In Soviet Russia you don't tell time. Time is told to you with a vacuum tube! Relive the Cold War (at least the neat tech part of it) with Adafuit's...
Posted by Michael Castor | Thursday February 28th, 2013 3:40 PM
Categories: Electronics | 2 Comments
Sylvain, AKA MicroSyl, wanted to build an audio spectrum display using old “magic eye” vacuum tubes: After doing some project with vintage tube I got the idea of doing an...
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday January 21st, 2013 8:00 AM
Categories: Electronics | 2 Comments
Steampunk fans won't want to miss 'Vintage Tomorrows' authors Brian David Johnson and James Carrott's webcas this Friday, November 30, at 10am PT. They'll be talking about what Steampunk (as...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday November 29th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Electronics, Energy, General, Hacks | No Comments
This beautifully conceived and executed chess set was made using vintage Russian Nixie tubes. The tubes are illuminated without visible wires; they glow when at rest on the gameboard surface....
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday June 28th, 2012 1:00 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Electronics | 3 Comments
I imagine Instructables user hellboy started out looking for a subtle, understated case design to show off his single-digit Nixie tube clock called CYCLOPS. Something well-crafted but minimal, and very...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday February 29th, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Electronics, Machining, Workshop | 4 Comments
A "beautiful failure" from Trammell Hudson, writing on the NYC Resistor blog. Also a beautiful phrase, that. I shall be adopting it henceforth.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday October 17th, 2011 6:04 AM
Categories: Electronics | No Comments
If you’re not sure what to do with your obsolete electronics, take a look at how Daniel Kurth upcycled a first generation Apple TV into a sleek nixie tube clock....
Posted by Matt Richardson | Monday August 29th, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Electronics | 2 Comments
The orange glow is enough to drive a man mad from obsessing over it - but what to do with it? I wanted something that would be for bildr and,...
Posted by Brian Jepson | Friday November 12th, 2010 12:09 PM
Categories: Arduino, Electronics | No Comments
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