Peter Beil (10)

| Most people don’t realize that soldering electronic components is a very complex activity with complicated thermal and chemical processes ta...

| Most people don’t realize that soldering electronic components is a very complex activity with complicated thermal and chemical processes ta...

| As the node dimensions of the latest chips get ever smaller, they are becoming more and more sensitive to damage caused by electrostatic dis...

| Now that sound effects in film theaters nearly lift us out of our seats and even the softest whisper is audible in the back row thanks to mo...

| James Bond would probably be jealous: at first glance it looks like a child’s toy, but closer inspection reveals a sound recording device of...

| The ‘Tefifon’ was originally developed by Dr Karl Daniel in Germany in the 1930s as an answering machine. It used a flexible endless tape lo...

| Ever since the earliest days of mathematics and logical thought, people have tried to find ways to simplify the repetitive work involved. Ba...

| Do you remember back to your youth, when you took your first steps in the world of electronics? For me, and I guess many others, radio was a...

| It was once the most celebrated portable tape recorder in the world – and yet few Elektor readers will have heard of it. The Nagra was a pro...

| As early as 1972, a telephone answering machine appeared on the market that was second to none: The ‘Alibi-Nota FL’ with remote listening /...