Photo gallery: Curiosities from the past unearthed from Science Centre's time capsule
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Science Centre celebrates its 35th anniversary by unveiling its time capsule for the third time in history. It was first encapsulated in 1973, and in conjunction to celebrate the Science Centre's 35th anniversary, DPM Teo Chee Hean will symbolically unveil and open the Science Time Capsule exhibition. The exhibition showcases over 100 exhibits tracing the evolution of Singapore over four decades and will end on Jan 31, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM
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Science Centre celebrates its 35th anniversary by unveiling its time capsule for the third time in history. It was first encapsulated in 1973, and in conjunction to celebrate the Science Centre's 35th anniversary, DPM Teo Chee Hean will symbolically unveil and open the Science Time Capsule exhibition. The exhibition showcases over 100 exhibits tracing the evolution of Singapore over four decades and will end on Jan 31, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM
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Science Centre celebrates its 35th anniversary by unveiling its time capsule for the third time in history. It was first encapsulated in 1973, and in conjunction to celebrate the Science Centre's 35th anniversary, DPM Teo Chee Hean will symbolically unveil and open the Science Time Capsule exhibition. The exhibition showcases over 100 exhibits tracing the evolution of Singapore over four decades and will end on Jan 31, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM
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A Apple II Plus Personal Computer. -- PHOTO: SCIENCE CENTRE
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A HP35 Calculator. -- PHOTO: SCIENCE CENTRE
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A Kodak disc 2000 camera. -- PHOTO: SCIENCE CENTRE
Science Centre celebrates its 35th anniversary by unveiling its time capsule for the third time in history. It was first encapsulated in 1973, and in conjunction to celebrate the Science Centre's 35th anniversary, DPM Teo Chee Hean will symbolically unveil and open the Science Time Capsule exhibition. The exhibition showcases over 100 exhibits tracing the evolution of Singapore over four decades and will end on Jan 31, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM
Science Centre celebrates its 35th anniversary by unveiling its time capsule for the third time in history. It was first encapsulated in 1973, and in conjunction to celebrate the Science Centre's 35th anniversary, DPM Teo Chee Hean will symbolically unveil and open the Science Time Capsule exhibition. The exhibition showcases over 100 exhibits tracing the evolution of Singapore over four decades and will end on Jan 31, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM
Science Centre celebrates its 35th anniversary by unveiling its time capsule for the third time in history. It was first encapsulated in 1973, and in conjunction to celebrate the Science Centre's 35th anniversary, DPM Teo Chee Hean will symbolically unveil and open the Science Time Capsule exhibition. The exhibition showcases over 100 exhibits tracing the evolution of Singapore over four decades and will end on Jan 31, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM
A Apple II Plus Personal Computer. -- PHOTO: SCIENCE CENTRE
A HP35 Calculator. -- PHOTO: SCIENCE CENTRE
A Kodak disc 2000 camera. -- PHOTO: SCIENCE CENTRE
Some promising inventions of the time, like a TV wristwatch, never made it.
Others have been miniaturised many times over.
Curiosities from the past have been unearthed from the Science Time Capsule first buried in 1973 and will be on display as part of the Singapore Science Centre’s 35th Anniversary Celebrations.
