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There’s still a mystique around vacuum tubes long after they were rendered obsolete by solid state devices, and many continue to experiment with them. They can be bought new, but …read more Continue reading A Tube Tester Laid Bare
China’s biggest missile manufacturer is working on a hyperloop. CASIC claims it’s clocked the fastest speed ever for a superconducting maglev vehicle – over 623 km/h (387 mph) – during tests in a low-vacuum tube just 2 km (1.2 miles) long.
Category: Transport
Tags: Hyperloop, Vacuum Tube, Maglev, China, World’s Fastest
Continue reading China claims new speed record with vacuum-tube maglev train
LG’s experimental marketing platform is teasing a retro-modern reworking of the jukebox ahead of CES 2024 in Las Vegas. Dubbed the DukeBox by LG Labs, the concept fronts a stylish speaker unit driven by old-school tube amp technology with a thoroughly … Continue reading LG Labs’ DukeBox combines OLED TV with valve driven audio
We have occasionally featured vacuum tube computers here at Hackaday and we’ve brought you many single board computers, but until now it’s probable we haven’t brought you a machine that …read more Continue reading A Single Board Computer, With Vacuum Tubes
There’s a mystique among both audiophiles and musicians about vacuum technology, thus having a tube amp still carries a bit of a cachet. New ones can be bought for eye-watering …read more Continue reading A Tube Guitar Amp for a Modest Budget
If you’ve ever been to the dental surgery and found yourself requiring some gum surgery, the chances are you’ll have found your dentist wielding an electronic probe to cauterise the …read more Continue reading The Height Of 1960s Dental Electronic Technology
If you’ve ever wondered why something like a radio or a TV could command a hefty fraction of a family’s yearly income back in the day, a likely culprit is …read more Continue reading Flipped Transformer Powers Budget-Friendly Vacuum Tube Amp
[Nick] does a lot of custom work with vacuum tubes. So much so that he builds his own vacuum tubes of various shapes, sizes, and functions right on his own …read more Continue reading Vacuum Chamber Gets Automation
We live in a world where most of us take the transistor for granted. Within arm’s length of most people reading this, there are likely over ten billion of them …read more Continue reading GLASNOST is a Computer That Makes Transparency A Priority
[Helge Fyske (LA6NCA)] may not be an actual spy — then again, he may be; if he’s good at it, we wouldn’t know — but he has built a couple …read more Continue reading Spy Radio Setup Gets a Tiny Power Supply for Field Operations