At least the folks behind the USB Typewriter are in on their own joke. The website for this $700 piece of nostalgia tech sports the tagline “A groundbreaking advancement in the field of obsolescence!” Connect this yesteryear gadget to an external monitor via USB--or if you’re up for a real retro-future conundrum, an iPad-- and enjoy full typewriter functionality that includes the forgotten clickity-clack of ancient noisy newsrooms and the “satisfying” effort of returning a type carriage that today would drive any writer up a wall.

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