest most
obscure vintage Tech products I can find
and see what it's like to use them in
the year 2024 so strap in and get ready
for some weird vintage Tech so
transparently the main problem I'm
facing right now in my life is iPad baby
syndrome I think we caught it early
enough where it's treatable but I think
it's still a big issue in my life I I
I can't stop scrolling dude I don't
I know I'm not supposed to but it's
tough call me crazy I love watching
silly little videos okay and so do you
you're literally watching one right now
you know it got me thinking maybe making
this video can help me kick my addiction
to watching silly little
videos is what I would say if I was a
loser the real question I need
to ask myself is how can I still get my
fix of watching silly little videos
while using vintage technology I used to
have a thing called a video now when I
was a kid I would watch the same episode
of SpongeBob over and over again on a
tiny screen in black and white because
that was the only disc I ever had for it
and I'm not about to put myself through
that again but upon further
research I stumbled upon the perfect
product for my little video fix a Casio
analog handheld TV and I know what
you're thinking you're thinking hold on
didn't they stop broadcasting analog TV
stations a little bit ago and the answer
to that is yes they did in America but
up here in Canada it is apparently still
possible to get an analog TV signal
first came the pocket watch then the
pocket radio then even a pocket camera
but who would have ever thought of a
pocket TV Casio of course Casio that's
it we're crazy we'll make
anything dude we made a wristwatch that
can kill God the pocket TV by CIO this
TV is smaller lighter sharper and
brighter yeah this seems pretty awesome
I've never used a portable TV but I
assume it relies on like a strong signal
to to work like at length so I imagine
back in the day using one of these like
while you're on the go was like next to
Impossible stop the bus stop the
bus right now okay okay okay it's stop
now put it in reverse okay okay
okay keep going and stop stop stop right
there all right I'm stop
[Music]
perfect oh man I love Bill Cosby he can
do no
wrong but I found a portable TV on eBay
I got it for my next vintage tech
product I was thinking about the other
things we do on our phones aside from
just watching videos and that's when I
remembered the three humongous camera
lenses on the back of my phone I got to
find a camera and not just any camera
okay one that I can easily take with me
wherever I go and one that can also show
me the pictures as soon as I take them
and that second feature is the thing
that made finding this product
especially difficult I looked at some
Polaroid cameras I was toying with that
idea I used to have one called an eyes
Zone when I was a kid that looked like a
stapler and I loved that thing I
was going to get that one for Old Time
sake but then I stumbled upon the
perfect product it was released in 2001
by those crazy unhinged Lawless
depraved bastards over at Casio and it's
called the Casio RIS camera I can't find
any commercials for this unfortunately
the only ad I could find was on eBay
someone who's like listing this magazine
ad for sale for some reason time for
your little black book to grow up Julie
and there's her phone number there you
got Suzie double jointed Pam loves
football Debbie from Dallas the Casio
digital wrist camera watch you're out
having a good time then you point your
Casio digital wrist camera watch and
click a few black and white phot photos
of a girl you dig no you don't hold on
no you don't you shouldn't do that but
you don't want to use all 100 images on
one girl type in her name number and
other info so that you can give her a
ring later then download the images to
your PC with the free PC link
kit you can also upload those images to
your pocket PC or or Pal with our free
software available at casio.com pretty
cool for
$199.95 Digital Risk camera that also
tells time holy interesting
marketing tactic I'll give you that yeah
I think that'll work out really well
ladies just imagine you're at the club
partying drinking with your girlfriends
you're having a great night and then
some guy walks up to you with his
007 spy watch and snaps
pictures of all your faces but not only
that he uploads them immediately to his
pocket PC where you'll join his
extensive database full of hundreds of
other random women he's seen and they
say chivalry is dead I also love the
last line pretty cool for A2 $ digital
rist camera that also tells time like
yeah it better tell time it
would be wild if you were wearing one of
these watches and it didn't even do the
main thing that a watch is supposed to
do hey man you got the time yeah man for
sure uh it's about quarter to Rebecca
awesome thanks dude hey is that a Cassio
no this is a Cassie oh and I actually
found one of these wrist cameras on eBay
so that's right wrist camera secure full
transparency this video started out as
uh me trying out weird as scen On TV
products which I honestly might still do
so if you guys want to see that video
leave a but the as scen on TV
product that spawned this video is a
little device called my little reminder
if you were around my age you probably
saw this commercial a million
times especially when you stayed home
sick from school because this dominated
the daytime commercials dude it was the
Everest College guy yelling at me pick
up the phone and make the call why are
you making it complicated and then this
commercial where did I park my
car oh no okay terrific line delivery
where did I park my car oh no it's
called My Little reminder the digital
voice recorder that records without take
blue section Row 18 then reminds you
later blue section Row 18 okay I see how
that could be helpful I guess but I feel
like if your memory is that bad uh you
should be in a home like your own home
or a retirement home you shouldn't leave
like if you can't remember that there's
going to be a lot of other you
can't remember too then you also have to
remember what kind of car you have you
got to remember where you live you got
to remember how to get where you live I
imagine her purse is just full of my
little reminders each telling her a
separate detail about her life milk
juice butter and eggs then play back
your reminder when it's time I guess she
clearly needed the reminder because all
she needed was oh I forgot already
too she needed the reminder cuz all she
needed was milk juice butter and eggs
and then you look at her grocery cart
she already Rogue and bought a bunch of
other she didn't need that's left
on Main Street then go 2 miles and right
on own yeah cuz that's how we got around
before you know GPS Google Maps and
everything and the voice recordings are
pretty short on it so if you're going
for like a really long drive you got to
talk like super fast Drive North on Main
Street for 2 miles and left that
University and follow that for 4 and
half miles and merge onto the 4 Highway
going Westbound and stay on that until
your car out of gas okay yeah so it's
just a glorified voice recorder where
you can record little messages and you
can play later to REM yourself of things
but also for some reason it has a
flashlight my little reminder even has a
built-in LED flashlight just in case you
forgot to remind yourself to pack a
flashlight and I'm actually a really
forgetful person so I'm really excited
to try this out because oh yeah I got
one I got my little reminder let's
actually give it a try really quick
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of my phone that I wanted to try and
replicate with vintage Tech was the uh
phone like actually calling people I
often forget my phone is a phone
sometimes but that's too easy you know
phones have been around forever I wanted
to replicate FaceTime I FaceTime people
all the time and it's something that I
would like to continue to do with
vintage Tech but let me just say this
finding a product that could do this was
very difficult upon doing a little bit
of research I found out that the first
video call ever actually took place all
the way back in 1970 by AT&T who
subsequently launched the first first
video phone service with 38 picture
phones as they called them located at
eight different companies located in
Pittsburgh kind of ruins the
entire appeal of video calling if all
the phones are just within the same city
but still you know it was pretty cool it
was the 70s they don't know what was
going on and due to how expensive and
complicated those early picture phones
were the 70s and ' 80s saw no real
success with this technology but in
1992 AT&T swung for the fences they took
another whack at it and released the
AT&T Video Phone
2500 for a retail price of
$1500 adjusted for inflation that's
about $2800 in today dollar so this was
a luxury product for sure Tech Bros
didn't fully exist yet but if MKBHD was
making videos back then his review would
have crushed and the release of this
phone was met with mixed reviews upon
its release people were impressed with
the technology obviously but a lot of
people were worried about the danger of
video calling but some people want AT&T
to voluntarily not sell any of the video
phones to 900 sex line numbers you can
just imagine unsupervised children being
able to call a 900 number man you know
when you watch a disaster movie and it's
like the first half hour of the film
when everybody's like having a good time
laughing and enjoying themselves and in
your head you're like honey you've got a
big storm coming that's how I feel
watching that clip but due to the
lackluster sales numbers the AT&T Video
Phone 2500 was discontinued in 1995 but
I got one yeah and it only cost me $450
today dollar and that might seem a
little expensive but when you compare it
to the original price that's a
steal now what's the other thing that we
mainly use our phones for music you got
Spotify Apple music SoundCloud title and
many other services that allow us to
listen to practically any song we want
whenever we want but back in the day
they only had a few ways to listen to
music while they were on the go portable
radio a cassette player a Walkman or a
boom box on your shoulder if
you're a break dancer from an ' 80s
movie but all that is boring
honestly a little too cumbersome for me
I want to be handsfree and I think I
found the perfect product for me this
product is called no joke the bone phone
which is not a video phone sex line
believe it or not the bone phone is an
AM FM stereo radio that drapes around
your neck like a scarf two speakers
placed near your ears not only provide
excellent stereo separation but vibrate
slightly through your bones to give you
the same sensation of standing in front
of your home stereo system
perfect it was released in
1979 didn't really catch on for obvious
reasons but a modern reimagining of this
product was actually released in 2019 by
Sony there are a few of these for sale
on eBay so I just ordered the cleanest
one because a lot of them had like weird
stains on them for some reason and
usually if something vibrates and is CED
in stains I try not to buy it that's
like my one rule but I had to break it
for this video I'm willing to uh to try
it out bone phone secure and before I
talk about the final product I figured I
should order a practical device so I can
still do work stuff like emails and
whatnot so I ordered a Palm Pilot and no
a Palm Pilot is not an astronaut jerking
off on the moon for those of you who
don't know pal Pilots or handhelds as
they were called they were essentially
smartphones before smartphones I wanted
one as a kid like really bad because of
this one joke in Max ke's big move I
want my handheld you want me to hold
your hand no hilarious handhelds usually
come with a touchcreen and a stylist and
you're able to do like tons of things on
them mostly work related but we'll take
a closer look at that later on in this
video okay time for the last product I
got and this is the this is the
best one I think with the Apple Vision
Pro coming out and wearable computers
slowly becoming more popular in the
mainstream I wanted to see if there was
like a vintage equivalent to the Apple
Vision Pro and by researching old
wearable computer I found the
craziest thing ever the cybernaut
ma4 wearable computer holy
cybernauts ma4 is the ultimate in Uber
geek wear with all the autr mons this
wearable PC weighs about 9 lb and allows
you to compute anywhere the base unit
consists of a 200 MHz pennium MMX with
128 megabytes Ram incase in a plastic
shell that attaches to your waist the
wrist mounted keyboard floppy Drive I
got a floppy drive right here for
battery pack and head-mounted display
all plug into the shell the windin LCD
reflects onto a semi-transparent 2-in
reflective surface that projects the
Windows desktop into your right eyes
line of sight the unit runs all standard
Windows apps and supports voice commands
sure the price is steep but cybernaut
includes a built-in camera that captures
video to a land you'll laugh we did when
you see yourself decked out in this Robo
Weare but the thing actually works while
we couldn't imagine actually using the
ma4 for more than a minute even if we
got one for free it could be useful in
industrial situations such as sewer
tunnels manufacturing plants and job
training facilities okay nice really
selling it guys and yeah this is $10,000
that's going to be like close to 20
grand for this thing now I also love how
they were hyping up the product for 90%
And the last 10% of this article they're
like listen you look like a
ass loser you're going to look
and you probably won't be able to
wear it for like more than a minute but
it's kind of cool I don't know so this
crazy thing came out in
1999 and it looks straight out
of The Matrix I can't believe this thing
uh you got a keyboard on your
arm that looks like a Yu-Gi-Oh dual dis
you got a camera a microphone a screen
that goes over your eye just imagine if
this caught on you're walking into an up
packed office building no desks just a
bunch of dudes decked out in these
things just standing in a huddle
dude this is like my favorite time
period for Tech products late '90s early
2000s was Peak cuz like the idea is were
clearly there we're still trying to do
this today but we were nowhere close in
terms of technological advancements CU
like personally I don't even think the
Apple Vision Pro is worth it today CU
just cuz it's huge and you need
to carry a battery pack with you and
like I don't think the technolog is
there yet and that's today they tried
that 25 years ago too and there was
actually like only one of these
available on eBay in working condition
so I'm really glad I secured it yeah
cyber not secur and guys I read a
lot about this thing cuz I was so
fascinated by it so it was mainly used
by people who work with their hands but
still need need to access like important
information like on the go so people
like construction workers or even NASCAR
pit Crews cybernaut had high hopes for
this product though they were picturing
the cybernaut Utopia where military and
Law Enforcement Officers would be
wearing these things at all times and
call me crazy I think that would have
been awesome put your hands up yeah
that's right I got you cuz of my smart
glasses I need
backup gosh not
now sick tired of these man are you okay
yes I'm
fine there's too many of
them there's too many of them where's my
backup your backup is been here for like
an
hour and I actually found a video of two
guys explaining the cybernaut wearable
computer in detail and if the computer
is half as good as this audio quality
and you'll have your stopping and your
banking you'll have your St
I'm the Washington Post reported
that cybernaut didn't manage to sell
more than 10,000 of the wearable
computers over its 15-year tenure
whatever the case things came to a head
when criminal charges were filed for
fraud against three men associated with
the 1996 IPO and there was the fact that
the company had lost 162 million since
1990 cybernaut filed for bankruptcy in
2005 so the thing was an absolute flop
but hey who knows right maybe it's like
a fine wine gets better with age maybe
that's the case for all these products
but there's only one way to find
[Music]
out all right I figured we would start
with the handheld uh it didn't come with
any batteries uh this was before the
rechargeable battery craze but I did get
this cool leather case pretty Sleek
let's turn this thing on Tab Center of
Target I guess this is like for uh for
calibration dude it says it's January
2nd 1999 that is crazy okay wao we got a
lot of stuff here dude what's graffiti
write these
letters oh you can actually like write
whoa okay so if I
go
B oh this is crazy and if I go down here
for numbers
dude this is
wild
[Music]
penis what else do we got here okay memo
pad can I type
or I'm trying to write hello but it's
not working h
e and it's turned off okay let's see if
I can add something to my uh to my
calendar so maybe at three I will
eat so my main goal was to use this for
typing things out and responding to
emails and stuff but I got to say it is
like next to impossible to write things
on this handheld dude it's like learning
a whole new language like it's learning
how to write a whole new alphabet just
to use this product I feel like it's so
like counterproductive yeah I spent like
5 minutes trying to type into my
calendar that I was going to eat at 300
p.m.
there we
go now I can plan out my day and after
jumping over that three-letter hurdle I
felt on top of the world I felt like I
could conquer anything but then I made a
devastating realization I should have
realize this but I guess I can't really
use this product to its full potential
in its current state because it's like
25 years old and just the support
doesn't really exist anymore for it yeah
my dumbass fully expected this thing to
have Wi-Fi capabilities but it does not
you have to like type in your phone
number for this thing to work and I did
that and nothing happen so I'll never
get to use this device to its full
potential which is sad but I decided on
a way that I can still use it going
forward maybe I will carry this around
just as like um a thing to you know jot
my my notes down sometimes I I'll I'll
walk around I'll think of an idea I'll
type it in on my phone but maybe instead
that's what I'll use this for even
though I'm not very good at using it and
also I think I might have just broken it
oh no yeah while I was talking about how
I can't use the handheld to its full
potential because it's pretty useless
the handheld computer became even more
useless unless this is like a a secret
message or something that we have to
decode together it's a clue I'm going to
steal the Declaration of Independence so
I did the good oldfashioned reboot where
you take the battery out and put it back
in and that seemed to do the trick but
that also made me realize a pretty huge
design flaw I guess every time you take
the batteries out it resets which
doesn't really make sense to me on just
like a a basic level on operating this
thing cuz like batteries they die right
so you have to switch them out every
time what if you had like super
important on here and you're
supposed to keep super important on
here like there's a literally a thing
called security if you had a bunch of
like important stuff on here and then
the battery dies I guess you're just
like could you imagine that today
if every time your phone died everything
on it was deleted and totally
Gone Forever all right well that about
does it for that so far I'm going to
keep using this I guess uh I'm going to
try to anyway yeah so far I'm about 20
years late to this but I'm feeling like
a 1 out of 10 right now for this thing
dude I would not I would not recommend
using one of these okay boldis call up
my pilot okay a pilot is supposed to be
knowledgeable skilled yeah this is this
is more of a palm passenger I don't I
don't know this is not good but who
knows we maybe it'll grow on me so
things were not off to a good start I
was so excited to use this cool piece of
technology but it was fortunately
abandoned by Society handhelds were
viewed as Obsolete and were tossed aside
when blackberries were introduced to the
market but hey what goes around comes
around but I was determined to
seamlessly integrate the rest of the
Vintage Tech into my everyday life so I
figured after the first piece of
technology didn't really work at all I
decided to try one that would definitely
still work the portable TV I've been
doing some more research and apparently
it's like next to impossible to find an
analog signal but I have hope maybe I'll
find something cool I just want to watch
one episode of SpongeBob on here okay
but no it's it's pretty cool it it fits
right in your hand you know it's a
handheld TV so it makes sense you got
different channels there I think the UHF
stands for you're having fun I think
that's what that means cuz you have fun
when you watch TV and the VHF stands for
V having fun yes V having fun I'm so I
guess the only thing you have to do here
is just get this bird to shut the
up okay so it's searching for channels
right now now I flipped from you're
having fun to V having fun over and over
waiting for a miracle to happen but I
was hoping at the very least the TV
would somehow pick up some audio can't
really hear anything either I scanned
for a signal for a few more minutes but
nothing came up so nothing works anymore
none of this works anymore
that's great then I realized I forgot to
use the actual part of the TV that
receives signals oh yeah the antenna all
right I'm going to go try it out in my
yard so I was feeling pretty confident
now that I had this big long antenna am
I right fellas unfortunately the results
were the same as they were when the
antenna was collapsed and just goes to
show you man it ain't the size of the
boat it's the motion of the ocean still
nothing thinking maybe I'm not high
enough so I smoked a bunch of weed and
then I tried it no I'm kidding I'm going
to try going out of my window there to
see if I get anything else but this is
not looking too good for me I extended
my arm outside of my window reaching for
the heavens praying for a miracle my
handheld TV was trying and trying
searching for a signal that would not
find find it another piece of technology
forgotten by its creators it tried and
tried but to no avail
unfortunately we have
failed didn't work all right so this
isn't off to a very good start the
handheld was a whole thing this TV
doesn't work at all I feel like
Napoleon Dynamite when you tried to use
that time machine it's a piece of crap
it doesn't work maybe I just forgot to
put in the crystals and in my head I'm
like okay maybe I could use this maybe I
could like connect like a N64 to this or
something you know but there's no
there's not even any plugs to let me do
that so there's literally no way this is
a brick I can't do anything with this so
I think I'm going to give this handheld
TV a zero out of 10 don't get one of
these looking back the research I did
before purchasing the handheld TV was
not thorough enough there are still
analog stations in Canada but the
closest one to me is like 3 hours away
the whole reason I got the TV was to
watch little videos but if the only way
to do that is for me to Drive 3 hours
there watch some videos and then drive 3
hours home there's no way I'm
not going to do that and this is usually
when YouTubers say just kidding I did it
but no I'm not doing that okay
can you imagine every time you wanted to
watch Tik Tok or post a Tik Tok you had
to drive 3 hours to a small town for it
to work okay actually on second thought
that would actually be a good thing I
think we'd see a lot less crazy on
there if it took a lot more work to post
stuff dude I saw a video last week of a
guy chewing on a mailbox hey guys let's
chew on this mailbox that I found on the
side of the road
you're not driving 3 hours to Poe that
okay you've got time to reflect but
after these two hand sized devastating
blows I figured it was time to try out
the product that I knew for a fact would
still work what time is it camera time
check that out
dude okay so from afar it looks like a
normal watch right like in the distance
I'd be like okay that's just a normal
Casio watch but up close it's pretty
it's pretty chunky look like
bend hen yeah it tells the time and
everything just like a regular watch
I've got two little baby wrists
apparently because I had to remove some
links from this watch when I got it
which I've never done before and it was
pretty fun removing those links jeez
listen to me removing links who am I
Gondor but once I got it fitting on my
wrist it actually didn't look too bad I
do have a couple watches I I like
watches I have some cool ones I got a
cool Casio from the 8S I got the first
original Apple watch but this one is
definitely the most unique one in the in
the collection for sure now a couple
years ago I got a DM from Ice boox in
Atlanta like that popular Jeweler and
they asked me if I like needed any
jewelry so you know maybe I'll bring
this into them you know get it bust down
get that bust down wrist camera yeah I
mean I only ever use the camera on my
phone to take pictures of my dog so I
figured I would try to take some with
this okay I feel bad because I woke kiwi
up from a nap so he could pose in my
pictures but he was sitting very still
because he's a very good boy and it had
nothing to do with the fact that he was
tired and confused but after a minute or
so I got got the shots I took two
pictures of them and they honestly
didn't turn out that bad the only tricky
thing with the wrist camera is you have
to keep your arm like incredibly still
while you take the photo or else it's
going to look super blurry and obviously
it's a little cumbersome and awkward to
use now because we're all so used to our
iPhones but back in 2001 this would have
been a great little Gadget to have to
take pictures while you're on the go the
only other difficult thing about this
watch is the uh file management with
iPhones you can sort your photos by time
location date faces but with the wrist
camera you could just scroll left or
right and it also takes an insanely long
time to delete photos to delete a photo
you need to hold down the top left
button while on the photo you want to
delete then the bottom right to scroll
down to the delete option and then press
the camera button to select the delete
option and then the bottom right button
again to select the specified picture
instead of deleting all of the pictures
then you press the camera button again
press the bottom right button to scroll
down to yes press the camera button
again and then you
wait and then you wait a little bit
longer it's almost
done it'll be deleted in just a
second you wait just one more second and
it's deleted and I had to do this like
90 times because I realized the person
who had this watch before me didn't
delete any of the pictures on it I'm not
blurring these photos because they're
up or anything I just don't want
to put people in my video who don't want
to be in my video but it was mostly just
really cute selfies of like an older
gentleman he looked really nice okay
sorry my other microphone died so I got
to use my iPhone like I'm a street
interviewer gay son or thought daughter
trick question the answer is both okay
so after playing with this thing for a
little bit uh it's actually pretty cool
D she said I've been doing some research
on how to get the pictures off of the
watch onto a computer apparently I don't
know if you can see but there's like a
little scanner beside the lens
that apparently can like transfer the
images using like infrared or some
there's a PC link kit that was supposed
to come with this and the original box
that I don't have and from what I'm
reading on Reddit it's just like a whole
ordeal to get them onto the computer but
just like the other products if I got
this when it came out and I had
everything that I needed to do it I
would have loved this thing this
thing was awesome it's like really cool
and it's just like fun you know like why
aren't we doing this more we need a
camera on the Apple watch okay I
actually think I might wear this like in
my everyday life it's just kind of cool
you know and it's a little Conversation
Piece yeah initial thoughts wrist Camera
7 out of 10 pretty cool and after that
risk Cammer experience my week was back
on track it made me feel a lot better
also around this point of the week I did
some more research on my handheld
computer and I discovered if you tap the
Little Dot in the corner an actual
keyboard pops up that allows you to type
a lot quicker thank God so whenever I
had an idea for a joke I would just
write it in my handheld okay and this is
what I got I won an award for having the
biggest
shoes and that's no small
feet I also wrote down horse girls are
just Car Guys born in the wrong
generation you know horses used to be
cars and then I put down uh they say
plants getting too much sun is bad for
them my dad never had that
problem it's an absent father joke and I
wrote down I don't know if this is a
joke really but I wrote down if you're
allergic to peanuts and you're on death
row uh your last meal should just be a
jar of peanut butter you know go out on
your own terms
so it's good for something but a lot of
the times I would think of a joke and
forget to put it into my handheld if
only there was a device that could
remind me of stuff like that all right
guys I think it's time to take a closer
look at my little reminder got my cowboy
table
here so my little reminder it's it's
small I guess that's why they call it my
little reminder fits in the palm of your
hand it's got this key ring
thing on it so you can put it on your
keychain if you want and I don't know if
you can tell but listen to
this it's pretty noisy even if you take
the key ring
out it should be called my little
moraca you know usually having a noisy
product is fine if it's like a stereo or
something but for something that records
audio it's pretty detrimental to it I'll
record something really quick so you
guys know what I mean milk juice butter
eggs milk juice butter eggs every time
you use it you can hear the
clinking and clattering around every
time I play an audio that I recorded on
here it sounded like I was wearing a
suit of armor while recording the
audio go see my friends at the round
table and then go to the pub to enjoy a
tanker the quality is just bad like
overall it sounds like but that's
a a
flashbang and there's only three buttons
and only two of them have to do with the
actual reminding it's either record or
play and it's weird because you can only
really remind yourself of like one thing
cuz like as soon as you press record it
immediately overwrites the previous
recording so it's like really not that
useful like I don't see the appeal
really and this thing only records 20
seconds at a time so like you couldn't
even do a full grocery list and I'll
prove that to you I want to see how long
it would actually record if I just read
out a standard regular list of groceries
that I pretty much get every week or 2
weeks one large cucumber two tomatoes to
put under the Cucumber so they look like
the Cucumbers balls 40 boxes of seis 5 G
of weed from the cashier behind the
grocery store when he's on his break one
large container of KY Jelly a bushel of
bananas a bottle of their finest Scotch
every Men's Health Magazine they have
available see and that now it's done and
that's all you get it just stopped I
still had two items on there whipped
cream and sushi for me to eat off of my
own naked body but I assume assume if
you have like severe memory issues this
this could help out but I still would
like to try and use this for something
so I'm going to go get a a coffee order
for me uh and my wife I asked my wife
what she wanted from the coffee shop and
she said a small hot chocolate please so
I recorded my order into my little
reminder well I mean we're married so
it's our little reminder medium coffee
two cream two sugar and a small hot
chocolate medium coffee two cream two
sugar and a small hot chocolate I'll get
a medium coffee with two two creams and
Two Sugars and a small hot chocolate
fuckum C sugar and a small hot chocolate
I'll get a medium coffee two cream two
sugar and a small hot chocolate I'll get
a medium coffee with two cream two
chocolate and small Hot Sugar
car coming should have reminded myself
on here to look both ways and
cof it's just me and
Myer I made it to the coffee shop and
played the order one more time for good
medium coffee two cream two sugar and a
small hot chocolate now was time to see
if it worked hi how's it
[Music]
going hot chocolate I could barely
contain myself I wanted to jump for joy
I wanted to scream from the rooftops I
can remember anything with my coffee
order in hand I felt like a million
bucks I started dreaming about other
things I could maybe remember one day
what to get at the grocery store what to
do at red lights what to do with toilet
paper after I go number two stuff that I
always forget I knew my wife was going
to be proud of me too so I went back to
my car and um uh where did I park my
car oh no okay I found my car you can
say what you want about my little
reminder but it worked I remember those
two drinks somehow so that means I can
put a new recording on here my little
reminder I hardly know her
my little reminder I know her so in the
commercial the guy also used the my
little reminder for directions so I
figured I would try that later tonight
I'm going to a premiere of St bu's day
which is a TV special that I am acting
in it was like my my first big acting
gig by the time this video comes out you
can watch it on crave if you're in
Canada but the premiere is tonight so I
figured I will go home and record the
directions on the Milo reminder so I
know how to get there when I'm driving
unfortunately the premiere was happening
in Hamilton and I had to drive from
downtown Toronto so it was going to be
like an hour drive and I quickly
realized that it was not humanly
possible for me to read all the
directions in 20 seconds ran out of time
okay so this doesn't record long enough
for me to say all the directions so I
figured I would record all the
directions put them in a audio editing
software double the time and then record
that with this so they can fit all of it
so here we go and I know you're probably
think thinking using your computer to
speed up your audio is cheating that's
modern technology and you know what
that's a good point but on the other
hand shut up okay I just sped up the
directions by three times and it's just
under 20 seconds so this should work I
just have to record it on my my little
[Music]
reminder on the drive there I started to
get a little lost so I played the
recording on my little reminder and if
you thought it was difficult to
understand on the computer listen to
what it sounded like on my little
reminder incomprehensible by the grace
of God I made it to the premiere without
any help for my little reminder and I
was going to say that like in the Modern
Age my little reminder just it's pretty
much useless but I also think it was
useless back when it came out my little
reminder is going to get a 2 out of 10
from me h which product is next my
little reminder when you're done pooping
grab the toilet paper and do one clean
swipe from the bottom of the crack to
the top I don't know what that stop stop
stop that's not that's not real turn off
turn it off turn off
okay what the what the hell sorry it's
an old product gets a little weird
sometimes what's the next one we're
going to talk about AT&T Video Phone
2500 time to make some phone calls I
haven't opened this yet the AT&T video
phone phone 2500 is supposed to be in
here Moment of
Truth oh God this thing's heavy
dude holy I forgot that it came in
the original box this so
EXC wao almost cut my eyeball out of my
head and that would suck cuz I need my
eyes for this phone to work any other
phone it'd be fine so whoever I bought
this from I'd like to apologize for
taking your fall Decor box away from you
I'm sorry enhanced Communications AT&T
video phone allows you to see and hear
the person you are speaking to provided
both parties have an AT&T video phone
that's the thing I won't be able to
actually call anybody because one I
don't have any phone I don't have a
phone line like a home phone thing in my
house and also I don't know
anybody who has one of these so if
anyone has one of these please comment
below we can call each other affordable
video phone calls uh uses ordinary
telephone lines so the cost for a video
phone call is the same as a regular
telephone call that's pretty cool a
clear color picture okay compact
portable design all right let's uh let's
actually get it out of the
box wa I love The Branding on it wrapped
up again holy oh wow this is so
cute thank you for the purchase this was
my personal phone I used to video chat
with my parents and family while I was
away at Law School in 2001 funny to
think but it was so Advanced for that
time hope you enjoy that's the cutest
thing I've ever read so I assume this is
like the power B bang it's
huge didn't it just say it was like a
sleek and compact design compact
portable
design I'm going to plug this in and I'm
going to have a power outage
okay now it's time to unwrap the actual
phone if anybody's wondering where all
the bubble wrap is in the world it's in
this box okay there's a bubble wrap
shortage what happened n they sold
another video phone here it
is I guess this is like the video screen
here wow okay I guess now all that's
left is to just plug this in and uh see
how it works it's making a
noise it says video phone oh I can see
myself okay so there's on the screen
there's um a brightness option and you
can like tweak how it looks on there it
says low battery it's plugged into the
wall yo I would have lost my
mind if I had this in 2001 dude I love
how it's really uh laggy so at one
second you can be like like oh wow I
love you I love talking to you on the
phone I love it I love it you
you dude I hate this I love
it I love this I love it I love life I
wish this caught on like quicker you
call 911 while you're choking or
something and you can't really talk
right cuz you're choking so if I bought
911 on video you could just be
[Music]
like so I wanted to know how this video
phone would actually function and
luckily it came with the manual after a
call has been established with someone
with another video phone you can press
video at any time to begin transmitting
your video image okay for a 2-way video
call the video button on both video
phones must be pressed before I can see
a picture the other person must also
press video okay so here's the thing
guys I have a really cool piece of
technology here um and again like the
other products in this video I can't
use it to its full potential I
can just half use it and sort of Marvel
in its weirdness so unfortunately this
is yet another product that works but
doesn't work like it was rare to find
another person who had a video phone
back when this came out but it's
infinitely more rare today 25
years later but still this is like the
common theme that I'm seeing with
vintage Tech we're moving at such a
Fast Pace technologically and
like really cool interesting unique
products are cast aside and left to
collect dust with no simple way to use
them and I don't know man it's hard not
to feel sad about that okay so far only
like half of the product have actually
like worked to their full potential I
can't fully use this like I said but I
am going to give this N9 out of 10 this
thing is really cool wo I just
got a crazy idea hold on I got my
special watch
on can I be the first person to take a
picture of an AT&T video phone with a
Casio wrist camera guys you are
witnessing history in the
making beautiful first guy to do it wow
show up to school after Christmas break
and be like yo I got a wrist camera and
an AT&T video phone and and your friends
are like no way I don't I don't
believe you and then you go bam two in
one you show him the video phone
on the rist camera you talking
about you talking about that would
have been such a flex dude all right on
to the next product don't mind me just
going to take my elevator
[Applause]
there despite a lot of these products
not working fully I was having a great
time with my vintage technology but
there was something missing music and
that video phone was really cool but I
think it's time to try out a phone of
the bone variety so my buddy Jacob came
over so we could try out the bone phone
together you have a bone phone with your
brother we are here to try out the bone
phone this is what I feel like to be
trying the bone phone I probably
shouldn't be putting my mouth so close
to it cuz it's like from the 70s so like
I said this came out in 1979 um if you
want to get a closeup there we got the
AM FM switch there and you can like I
guess dial it to which station you want
volume control onof button and then tone
low and high I don't know what that
means should have said bone it's like
when you're um when you talk back to
your mom she's like glower your tone
it's like that I guess yeah is there an
attitude button on yeah this music is
too angry so this actually takes doublea
batteries which I'm a big fan of um and
to get to the batteries you kind of have
to peel down the for skin
on
on the bone phone I wish the bone was a
cut on this phone yeah uncircumcised
bone phone and this does have a few
stains okay so moment of
truth it's my favorite song okay so it
works so how about we find also just
sounded like like a man
screaming let me
out it's a man in the
bone I can't play any more of the song
because it'll get a copyright claim but
it worked also it seemed pretty fitting
for a floppy snake looking thing to play
a Drakes on you guys see that video oh
my God but it was time to see if the
bone phone delivers on its promise the
main thing that the bone phone was uh
advertising was how it vibrates your
bones it sort of vibrates you it gives
you a gives you a sensation of standing
in front of a stereo you say vibrates
you again vibrates you it VI what does
it do it vibrates you okay let's see
what it feels like again can't play the
song for copyright reasons but initially
I didn't feel any vibration but
something happened when I move my
shoulders a bit okay now oh wow it must
have awoken the bone phone's dormant
power because this is when I really
started feeling the vibration through my
bone at that time I felt it it did kind
of feel like it was I was in front of a
stereo last one uh fill in the blank
here if x player has a strong season uh
that will greatly augment the cups
chances yeah I'm going to go with
Michael Bush here I got a Michael Bush
right here for you you want to try this
I kind of do okay wo it does like it has
some weight to it this looks
cool oh it's pretty loud like you can I
can't really feel it like exactly in my
bones ET phone bone we started playing
around with a tone setting and it was
tough to figure out what it actually did
but we think it's to control like the
base of the audio we could be wrong I
honestly I have no idea why that's there
but after trying this thing out I asked
Jacob to give his rating I would give
this
uh the tone the attitude I'd say like
maybe i' give it that like nine just
because of the Ingenuity I've never seen
anything like this it's completely
handsfree well unless you need to turn
it on or do anything outside of that as
soon as you're turned on you're moving
and grooving from my bone aspect I'm
going to give it I'm going to give it a
three three bones I love what they were
trying to do again the tone the attitude
cuz it's like a little scarf yeah like
think you're going to be like well why
don't you shove it up your dick
hole why don't you widly suck my
balls all right folks this whole week
has been leading up to this the craziest
piece of vintage technology I have ever
laid my hands on cybernaut ma4 wearable
computer they came in this crazy
ass ow ow I stepped on that it came
in this deal or no deal type uh
briefcase imagine pull up to like the
airport airport security with only this
can I check this is this a carry on
it'll fit yeah pretty cool that it came
with the original case um unfortunately
though there's two versions of it with
cyber View and with cyber panel and with
the Cyber panel it's just like uh this
screen here the Cyber view is actually
the one with the headset and the thing
and I messaged the seller and he didn't
have it so it never came with it which
sucks cuz I was really excited to have
it there but I am convinced to make this
work truth bead I didn't know what TBH
meant I thought it meant truth bead
truth bead me and Jacob we were really
trying to get this thing working cuz it
comes with um we got a battery pack here
and we got another charging thing over
there but this is the actual computer
this is the the the Cloris of
the computer can you remember old
laptops had that little little
nub that little red thing so
this is like that this is like the mouse
left click right click and is the actual
computer keyboard that goes on your arm
this is the screen and this screen has a
thing for your arm to go through as well
I might just have to be a screen
keyboard I don't know where the
computer's going to
go I don't know how I'm going to control
it when I'm on the go I think we got to
tape it to you just duct tape it
to me that's the only thing that really
makes sense
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unless I could just put it through and
then it could just sort of like hang on
to my remember when we were in high
school and like that like buckles were
huge yeah they were big culturally and
physically they were big and then this
also has to go somewhere too that it's
only really being used the keyboard cuz
there's nothing for the keyboard to but
Connect into here what's great about
this little like power bar is just like
the potential of what you can plug in
that's like there's a USB which is
actually pretty crazy right like isn't
that insane I could put like a USB stick
in there could put in a iPhone
charger yeah well not these days not
these days no lightning Port
Steve Jobs that one too do your job
Steve sorry he's dead right yeah so was
the guy who made
this he's dead financially yes but
apparently this is um this is like a a
case for the the battery pack that's
supposed to sort of clip in I guess to
your belt also but we have one issue
that we have to figure out because we
tried this battery pack and it says it's
75% charged but it's not working when we
plugged it in but but it's working when
it's plugged into that battery plugged
into the wall so maybe I'm guessing like
maybe these batteries just like maybe
aren't as good anymore cuz they're like
so old as for right now we have to
figure out a way for me to actually do
this in in the world cuz the whole thing
is you're supposed to be wearing it
right you can't just be sitting at a
thing with it on cuz then you
can just have a computer so we're going
to plug this in and just get it up and
running just to do a quick little uh
look at what it looks like I gathered
all the components together and began
setting up on the ground beside the
outlet and it's just so crazy how many
different pieces there are to make this
thing work so many wires man what is
this that show The
Wire um okay so this is the power see on
the other
side all right and now we turn it on waa
so this should be turning on at any
moment
oh wow cyber nut cyber cyber nut that's
hilarious oh it came with a little
stylus W make sort of Doodles or yeah or
maybe write a write a Nolla yeah oh all
right whoa genius inside
TMI oh my God it's like a like a real
desktop yeah holy Internet Explorer
let's go let's see what happens wow no
way cool okay so it's it's just pretty
much like a computer oh dude
they got
paint
yeah okay I don't think I can show the
rest because I drew a pretty detailed
wiener but that's just guys being DED
man you give any guy something to draw
with and something to draw on they're
going to draw at least one dick okay
that's just the way it goes dude this is
awesome that is the Cyber nut that is I
just threw the Cyber nut save changes
Yep this is the perfect time to use the
keyboard sorry let me take my wrist
camera off it as I was strapping on the
keyboard Jacob said reminded him of a
Yu-Gi-Oh dual disc and I told him that
was a comparison that I made as well but
he also had another genius comparison
the web shooters ooh yeah dude web web
this is the original web shooter that's
crazy this is the original hul the world
dude the worldwide web shooter a little
loose I guess I have a little he got
little baby arms a little baby this
reminds me when I fractured my wrist in
high school and I had to wear
a something a keyboard it took a little
bit of getting used to but I figured out
how to use the arm keyboard and honestly
felt cool as hell and I was actually
able to save my creation and this was a
hell of a lot faster than typing on the
handheld earlier in the week I did it I
don't know what it says about me that
also the first thing I typed on my Palm
Pilot was also penis really
yeah you do have a penis that's true
yeah so I'm curious about this okay here
we go now it's working okay you can like
oh the mouse yeah it was a little
awkward to maneuver the mouse around but
again for something that came out in1
1999 this is really impressive and the
controls were oddly simple to like wrap
your head around and just like the RIS
camera this device also had some files
left on it from the previous owner dude
this is sick are you kidding me
Xbox 640 let's see what they
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mean what the the Xbox
logo this is the cool coolest thing of
all time dude um that epic gamer model
this is so funny why is it just a
picture of theb it's just a picture of
the Xbox logo in paint like did someone
make this on paint no yeah I don't think
someone made that on paint and you know
I'm at Jacob in 2013 during our first
year of college and you know when you
make a friend and you're like ah what
the hell we could have been friends for
so long we missed out on like freaking
20 years of awesome times you know
that's how I feel me and Jacob we could
have had a a long friendship before but
using this little computer for the first
time with him it Lally felt like we were
both 10 years old at like a sleepover
and we're both like using the family
computer when everybody else is sleeping
like we had such a blast using this
thing but after giggling about the Xbox
logo for a long time we asked the most
important question of all time you got
any games on there so we searched the
system for the classic computer game
mind sweeper mind sweeper I hardly know
her nothing no games no games we were
sad about the lack of games but
nevertheless using this device felt
Monumental most people will go their
whole lives without using one of these
things so we had to make a note of this
occasion so I pulled up the memo pad to
write this down in the history books it
is 2024 and me and my friend Jacob are
using the cybernaut computer we then
discovered some other files that were
left on the computer got Windows Media
Player and there's songs on
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here okay B each word into the
microphone when the word is highlighted
by the blue box
remain silent between words like this
hello oh he's got Peter
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Gabriel oh there shocking the monkey all
right dude if I only had this on my bone
phone you think the bone phone's got
Bluetooth well the tooth is a bone also
how's my how's my posture looking right
now we played around a little more on
the wearable computer talking about all
the possibilities could you imagine
using this as a child yep cuz it says
you can insert like discs right yeah
there's a disc attachment you can do
there is a floppy disc drive also so you
could play like Roller Coaster Tycoon
yeah you get really good games on there
yeah I should try to get a game a floppy
drive game the tonum Pumba game you get
in a Serial box yeah yeah one of those
ones Franklin Goes to Jail or
whatever and I don't know if it's
because all the other products didn't
really work the way they were supposed
to but we were so hyped on this thing
this is awesome it's so crazy to think
back to a time where this was cutting
edge like before you needed whole
briefcase but now like all that
and more is just in your hand it's it's
crazy man right off the bat this is sick
just using it but the issue like I said
we have before is that we can't really
use it when it's not plugged into a wall
like all the other products the
cybernaut computer has just worned down
over time the batteries didn't really
hold a charge very well and it said that
on the eBay listing so we needed a
solution if we were going to take this
thing on the go we got to talking and we
came up with a pretty genius idea so
this was the plan it's one thing to use
the wearable computer inside right I
wanted to go out into the world wearing
the wearable computer and to combat the
issue of the shitty battery we thought
of the idea to go get a portable
generator to bring with us to act as the
permanent battery supply if we were to
somehow get like a generator take the
house with take the wall with you yeah
because what the cybernaut wearable
computer needs is one more thing for it
to plug into so let's go see if this
plan
works
we went to a park just outside of
Toronto and I don't know what was going
on with the weather this week because a
few days ago when I was trying out my
handheld TV it was sunny and warm
outside felt like summer but just a few
days later it was snowing like crazy and
it was freezing outside but it
actually might have been a blessing in
disguise because there wasn't anybody at
the park when we went to try out the
computer which is a good thing because I
looked like
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this
yeah usually if there's a guy in a park
in a trench coat and sunglasses with a
briefcase and a camera on a tripod next
to a playground bad things are happening
if we did this on a nice day and the
park was filled with people cops would
have been
called they would have put me in jail
they would have given me my one phone
call and I would have been like what no
AT&T video phone so I'll give you a
quick breakdown of all the components
here down by on my feet I had the
portable generator powering the computer
up here in my pocket was where I kept
the computer battery to keep the snow
away from it this gray bar dangling in
front was the port connector where I
pluged the keyboard into above that was
the actual computer strapped onto my
belt on my right arm was the Monitor and
on the left arm held the keyboard and
right above that I had my handy dandy
bone phone this was the man of the
future in 1999 I'm still with the future
and with everything plugged in it was
time for the moment of Truth would this
work with our little portable generator
did too much snow get into the computer
system can I finally achieve the dream
of portable Computing that they were
trying to achieve 25 years ago we turned
on the generator I booted up the
computer and I Waited For What seemed
like forever and then that sweet
cybernaut logo popped up on the
screen I'm in the blizzard raged on and
while I stood there in the cold I
realized something this wasn't just me
trying out an old tech product this was
a battle between man and nature what are
snowflakes if not pixels falling from
the sky why is it you can't spell
Windows without wind this is where man
and machine meet and I am the one who
invited both of them to the park so I
decided that I would complete two tasks
while wearing my wearable computer
number one paint a landscape of the park
on paint and two write a high coup on
the memo pad I open up paint and began
creating my masterpiece I figured I
needed to do this quickly because my
hands were freezing due to the
fact that it was minus 10 outside on
that day it was starting to come
together but a small issue arose that we
didn't really think about my arm's
getting pretty tired yeah holding it up
here I kind of wish I had the
thing right here oh yeah unfortunately
not a complete set e but nevertheless I
persisted do you think Michelangelo quit
painting the cinee chapel when his arm
got tired of course not and this is the
exact same after a few minutes my
masterpiece was complete not bad right
this might be the best painting you've
ever seen that was made on a cybernaut
ma4 wearable computer I saved the
painting but the screen was really
starting to weigh my arm down
savez thing
so the thing is small but it is heavy am
I right fellas this is weighing me down
too this looks like a
dick with my painting done it was now
time for my poem I decided to go with
the ha coup because those they're
relatively easy and quick to write and
they also don't always have to rhyme so
I pondered counted syllables pondered
some more counted more syllables and a
few minutes later I had a completed ha
coup future com and gone a wearable
computer my arm is so
tired wow hey guys I'm editing when I
was making my painting I made like a
stupid joke to the camera maybe I'll put
this on merch sell it but then it got me
thinking that could could be cool so I'm
going to sell a limited amount of signed
prints I'm going to sign all of them
going to put them on sale okay so
they're on my website it'll probably be
pre-order cuz I still have to print all
them and sign them but I think it'll be
cool so yeah check them out so I
remember the USB plug from the initial
test of the computer so I thought it
would be fun to fill a USB stick with
modern memes pictures and videos that
probably never got the chance to Grace
the screen of a cybernaut ma4 wearable
computer I have the ninja tweet the
video of KD offering Jimmy a nail the E
meme Drew's road workor ahead Vine and
many more but when I loaded up the USB
stick it said it was an unknown device I
tried and tried to get it working but
the computer just wouldn't accept it but
you know what I think that's okay I
think maybe the cybernaut was trying to
tell me something maybe it didn't want
to see the memes we've been enjoying for
the past 20 years this cybernaut ma4
wearable computer has been laying around
unused for years forgotten by the modern
world I mean most likely the USB stick
that I used was probably just using
technology that was a little too
advanced for a computer made in 1999 but
I'd like to think that the computer
rejecting the modern media was the
cybernaut saying you know what I'm okay
I'm too old for all that stuff anyway
I'm just happy I was able to be a
wearable computer for just one more
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day
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we had fun didn't
we thank you so much for watching this
video if you're still here I think this
is the longest video I've ever made and
I had a blast making it because this is
something I'm very interested and
passionate about um it's always fun to
make videos where I'm not I angry at
stuff if you have any old technology
don't throw it away keep it in the best
condition you can for as long as you can
because I truly think preservation of
this stuff is incredibly important I had
a blast trying out all these products
and uh if there's one thing I learned
from this video is that human beings are
like really cool and creative
and ambitious and stupid and weird and
ridiculous in the best ways possible I
don't know looking at these past
products there was so much hope and
Ingenuity behind them they knew they
were not there yet but they still try
and I honestly think that is the best
quality we all share these
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