Having only yesterday fallen into somewhat of a digression concerning the fate of the HD-DVD format, in which we made references to the long defunct Betamax format, we couldn’t not post concerning the passing of another iconic technology whose days are well and truly over as Polaroid announce that they are ceasing production of the film utilised by their instant cameras.

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Big Trak was a six-wheeled tank that featured a keypad with which the vehicle could be programmed to move forwards, backwards, turn, pause and even fire a laser (in other words, flash a blue light) complete with sound effects and it was great as you could place a cup of tea or coffee on top of the keypad once it had been programmed and send the drink off down the room and invariably under the sofa.

And, for many of us who were knee high to a grass hopper when this marvel of the toy world was released, it was the first time we had ever actually programmed anything.

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