The other evening, my wife and I watched a program about Hedy Lamarr. If you don’t know who Hedy Lamarr was, you should. If you only know that she was an actress, while this is true, you do not know the most interesting and important part. She was also an inventor. She was very… Continue reading Channel Surfing
Category: Electronics
Shedding Some Light
Production engineering is an entire specialty in and unto itself. Making one of something or even a handful is comparatively easy. Making thousands of them–all alike, in a mass production environment, is another matter entirely. Even something as ubiquitous as a common incandescent lightbulb takes on a whole new dimension when placed into a production… Continue reading Shedding Some Light