The vacuum tubes used as power amplifiers in microwave systems may be on their way out following the development by a research team from US-based Agere Systems of a solid-state microtriode that can be ...

We’ve all seen electronic components that have been coaxed into releasing their small amount of Magic Smoke, which of course is what makes the thing work in the first place. But back in the old times, ...

[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 ...

Mention vacuum tubes in consumer products and it sounds like a time-machine statement; didn’t they go out with disco and bell-bottom pants? Hard to believe but true: you most likely do have a vacuum ...