A reunion with old technology is like revisiting whole chapters of your life.
Pagers. Palm Pilots. Blackberries. Zunes. Just saying these names aloud brings back decades of memories, whether we owned these devices or not. A visit to the Rhode Island Computer Museum brings new meaning to the phrase “digital footprint.”
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- The Rhode Island Computer Museum was founded in 1999, making it nearly as historic as the mainstream Internet.
- RICA is a godsend for STEM students, and the place is downright packed on weekends. Children, teens, and adult enthusiasts crowd around a wide range of machines—from early mechanical calculators to a modern 3D printer, much like the one your kid tinkers with at home.
- Was there really an entire game about window-washing? Generation Alpha may be skeptical. But yes, Fisher Price’s “Memory Manor” was all the rage among grade schoolers in 1984.
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