electromagnetic

Gadgets

Build The Spirit Radio That Creeped Out Tesla Himself

6:40AM Sean Fallon | Tesla’s Spirit Radio uses a simple crystal radio circuit connected to a computer sound-in jack to generate spooky sounds from all kinds of electromagnetic sources. As you will see, it creeped the hell out of Tesla himself. More »
Science

LED Wand + RFID Waves = Beautiful

2:40PM Rosa Golijan | Sometimes it’s the unseen that’s the most terrifying. In the case of RFID we think there’s plenty to dread, but never actually looked at those scary, scary waves. Thankfully someone at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design did. More »
Science

Table-Top-Sized Black Hole Created, World Mysteriously Still Exists

8:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Scientists have created a table-top-sized black hole that absorbs light. And yet we’re still here, and the world hasn’t collapsed. Clearly, my high-school science classes did not adequately explain black holes to me. More »
Science

Gates, Myhrvold To Patent Crazy Electromagnetic Combustion Engine

6:40AM Wilson Rothman | Bill Gates may love his Ford Focus, but he’s got plans to improve on age-old combustion, applying—along with Nathan Myhrvold and others from the Intellectual Ventures gang—to patent a smart engine with electromagnetic pistons. More »