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Scientific illustration of a CB microphone. Well, an ad of one, anyway. Very mid-century lines on this this microphone. It could practically be a Chrysler tailfin.

Science Art: Turner +2: The Best CB Microphone in the World, 1966.

19 November 2023 grant 0

This is an ad from the April 1966 “Tools and Test Measurement Issue” of Popular Electronics, which I found on archive.org. Lovely design on this […]

SONG: “Communications” (a penitential Slim Gaillard cover)

7 November 2023 grant 0

SONG: “Communications” (a penitential Slim Gaillard cover) [Download] . (available as .ogg here) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This isn’t based on any research. It’s a cover […]

Scientific illustration of an electronic component, a photograph of a transistor enlarged.

Science Art: 2N930 NPN silicon planar transistor, by Mister rf

13 August 2023 grant 0

This is a tiny component in an amplifier, seen way up close. If you want the specifics, from the Wikimedia Commons page where I found […]

Scientific illustration of a cochlear implant; a bionic ear.

Science Art: Implantatet placeras under huden bakom örat…, 2008.

30 April 2023 grant 0

This image, by Wikimedia Commons user Seslami~commonswiki, shows an implantable electronic device that allows some people to hear, or to hear better. What we’re seeing […]

Brain-reading electrodes in a free-ranging octopus.

20 April 2023 grant 0

Ars Technica reports on an underwater electronic neurological breakthrough. A group of researchers from Naples, Okinawa, and further afield who have used implanted recording electrodes […]

What do you do when your neurological-implant company goes under?

13 December 2022 grant 0

Nature asks a question that doesn’t have an easy answer. Medical implants – especially newer ones that interface directly with your brain – are designed […]

Scientific illustration of transistors, as a piece of modern art from a 1972 Radio Shack instructional book.

Science Art: Cover, Introduction to Transistors & Transistor Projects, 1972.

8 May 2022 grant 0

This is… well, let me just quote the preface: This book is intended to show the electronics experimenter how the transistor was developed, how it […]

Scientific Illustration of a 1960s computer monitor, a display transmission generator by United Aircraft

Science Art: United Aircraft Display Transmssion Generator ad, 1964.

20 February 2022 grant 0

An ad from the first issue of the Journal of the Society for Informational Display. This machine could receive up to 26 teletype messages of […]

Little green lights could save sharks and turtles while keeping fisheries in business.

27 January 2022 grant 0

Science magazine reports on one of those simple fixes that could make everything a little bit better if only everyone would sign on. Scientists have […]

Pendants marketed as “Anti 5G” are actually radioactive.

28 December 2021 grant 0

Ars Technica takes us to the technological front of the culture war with a truly absurd story about “quantum pendants” that supposedly neutralize 5G radio […]

Using good scotch to make better electronics

9 December 2021 grant 0

Not by drinking it! Discover reveals how watching The Glenlivet whisky evaporates – and leaves an almost uniform stain, unlike splotchier drinks like coffee or […]

Scientific Illustration of an electronic component, an amplifying receiver

Science Art: Amplifying Receiver, Sketch 1, April 1916

1 March 2020 grant 0

Click to embiggen slightly Electronics in 1916, from an article on making headphones for receiving radio transmissions in QST, the amateur wireless magazine of the […]

Silently hacking Alexa with a laser. (And Siri and Google Home too.)

7 November 2019 grant 0

Ars Technica is (or rather, researchers they’re reporting on are) quietly taking over Alexa and other smart-home devices with inaudible – and sometimes invisible – […]

A smartphone-controlled brain implant.

13 August 2019 grant 0

Science Daily brings news (from Nature Biomedical Engineering) of a new, well, not “killer,” but “really pretty useful” app for people suffering a wide range […]

Brain implant decodes the words your ears are hearing – or that you want to say.

30 January 2019 grant 0

New Scientist reveals an experimental system that uses brain electrodes to translate thoughts of speech into words spoken by an electronic voice: The technique used […]

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