Retro Techno

A person who resorts back to, or continues to make use of, old technology, the general population has discarded or no longer finds viable.

After her device died and had no upgrade available, the Retro Techno resorted back to her laptop to send E-mails.

Retro Techno by Amadscientist November 2, 2011

retrotech 

high tech aesthetic circa pre-1987

I prefer to use Casio keyboards because they are so retrotech.

retrotech by Jason Eyre May 18, 2006

Retrotechno

The love of vintage technology and retro visions of the future, most commonly from the mid to late 1900's with special focus on the 80's and early 90's.

Humerously cumbersome, oddly obsolete, or completely pointless and time consuming to use, these devices were often hailed in their time as being modern and futuristic while in retrospect seeming like a large waste of time.

Most often seen (and celebrated) in older movies dealing with cutting edge (for their time) technology, or Futuristic devices.

Johnny's cellphone was ringing, he reached to the back seat of his Delorean for the handy briefcase weighing only 14 lbs, the latest in portable technology and completely Retrotechno!

Retrotechno by Loxe April 30, 2010

retrotech 

Like steampunk, but better. Victorian-era technology used to make crazy-ass shit, like the spider robot in Wild Wild West or Alan Moore's Tom Strong. A spaceship with lots of huge cogwheels and valves and pistons and things.

I really want to see a proper CG movie with decent retrotech spaceships

retrotech by BillytheBilly October 20, 2008

Retromechanics (Physics)

A speculative branch of physics concerned with mechanical systems operating under time-reversed conditions. If you could reverse time, Newton's laws would still hold (they're time-symmetric), but every collision, every trajectory, every mechanical interaction would play out backward. Retromechanics describes this reversed world: balls un-bouncing, pendums unsweeping, planets un-orbiting. It's a useful thought experiment for understanding why the Second Law of Thermodynamics (which isn't time-symmetric) gives time its direction, even though the underlying mechanics don't care which way the clock runs.

Retromechanics (Physics) Example: "The simulation showed planets orbiting backward, demonstrating retromechanics—gravity doesn't care about time's direction, even though everything else does."

Retromechanics (Physics) by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026