Power outlets are topsy turvy - but does it matter?

Photoelectric light controls are weirder than they seem

Tesla won the plug war - and that's good news!

Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated

This goofy fridge has a really clever design. It's also kinda terrible.

Digital audio needed videotape to be possible - and the early days were wild!

Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights

Sony Betacam: Not the Beta you're thinking of (it's way better)

Contactors: how we power the big stuff

Plug-n-play solutions for home electrification, and options for power outages (Part 2)

How do vinyl records hold stereo sound?

Home Electrification: There's not a lot to do, and it doesn't have to be hard (Part 1)

A simple water heater is more clever than it seems

Timer switches: literally just a clock and a switch

Movies made sound with a light bulb: Sound-on-film

The decorative lamp that's built wrong on purpose

In Defense of the Switched Outlet

The clever camera code on rolls of film

This TV gadget censors bad words with 1980's tech

Old car headlights were all the same — which was a fairly bright idea

This 1960's camera is powered by light and completely automatic

A Complete Beginner's Guide to Electric Vehicles

Drip Coffee Makers — super simple, super cheap

The correcting feature of typewriters is not what I thought

There are two types of smoke alarm. One of 'em ain't so good.

Is Philips discontinuing their coolest warmest product?

Why don't Americans use electric kettles?

The tech which can charge an electric car in 10 minutes

The Autochrome; Color photos? Just add potatoes.

Heat Pumps are Not Hard: Here's what it will take to start pumping