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Philco Mystery Control: The World’s First Wireless Remote

12:00AM November 10, 2011 | Adrian Covert

We take remote controls for granted. For most of us, they’ve existed from the day they were born. We knew how to use them before we could even begin to fathom how they work. But really, they’re magnificent devices. More »

Computing

Turn Your iPad Into A Vintage 1950s TV

2:26PM May 19, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

You may not remember Paula Anne Patterson a year from now, but you will not forget the wooden iPad frame she created. More »

I Would Buy The Philco PC Right This Second

12:00AM December 15, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The iMac? That would be sent back in a heartbeat for this glorious homage to the ’50s. More »

Gadgets

The Philco Signal Tracer iPod Dock

1:20PM November 13, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I don’t have a clue what a Philco Dynamic Tester is or what it did back in 1946. Quite frankly, I don’t care. I want to believe it was used to carry the navigational computers inside Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles. More »