[vcf-midatlantic] Semi-OT: what tech gifts did you get/give?

[Joseph Oprysko]

Umm. I got a tDCS machine. Kind of frightening, considering it reminds me
of people getting Electro-Convulsive Therapy, but low enough energy output
not to cause convulsions.

But supposedly can help with pain, memory, math, creative thinking, etc.
depending on the placement of the electrodes.

On Sunday, December 25, 2016, Ethan via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> I gave my wife a hand-crank sewing machine from Germany, probably
>> manufactured after the turn of the 20th century. she made that
>> identification right after unwrapping it on late Christmas Eve.
>> http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/german_sewing.jpg
>> She's very knowledgeable about pre-1950's sewing machines; I also have a
>> clue. And I have no doubt these are "technology". They are mechanical
>> devices with precision parts which perform mechanical computations.
>>
>>
> It might be possible to hook it to a computer and automate it!
>
>

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