5 Of The Most Gloriously Odd Gadgets Sold By RadioShack
News Source : BGR
News Summary
- In the '80s and '90s, RadioShack sold snack-deterrent fridge pigs and robotic arms.
- The Realistic Futura High Fidelity Speaker featured an orb-shaped speaker atop a narrow aluminum stem that flared into a circular base, almost like a trumpet.
- Back in 1987, the Realistic Portavision TV Boombox combined a 4.5-inch TV, an AM/FM stereo, and an audio cassette recorder into one weird portable system on batteries.
In 1921, the Bostonbased Deutschmann brothers founded RadioShack, a small mailorder business focused on amateur radio.
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