What’s new in electronics… 1979
Here’s a look back at some of the cutting edge electronics as seen in Popular Science 1979, I like the “Everything set” and the “Goof corrector” – “” – Link.
Retro
Make Hallowe’en whoopee with mechanical tricks – 1932
Huh, so back in the 30’s I guess people had Halloween parties and pulled pranks on each other with elaborate mechanical devices, neato… Modern Mechanix 1932 – “A Hallowe’en party might be defined as a nocturnal orgy of nonsensical abandon. In other words, an affair when any goofy trick is in order. If you want […]
Animated records
Retro Thing has the history and some links to these amazing animated records, seems like you could do this with a CD player if you modded the heck out of it (would be worth it!) or just get a record and start experimenting… – “These were cardboard children’s records with the animation printed right onto […]
Carl & Jerry – Adventure in electronics: Electronic Eraser
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 – […]
re-MAKE: Vintage Wi-Fi internet radio
Al made a modern Internet Wi-Fi radio with the looks of a vintage radio, here’s the build photos (nice work!) – Link. Related: Retro Radio Computers – Link. Sparkbench – old radio restoration – Link. HOW TO build a Vintage Digital Jukebox – Link. DIY Retro iPod – Link.
World’s worst retro Halloween costumes
If you’re reading MAKE’s Halloween coverage and still trying to figure out what costume to roll in with on Halloween, here are the “World’s worst” – I’m not saying these are bad, in fact many of them would be great re-MAKEs… [via] – Link. My favorites are Easy Reader from the Electric Company (Morgan Freeman). […]
Portable typewriter laptop…
It’s hard to tell what’s going on here, it appears to be a typewriter crossed with a laptop + a morse code keypad of sorts, but one thing is for sure, it’s awesome and belongs in Brazil. [via] – Link & Japanese page.
