| "From Rubbing Amber to Swiping Glass – How Humanity Turned Electricity into Electronics" is a truly special book, especially considering tha...
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| What connects the ancient mystery of amber attracting dust to the modern magic of touchscreens? This richly illustrated and accessible book...
| When Elektor was born as Electronica wereld back in 1961, the tube filament still glowed. But by the end of the decade, the transistor had d...
| Examining the DIY electronics scene in the 1960s by browsing pages from old electronics magazines — both pro and hobbyist — you can’t help n...
| Where do you work? An easy question for most of us, but for some it has become a difficult one as they find it hard to keep up. When as an a...
| Rapid prototyping has been the craze for the last five, six years or so. Hundreds, maybe thousands of open source, open hardware platforms h...
| Ohm’s Law is taught to (and immediately forgotten by) most children of around 14, 15 years old. Georg Simon Ohm, born in Germany in 1789, pu...
| For all audiophiles interested in the history of high-end audio equipment, Robert Harley (Editor in Chief of the well-known US magazine The...
| Looking at wearable tech from the 13th century to 2016, the infographic features items that are now ubiquitous and highly recognizable, alon...
| Remember Colossus, the world's first electronic, programmable computer? First operational at Bletchley Park in 1944, it was used to help...