This Hi-Fi Tape Recorder Changed Radio Forever
A German engineer wanted a cheaper cigarette. The popular crooner Bing Crosby wanted a vacation. Satisfying both desires inadvertently led to the in…
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The History and Mystery of Fireworks
In the 1970s, American Fireworks , a family-run pyrotechnics company in Hudson, Ohio, used a “home run box” to offer quick and easy fireworks displa…
This DIY Bipedal Robot Used Pneumatic “Air-Muscles” Instead of Motors
In 1987, Richard Greenhill , a British photographer who was fascinated by (but had no actual training in) robotics, decided he wanted to build a lif…
The Forgotten History of Hershey’s Electric Railway in Cuba
Why does a chocolatier build a railroad? For Milton S. Hershey, it was a logical response to a sugar shortage brought on by World War I. The Hershey…