Philo Farnsworth, American inventor who developed the first all-electronic television system. He made his first successful electronic television transmission in 1927. Farnsworth’s later work included the fusor, a proposed nuclear fusion device. Learn more about his life and career.
This is a simple two transistor AM radio using regenerative feedback to enhance the received radio frequency signal.This is an easy DIY project.
Your cyberpunk dreams are about to come true.
Cool stuff that you may not have known existed.
Complete Guide for Tech Beginners: Every starting is heard but if you have the motivation and strong determination you will be successful. Most of the students especially of the students of engineering want to build and make something. Practical experience of making something makes o…
Silicon Valley wasn't always focused on tech.
cozy and effective invention
A marketable product has to solve a problem. Just like Einstein, that idea should light a room! It should be able to facilitate work and increase productivity. Otherwise, your ingenious idea is bound to fail. We commend people who have the drive to turn ideas into commercial successes. But never overlook practicality. Research, conduct studies […]
by Martine Lillycrop Many people wouldn’t know what steampunk was if it chugged past wearing a bustle and a top hat. In reality, it’s one of science fiction’s most widely-known, …
Before the New Year, we brought you footage of Russian polymathic inventor Léon Theremin demonstrating the strange instrument that bears his surname, and we noted that the Theremin was the first electronic instrument.
Popov may have been first but he didn’t patent his inventions or try to commercialize them
Build a World's Smallest Electronic Shocker! Version 2.5: It is good to know if the tiny shocker is on or not, by adding a wonderful invention called the "LED", so you don't risk get bitten by the shocker again!Disclaimer: This shocker can be dangerous if used improperly, it gives out about 400 to 450 volt…
The 2nd Edition of our original Electric Love Blueprint, updated with over 40 new artists including John Carpenter, Nightmares on Wax, Battles, FKA Twigs, Mount Kimbie, Forest Swords and Oneohtrix Point Never. A history of electronic music mapped out to the circuit board of a theremin, one of the world's first electronic musical instruments. Our Electric Love Blueprint celebrates over 200 inventors, innovators, artists, composers and musicians who (in our opinion) have been pivotal to the evolution of electronic music, from the invention of the earliest known sound recording device in 1857 to the present day. The print loosely groups genres, from the obscure Musique Concrète (Pierre Schaeffer) to the better known Krautrock (Kraftwerk, Can, Tangerine Dream, Neu! and Faust), Synthpop (Gary Numan, The Human League and Depeche Mode) and Electronica (New Order, Massive Attack, LCD Sound System and Daft Punk). Key pioneers featured include Léon Theremin, Bob Moog, Karlheinz Stockhausen, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, John Cage, Brian Eno, BJÖRK, Aphex Twin and our favourite innovating record labels Mute and Warp. Metallic silver screen print 120gsm Keaykolour Royal Blue uncoated paper H60 x W80cm View the full collection of Blueprints here. SPECIAL OFFER - buy the Disco, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Alternative, Electric, Hip-Hop and Acid House Blueprints together as a bundle and get 7 prints for the price of 6. Tweet
Researchers at JPL and Caltech have developed an instrument for exploring the cosmos and the quantum world. This new type of amplifier boosts electrical signals and can be used for everything from studying stars, galaxies and black holes to exploring the quantum world and developing quantum computers.
Discover how electronic skin is revolutionizing human-machine interface and its wide-ranging applications in our sensory-driven world.
The complete history of when the first computer was invented, including all types of computers back to 1822.
Anyone who’s done any reading of cyberpunk literature (especially Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy and Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash) or played cyberpunk roleplaying games like Cyberpunk 20…
Introducing girls to influential female computer scientists can greatly impact their desire to pursue STEM interests. These women made CS what it is today.
Use this inventions resource to decorate your classroom and inspire your students' creativity. Each of the 32 half-page posters features a high quality and colorful photograph of an invention that changed history along with its name and year or era in which it was developed. We think these inventions posters would be great used in a science center or while doing a unit on inventors and creativity. Your bulletin board will look awesome and everyone will be interested! The inventions pictures included are: Abacus, Airplane, Anesthesia, Automobile, Cement, Combustion Engine, Compass, Electricity, Gunpowder, Industrial Steel Working, Internet, Mechanized Clock, Nitrogen Fixation, Nuclear Fission, Oil Drilling, Paper, Paper Money, Penicillin, Personal Computer, Photography, Printing Press, Radio, Refrigeration, Sailboat, Sanitation, Semiconductor Electronics, Sextant, Steam Engine, Telegraph, Telephone, Television, Vaccination. Great for a social studies/history unit on inventors and inventions! If you like this resource, you may also like: • Great Inventions Bingo • Great Inventions Word Search • Famous Inventors Word Search We love FEEDBACK! And you earn CREDITS! • Log in to your Teachers Pay Teachers account. • Click on the drop down menu “My TpT”. • Select “My Purchases”. • Choose ratings and leave feedback. • Know that we love you for it! ♥ ♥ ♥
A list of most creative books ever made. Girdle Book, Mechanical Encyclopedia, Sensory Fiction, Tree Book Tree, Drinkable Book, and more.
Texas is a land of innovation where genius minds create inventions that pretty much make modern life possible.
We tend to think of electronics as the most modern invention. In perspective, they are, though earlier than might be guessed. Electronics began in the early 20th century. The term began to be used in the 1940s, and the first transistor invented in 1948. People began thinking of a future with electronics very early on even in SciFi novels. This book is a compendium of the thoughts of experts from the early 1980s. It would make interesting reading to see if the predictions made here have held up and how much is still to come. There is no doubt that they have changed our world from the personal to society level. The book is in VG condition. No writing or markings. Clean pages are mostly white. Solid and straight. Good binding and no reading creases to the spine. Nice cover with mild wear.
SIM subscriber identity module card, a type of smart card, used in mobile phones to facilitate communication, with subscriber authentication. GSM, CDMA SIMs
The Stepp DG1 was invented by me (Stephen Randall) in 1985 with electronics designed by Dave Simmons, inventor of the Simmons Electronic drums. It was the world’s first digital guitar, a totally solid-state instrument, with the physical interface of a guitar. It features semi-conductive frets that detect fretting and bends, and strings that detect when touched, plucked, strummed, or muted. Those actions are translated into digital signals to control synthesizers and/or to create completely new sounds.The Stepp looks like it has conventional guitar strings, but in fact, has separate neck and strum strings. The center cap (with the Stepping Man logo) covers the string pick-ups and terminations. The strings are all the same gauge and can be tensioned via a key contained within the headstock.The DG1 system comprised of the guitar and a separate "Life Support System" LSU, power supply and electronics designed into a guitar stand. Uniquely, this design had virtually no latency, unlike pitch-to-voltage hybrid synth guitars of the day (like Roland).The DG1 sold for $3,500 when it was released in 1987 and won a British Design Award, presented to me by Prince Philip in 1988.The Stepp guitar was mainly sold to professional musicians including Pete Townshend, Steve Howe (see photo of Steve with the DG1), The Bee Gees (video link included below), Kate Bush (video link included), Tears for Fears, Andy Summers and record producers including Terry Britton (Tina Turner) and Steve Levine (Culture Club). It was also featured in the movie Vice Versa (approx 41 mins in).Do not confuse this classic guitar with either the SynthAx - a digital guitar-like controller with strings and keys, designed to control the Fairlight sampler or the Casio DG1 (I wonder where they got that name from?) - essentially a toy guitar.Approximately 500 Stepp DG1 guitars were manufactured before the Stepp company was sold to a music investment company, that funded a stripped down MIDI only version, the DGX. Sadly, within a year of the DGX's launch, they discontinued the product line. I'm also selling the "Go Case" for the guitar and soft bag for the LSU stand. Only 100 Go Cases and soft bags were made.Finally, I'm including a painting by Fraser Taylor which was one of a set used for the design of the Stepp "Stepping Man" logo. Fraser was part of an art and design collective that designed many record sleeves and fashion collections at that time.Please Note: This vintage digital guitar has a dead internal battery which has not been replaced as it is soldered to the PCB. As a result, the synth memory patches are non-functional and the synth section of the guitar is non-functional (possibly for the same reason). However, all other aspects of the electronics are unaffected, and the guitar can be used as a MIDI controller with related tuning functions and whammy bar functioning as new. I do not have a user manual, but will gladly help the purchaser in any way I can. Some online posts and videos for this rare instrument are listed below (I can't include actual links in Reverb, but you can find them easily enough via Google):Stepp DG1 Digital Guitar (SOS Feb 87)Tomorrow's World on sampling and MIDI with Midge Ure (about 1 min 18 seconds)Bee Gees - You Win Again - 1987Kate Bush - Experiment IVI have many fond memories of Stepp, but I have two of these classic guitars and I am downsizing, so it's time to let one go. Please feel free to email me for more information.
The more I get to play with hardware, the more I get to see how security is lacking or implemented poorly (and I’m being very polite here). This time, I would like to share my 315mhz/434mhz R…
Introduces the basic concepts of electricity, how we make it, use it, and measure it.
The development of pictograms into the first writing systems in the ancient world, the invention of moveable type in the 1450s, and modern electronic tablets, are all part of the story of written communication explored in this volume. Originally published to accompany a British Library exhibition, the well-researched essays are complemented by illustrations of some of the institution’s most precious items.
