Holograms, Lasers & Boredom; the CED's march towards eventual invention (CED Part 4)
Old-fashioned rice cookers are extremely clever
Race to the finish; RCA's final gamble (CED Part 5)
Brown; color is weird
Teleprompters are clever, simple, and also pretty neat
The Computer-free Automation of a Jukebox (Electromechanics)
The Selection Accumulator; a Jukebox's Brain
Chest Freezers; What they tell us about designing for X
Coffee Percolators: An Explanation and Roast
DVD+R and DVD-R; What was that about?
Fans; High is next to Off on purpose
Pulse Oximeters; An Amazing Use of Light
How to design an actually good toaster with lessons from the 1940's
The US electrical system is not 120V
Laptop Docks! They're pretty neat!
Cassette adapters are remarkably simple
Personal "air conditioners" aren't what they seem
The Impact Sprinkler - more clever than it seems!
A record player that can play CDs: The Fisher DAC-145
Retroreflectors; they're everywhere, and they cheat physics (sort of)
The touch lamp; a neat idea, and older than you'd think!
Electric car chargers aren't chargers at all – EVSE Explained
Forced-air Furnaces: The What, Why, and How
Camera Tech from 1971: Match-needle exposure meter
The Antique Microwave Oven that's Better than Yours
What exactly is the goop inside a lava lamp?
Bubble Lights: The Weirdest Christmas Light?
Detergent packs are kinda wishy-washy (Dishwashers Explained)