>> Blast from the Past!
// December 20th, 2008 // No Comments » // random cool
Let’s take a trip back 52 years when the Chrysler company came out with an innovation: A phonograph for your car.
In 1956 they teamed with CBS to create the “Highway Hi-Fi” – an under-dash phonograph that played vinyl records at a super-slow 16-2/3 revolutions per minute. The slow speed allowed a small disc to pack up to an hour of entertainment on each side. Special mechanical engineering reduced the number of times and distance the needle would skip across the disc as the car drove over bumps in the road.
Wow! Now wasn’t that neat? It’s tough to imagine that the same company is not in a major financial crisis looking for tons of greenbucks to save itself!
In this edition of Pragyan, taglined “Presenting the Future” we invite you to come on over to NIT Trichy to take a trip into the future. You think you have what it takes to take on the world? Your hands itching to create and innovate? Then be sure to check out our site and our slew of events!
This just in: Registrations for the Concept Car Challenge (C3) are open. Have an idea for a dream car? Ever wanted to put in crazy features into an automobile? Got something innovative like Chrysler’s Phonograph? Register now!
