Museum of Defunct Gadgets in Tokyo Shows History of Tech

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A museum in Tokyo is showcasing extinct media gadgets, displaying items as old as the Pathe Baby camera from 1922. Visitors are free to touch the antiques and donate any personal telecommunications equipment to the museum.

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00:00In a corner of central Tokyo, a unique museum devoted to vintage cameras and telecom technology.

00:11The Extinct Media Museum showcases everything from Betacams to floppy disks and classic

00:16Sony gadgets, offering visitors like 59-year-old Mika Matsuda a nostalgic journey into the

00:23past, and a reminder of the everyday items that once shaped their lives.

00:46The museum, open since 2023, was founded on the belief that eventually all media gadgets

00:52will die out.

00:54Its mission is to preserve these gadgets, including this Pathbaby camera, which dates

00:58back to 1922.

01:00But what really makes this museum stand apart?

01:03Visitors are welcome to touch and hold all the displayed artifacts.

01:07The aim is to promote a complete sensory experience.

01:30The museum regularly accepts donations from visitors like 56-year-old automobile designer

01:35Hisashi Ito, who bought in a small handheld clock and cassette tapes from his personal

01:40collection.

01:58By inviting the community to interact with the gadgets and to donate their own, the Extinct

02:03Media Museum not only preserves outdated technology, but also offers a space where

02:08forgotten items come back to life, a reminder that even in a digital world, analog memories

02:13still hold a timeless charm.

02:16Scott Huang and Chelsea Wu for Taiwan Plus.

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