Okay, the last time I asked for help identifying an unknown device, you guys came through.  Even Evil Mad Scientist helped out (you guys rock.)  Well, I now have two Panaplex-style neon displays that I can’t seem to find that much information on.  Does anyone have any information on these or hints to where I [...]

YouTube user gwz40 uploaded a series of fascinating videos on mechanical computers and how they were used in in the US Navy for controlling projectiles fired from one moving ship to another moving target.   The movies were produced as part of a US Navy training program and illustrate the basic components that are used [...]

I found a few cool misprinted minitron style 7 segment incandescent displays.  Essentially, they are numitrons that are in a flat pack.  As best I can tell, they were primarily used in the aviation industry because of their dependability and durability.  I’ll take some more photos of them in use after I figure out their [...]

I found this great little RCA DR 2000 / DR 2010 tester on eBay.  For $4.99, it was worth every cent.  I cannot find much information on this device other than the markings on the markings on the device itself.  ”RCA Numitron Digital Display Device Demonstrator 1g1308″ The controls are pretty simple – the knob [...]

Segmentus clock (concept) By Art Lebedev – $n/a http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/segmentus/ From the guy who brought us the Verbarius clock comes the Segmentus.  (Is anyone else noticing a naming pattern here?) This concept clock was built to address the challenge of creating a digital clock with hands.  While clocks have addressed this challenge before, this one brings [...]

I just found a great new application in the Android Marketplace: My Tracks (QR Code Below)  Essentially, it takes your Android phone and converts it to a GPS data logger.  You can use it to analyze your running patterns or you can simply export the raw data to Google Docs, Google Maps, Twitter & Email [...]

Last night I was experimenting with an old laptop hard drive.  I used a USB to PATA hard drive adapter to recover old data off of a 2.5 inch 20GB Toshiba hard drive.  When I was done, I intended to destroy the drive to prevent recovery.  After a few seconds – I had a better [...]

I’ve been working on a new laser scanner video.  This uses my same sound-modulated open loop XY scanner as before.  Watch it here or go on over to Vimeo.com for the HD version.  Enjoy!

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This is a follow up to my post on the Alco MSM-5a from about a month ago. This is an unexceptional mosaic readout display but the major differences, that I can tell, between this and the 5A is that this one is a little bit smaller, it cannot be easily disassembled and it includes a [...]