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Creator of theaward winning film series Life In Perpetual Beta and (in her words) hundreds of other less well known good ideas, it’s time for Melissa Pierce to join in with the increasingly popular Room 404. Which old gadgets, techs and principles would she like to see brought back into the modern world, and should anything we use today be banished to the room of things that time forgot?

The TRS-80
The corded telephone
The difference engine
Reel to reel magnetic tape
GPS voices

Life in Perpetual Beta, Pierce’s documentary can be found online, and the rest of her online presence is noted at www.melissapierce.com. As for Room 404, you know the drill, we’re here at the site, the RSS is there for everyone, but you’ll all use iTunes.

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Sarah Blow heads into the depths of Room 404 this week, and she has a bundle of "education" to try and bring back for the rest of the world to enjoy once more.

Turtles and LOGO
Tomorrow’s World
The Sony Walkman
Speak ‘n’ Spell
Pink Gadgets

Sarah’s on Twitter (as @GirlyGeekdom) and you can start to follow her at www.sarahblow.com, which links out to the rest of her online life. As for Room 404, you know the drill, head over to iTunes to get the show every week!

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This week it’s the turn of Sascha Pallenberg to be welcomed into the depths of Room 404 and try to bring back to the world the forgotten technology of the past. While Sascha today is focussed on tablets and netbooks (at www.netbooknews.com) his wish list shows him to be more of a gamer and sharer.

The Competition Pro 5000 joystick
300 baud modems
The Atari 2600 VCS
The geek culture of “Copy Parties“
Bluetooth headsets

You can follow Sascha online via Facebook and his work at Netbook News. As for Room 404, that’s where iTunes comes in handy (or our regular RSS feed if you’re a bit techie).