If you were lucky enough to grow up in the 90s, you might remember Beyond 2000. We watched in awe at the magic that awaited the world in the decades to come: cutting-edge innovations and seemingly over-the-top predictions of how people would live and work in the 21st century.

We saw mobile "porter office" devices, featuring touch-sensor keypads, handwriting notebooks, and speech recognition. We heard that homes and offices would one day have voice-controlled automation. We simply could not believe it.

Fast forward to now, and we have all that and more. But we've experienced our fair share of dinosaur tech to get here. Chunky computers, brick-sized mobile phones, portable cassette players and game cartridges are just a few of the gems the kids of today will never know.

Thankfully, all the nostalgic memories are being kept alive by a community dedicated to sharing pics of Retro Tech. The page provides an epic trip back in time and Bored Panda has put together some of its best posts.

#1 Nokia 7210 Prototype I Found At A Flea Market (Still Fully Functional)

#2 Got This Thing For Free

Saved it from being trashed. Everything is working except the cassette deck.

#3 My Desk

Technology seems to move at the speed of light. One minute, we were rewinding old cassette tapes, the next, we're downloading our favorite tunes from the internet. Just as we look back now in awe at the amazing innovations over the past few decades, so too will generations to come. The tech gadgets we use today could very well make it onto a "retro tech" list by 2050.

One thing that's almost guaranteed is that the world will have more robots...

#4 Just Found This Calculator

#5 Rotary Dial Telephones!

#6 Seiko Smartwatch (1982)

According to those at the FDM Group, a global tech and business talent solutions company, if we think AI is intelligent now, we ain't seen nothing yet.

"AI systems may increasingly learn to complete more and more tasks without constant human supervision. AI systems may communicate and negotiate with other AI systems, and robots may enter physical environments to work side by side with humans," the site reveals.

#7 New Purchases

#8 Saved From The Bin: The Pons Franklin Dbd-1680 Bookman III, An Electronic Dictionary

#9 Asked My Grandpa If He Had A Cd Player, Gave Me Something Better

I have tested it and it plays my music CDs amazingly, the original Nickel-Cadnium batteries even hold a charge longer than 2 hours. I'm very surprised on how well this was preserved in my Grandpa's office room closet. All I am missing is the manual.

If you've ever wondered whether a robot might one day steal your job, it's not unlikely. But if you end up keeping your job, don't be surprised if you end up sharing an office with a robot. According to the FDM group, advances in robotics, computer vision, sensors and autonomous systems could allow machines to increasingly operate in physical environments alongside humans.

#10 I Still Game On A 21 Year Old Portable Gaming Console

#11 Found This TV At Goodwill For $3. I Knew It Wouldn’t Pick Up Channels, But It Fired Right Up!

#12 I Found My Old Pager From 1996

FDM's team says that some humans are already working alongside robots, with 542,000 industrial robots installed globally in 2024 alone. "There were also 4.66 million industrial robots in operational use worldwide at the end of 2024," they add.

So what would these robots be doing besides possibly making as a much-needed cup of coffee? According to the experts, they'd typically perform highly repetitive tasks, work alongside employees in factories, operate in warehouses and logistics networks, assist healthcare workers and potentially take on more responsibilities in homes.

"Autonomous vehicles and delivery systems could also change how people and goods move," they add.

#13 Stacked Surgical And Monitoring Equipment From Abandoned Medical Building

#14 Grandmother's TV In 2008

#15 Vintage “Printomatic” Mechanical Lever Voting Machine

Still has a primary election from 1998.

When it comes to medicine, Professor Steven Bramwell at the London Centre for Nanotechnology says that by 2050, we should expect the lines between machines, electronics and biology to be "significantly blurred". He told the BBC that this means we could see nanotechnology implants to "monitor your health or aid communication."

#16 Who Remembers Vacuum Tube Banking??

#17 Play Those Fancy New Cassette Tapes On Your Trusty 8-Track Player!

#18 Finished Stage 1 Of My Screen Altar Today

Meanwhile, Professor Roger Highfield, Science Director of the Science Museum, told the BBC that each of us could have what he calls a "digital twin" come 2050. These, he explains, are virtual versions of a physical object, updated using real time data.

"He imagines a world where each of us could have 'thousands of simplified twins', using them to explore how 'different medications or lifestyle changes affect your unique biology,'" reports the BBC.

#19 Found My Early 2000 - City Survival Kit

#20 My Office Is Coming Together

#21 The Executive Decision Maker Makes My Decisions For Me

Perhaps a more creepy prediction is that robots might soon be able to read our minds.

"Rather than relying exclusively on keyboards, screens, touch interfaces or voice commands, brain-computer interfaces could eventually allow people to control digital systems through neural signals," explains the FDM team. But while it might sound like something out of a Sci-Fi movie, these tech advancements have huge benefits.

#22 1953 Numechron Tymeter Clock

#23 Cool Thing I Found At The Thrift Store

#24 An Ancient Diagnostic Computer, And It Still Works. 1991 As Far As I Can Tell

The future could see us using applications that control software or devices through thought, which can be a plus for people with disabilities, and others. It paves the way for communication without speaking or typing, and will allow us to control robotics or machinery remotely.

The ball has already been set in motion.

"Neuralink is developing an implant that allows people with paralysis to control computers and other devices using neural signals," reveals the FDM site.

#25 Old Phone

#26 Headphones In A Cassette Case

#27 Found This In A Rv

#28 They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To

#29 Cold War Listening Equipment

#30 I Found This TV On Fb Market Place And Used A Bunch Of Adapters To Play Games On It And Wanted To Share Somewhere

#31 I Think I’ve Started A Collection

#32 How Do I Use A Husky Hunter

#33 My Early-2000s Sony-Inspired Crt Room — The Displays, Games, And Switching Setup

#34 My Vintage Computer Collection.. Some Serious Old-School Hardware

#35 Cars 2007 TV/DVD

#36 Found At A Yard Sale For $10

#37 Lovely Oscilloscope

#38 My Family Bought Some Property And Found This In A Ditch. No Clue How Long It Was There, But It Doesn’t Look Terrible

#39 Found A Fully Working Win98 Computer In A Abandoned Building

#40 Mac Plus Crooked Screen

#41 Massive Hdd That Stores A Whopping 16mb Of Data

#42 Thought You Guys Might Enjoy This. I Set Up My Ps1 As My Main Cd Player, Sounds So Crisp. Highly Recommend It

#43 Still Works After 15 Years

#44 Did You Know Apple Used To Make PC Mouse This Weird?

#45 Saw This In A Pawn Shop, Had To Let Go But Thought Is Was Cool

#46 Weird Mouse I Found At The Thrift Store

#47 Got This Whole Set For $120 Total

#48 Google TV On Old Crt TV... Still Watchable

#49 Got This Old TV From Someone

#50 Thoughts On This Old Unit

#51 Most Of My Family’s Pre-Touchscreen Phones

#52 Windows Xp Fullbox

#53 Motorola T900 2-Way Pager Conversion

#54 I Guess This Is Where Things Like This Are Appreciated!

#55 My Retro Tech Collection

#56 Credit‑Card PDA From 1997: Revisiting The Rex PC Companion 28 Years Later

#57 Pretty Nice MD Player

#58 My Computer Speaker I Made When I Was A Kid

When I was 10 years old I got a free tube radio with burned circuits and ripped apart. Using some resistors, some LEDs, and an old computer speaker circuit, I managed to make a volume-controlled speaker using the original buttons and speaker.

#59 So My Friend Gave Me This

#60 I Really Love My iPod

#61 So The Disk Goes In The Keyboard?

#62 Bought A House, Has A Wired Intercom System

#63 Texas Instruments Calculator

#64 My iPhone 2g 8gb ( Working Well!)

#65 Sony Clié Peg-Nx80v Running Palm Os 5

#66 Looks Like A Pager But It's Just A Clock. The Display Is Broken Unfortunately

#67 Found On Photo Slide In Grandparents House

#68 Was Downsizing Our House And Came Across The Box For My Single Days

#69 Sony Walkman Wd-60 Evaluation

Found this in my attic, used to be my dads. Seeing all sorts of different prices online. Anyone know if it’s got actual value and could anyone provide a ballpark price? Thanks

#70 Ken Cook Sr100 Student Console I Found Today. Very Little Info Of It Online

71 Photos Of Old Technology That Was Once The Height Of Innovation And Now Looks Delightfully Clunky