H. G. Wells – Game Developer
H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells ( or “H. G.” Wells as most know him) is considered to be one of the creators of science fiction. He is famous for …
Who Discovered Washing Hands Prevents the Spread of Disease?
The idea of washing hands to prevent the spread of disease is not a new one. You might be surprised to learn that the idea was developed in 1847 by …
Giant Music Box – Marble Machine X
What can you do with a Bass Guitar, Computer, CAD Software, and Power Tools? There are those who create synthesizers out of old Nintendo machines. Sebastiaan Jansen is creating a …
Before the Tesla Model 3 there was Nikola Tesla
It is funny how the history of technology often goes around full circle. We went from centralized mainframes with terminals, to the PC which are decentralized, to the cloud computing …
Faster Than the Speed of Sound
When I was a kid, I use to turn the light off in a room and stand as alert as possible in the dark without blinking. Then, I would turn …
The Tone Chasers
Amp Technology: How Sometimes the New Stuff Struggles To Be As Good As the Old Stuff It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they …
How SETI is Helping Fight COVID-19
If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn’t there….then I never really lost it to …
Good Vibrations – The Invention of Electronic Music
Did you know that electronic music started in 1928, with the invention of the Theremin? You might think that electronic music started sometime in the 1980s or 1990s with digital …
Bob Dylan – Thinking Outside Boxes
Journalist: Do you think of yourself primarily as a singer or a poet? Dylan: Oh, I think of myself more as a song and dance man, y’know. — Bob …