Source: BE023733 | Tullio Saba | Flickr
Original Caption: APRIL 17, 1959. MECHANICAL MAN. NEW YORK. DECKED OUT IN SOME STRANGE-LOOKING HEADGEAR, THIS LAD IS DEMONSTRATING THE TALENTS OF "ROBERT THE ROBOT," A NEW MECHANICAL TOY. THE ROBOT'S EYES LIGHT UP, HE WALKS, HE TALKS AND MOVES HIS HANDS--ALL VIA REMOTE CONTROL.THE MECHANICAL TOY, MADE BY THE IDEAL TOY CORP., WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE AMERICAN FAIR IN MOSCOW THIS SUMMER. IT SELLS FOR ABOUT SIX DOLLARS.
Source: Buttons & Knobs — SQUID prop
SQUID prop (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device)
from Strange Days (dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)
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(low-res) video: SQUID Device from Strange Days - YouTube
This is the actual hero prop used in the movie. The 'face plate' was interchangeable to make it look like several different units throughout the film. I made this video just to show that it still functions and what the prop actually does when turned on. (Which isn't much, some LEDs come on and the disc inside spins up...)
Source: IMG_1256 | David Schleinkofer | Flickr
I painted this for Science Digest Magazine for an article on space travel to Mars. 1980's
Source: it’s whitney — A Portal to and from Somewhere
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I agree, this one is a bit out of period, but I still get some 80s vibes like those handheld videogames:
Source of the image: A Guide to Nintendo's Game & Watch '80s Retro Handheld Games - LevelSkip
Source: Of Fairy Tales and Sorcery
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Source: Pokédex design 宝可梦图鉴设计 (by IWSE Zhang - ArtStation)
宝可梦图鉴的设计，在细节上有借鉴过其他艺术家的设计以及官方设计图，很遗憾的是没有对屏幕内UI做设计处理（偷懒）
The design of the Pokémon Pokédex draws on the designs of other artists and official design drawings in terms of details. Unfortunately, there is no design processing for the on-screen UI (lazy)
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Source: And Tigger Too - Danby Draws Comics
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Source: Meister Hound | Comic Ep. 3 (by 𝕫𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝕤 - ArtStation)
Mech design and Diezel comic EP.3
EP.2 -
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Source: IMG_0123 | David Schleinkofer
I painted this for Science Digest Magazine in the 80's. It shows a futuristic train that could fly through a vacuum tunnel at 600 miles an hour. Art is for sale.
Source: Heikala
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Source: Heikala
Made in collaboration with Kuretake, done with their Gansai Tambi watercolors
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Source: Sunny Street by Max G and Sandy B for April 07, 2014 - GoComics
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Less jpg-ed version
I read it as a critique of human tribalism. As if aliens came and helped those they encountered, their enemies would see it as an offence to them.
Credit: Joan Cornellà
Credit: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2006-12-14
Bonus panel
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Font squirrel shows this list[^1]:
[^1]: I don't know how long that link will work.
[Note: I'm not OP, just a random Ran Preieur lurker]
That makes sense to me.
For the fuel analogy I would suggest lack of trust in the current goverment institutions, or maybe the very unreliability of those institutions. I don't think this movement would have been as successful if existing societal structures were working properly.