Here are over 40 cylinder recordings from the early 1900s @ Archive.org – “The cylinder recordings available here are an online project started in 1998 by Norman Bruderhofer, a phonograph collector and audio preservationist from Berlin. Dedicated to the invention and development of the phonograph, the Cylinder Archive serves as a detailed source of information […]
What ever happened to the gas powered pogo stick? Science And Mechanics 1960 – “Powered Pogo Stick is made up of a king-sized 1-cylinder engine fired automatically by a trip switch that is placed strategically beneath the foot rests. Will this gadget require a vehicle license? Who knows? It ought to be something to see […]
In the 1987 Sony introduced a solar Walkman, you can get solar panels to recharge the new Walkmans (also known as iPods) – but this might be one of the few with a solar cell built in… – “The famous “Solar Walkman” was indeed a technological marvel. Not only was this model solar powered, it […]
In the 50’s and 60’s John T. Frye, W9EGV / Popular Electronics published a series of fiction stories called “The Carl and Jerry stories” – In each story the pair acquired new skills, got their ham radio licenses and used their knowledge of electronics to get out of a jam or solve a mystery – […]
Matthew Westcott has a rad hack for Podzilla, he writes – “For those who don’t know, the ZX Spectrum was a 1980s home computer (very popular in the UK) for which software was commonly distributed on ordinary audio cassettes. These would contain several minutes of modem-like beeps and squeals that would assemble themselves into programs […]
Check out these little soda powered CO2 cars from Popular Science 1947, the racers lined up and when they received the ‘GO!” signal they punctured the cartridge launching them off along a string… I think the kid in the other picture is young bookie -and- drinking milk while on the phone taking bets or something… […]
Spluch points to this photo of the world’s first transistor radio from Michaeljpro… It’s funny Sony still uses names like this for all their products… “Regency TR-1, the world’s 1st commercially released transistor radio – went on sale in the fall of 1954. This cabinet colour was called “madarin red”. Also came in black, cloud […]
