Collaborate Disseminate
The Braun TS2 radio was a state-of-the art tube set in 1956. Today it still looks great, but unsurprisingly, the one that [Manuel Caldeier] has needed a little tender loving …read more Continue reading Braun TS2 Radio Turns 68, Gets Makeover
Remember Duracell’s PowerCheck? The idea was that a strip built into the battery would show if the battery was good or not. Sure, you could always get a meter or …read more Continue reading What Happened to Duracell PowerCheck?
Long before we had internet newsfeeds or Twitter, Ceefax delivered up-to-the-minute news right to your television screen. Launched by the BBC in 1974, Ceefax was the world’s first teletext service, …read more Continue reading Ceefax: The Original News on Demand
It’s been a long time since the family TV has had a CRT in it, and even longer since that it was using what was basically an overgrown oscilloscope tube. …read more Continue reading Curing CRT Cataracts Freshens Up Retro Roundy TVs
While Texas Instruments maintains dominance in the calculator market (especially graphing calculators), there was a time when this wasn’t the case. HP famously built the first portable scientific calculator, the …read more Continue reading Reverse Time Back to the Days of RPN
Watch out, Gen X-ers — there’s a nostalgia overload heading your way, courtesy of this over-the-air TV simulator. And it has us feeling a little Saturday morning cartoon-ish, or maybe …read more Continue reading Broadcast TV Simulator Keeps the Nostalgia Flowing
There’s something magical about volumetric displays. They really need to be perceived in person, and no amount of static or video photography will ever do them justice. [AncientJames] has built …read more Continue reading DOOM on a Volumetric Display
Magic Eye tubes were popular as tuning guides on old-school radio gear. However, the tubes, the 6U5 model in particular, have become rare and remarkably hard to come by of …read more Continue reading A Digital Replacement For Your Magic Eye
For all the advances in digital photography, there remains a mystique for photographers and filmmakers about chemical film. Using it presents an artistic and technical challenge, and it lends an …read more Continue reading Film, As You Have Never Had It Explained Before
Switch-mode technology has made inverters which take a low DC voltage and turn it into a usable mains voltage within the reach of everybody. But still, there might be moments …read more Continue reading The Trashiest Of Mains Inverters