Space cadet or journalist? The Walkie-Lookie of the 1950s looked like it was straight out of a bad sci-fi film.
Space cadet or journalist? The Walkie-Lookie of the 1950s looked like it was straight out of a bad sci-fi film.
An unassuming catalog entry leads to an archival treasure hunt for more information Continue Reading
What do you do when you lose a tuning knob on your radio? Replace it with a bottle cap, of course! Continue Reading
What happens when the radio craze gets mixed up with a production line mistake? You get the UX-199, a popular general purpose vacuum tubes in the 1920s. Continue Reading
Way before there was a Raspberry Pi, there was the COSMAC Elf, a micro computer with a micro price tag. Continue Reading
Why did it take so long for air conditioning to enter the American home? An analysis of RCA’s AC advertisements gives one suggestion. Continue Reading
The RCA Servi-Chest: a portable workshop for professional repairpeople Continue Reading
“Can you hear me now?” The audion, an early vacuum tube, made the radio transmission of the human voice feasible. Continue Reading
Pigeon post inaugurates a new technology in Philadelphia Continue Reading
You don’t have to think a lot to play Think-a-Dot… unless you really want to! Continue Reading