The video explains the operation of the vacuum tube, specifically the triode, which is essential in modern communication devices like radios and telephones. It describes how a tungsten filament emits ...

[Nick Poole] shared his circuitous journey into the obscure world of homemade vacuum tubes on the Supercon 2022 stage. It began innocently enough when he saw [Usagi Electric]’s single bit computer ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: November 16th, 1904, 110 years ago today . . . the birthday of an invention heard 'round the world. For that was the day the British inventor John ...

Before transistors or microchips, the earliest computers relied on vacuum tubes — glass bulbs that glowed like small light bulbs and acted as electronic switches. Each tube could represent a one or ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Vacuum tubes could be returning, but it may be difficult to see them--no glass bulbs with glowing ...