The Unlikely Inventor of the Automatic Rice Cooker
<p>A Japanese housewife’s experiments cracked the code of perfectly cooked rice</p>
The Incredible Story Behind the First Transistor Radio
<p>The Regency TR-1 helped Texas Instruments launch its semiconductor business</p>
Lord Kelvin and His Analog Computer
<p>This tide-predicting machine was one of many advances he made to maritime tech</p>
A Brief History of the World’s First Planetarium
<p>Crowds flocked to see an artificial starry sky projected onto a dome</p>
This Clock Made Power Grids Possible
The clock’s motors kept electricity at a steady 60 cycles per second
What Is an Electronic Sackbut?
<p>It’s probably not what you think it is</p>
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