Crystal Radios are an old standby of GeekDads. For the early mists of time Geekdads have been showing kids how to pull radio stations from thin air with the barest snips from the basement. Here are ...

Crystal radios can feel magical, given their ability to tune in audio from distant stations with nothing but the energy from the radio signal itself. However, to achieve this feat, they typically rely ...

If you are ready to take a break from high-speed, complex digital systems, consider becoming a “rock hound” and constructing a crystal radio, one of the earliest forms of receivers. For close to 100 ...

Before you streamed everything, there was this: The National Capital Radio & Television Museum spotlights how airwaves have changed our lifestyles, from a 1921 DIY crystal radio kit made out of a ...

One year ago, you were reading this on GeekDad, by Kevin Kelly: Crystal Radios are an old standby of GeekDads. For the early mists of time GeekDads have been showing kids how to pull radio stations ...

In the beginning, there was the Tinkertoy set ... and chemistry sets, and crystal radio kits, and phonographs, and plenty of other gadgets to put under a fresh-cut Christmas tree. Those retro-tech ...

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — I grew up in Topeka, Kansas. When I was around 11 years old, in the mid 1950s, my sister and her husband gave me a crystal radio kit for Christmas. That night, my brother-in-law ...

It can be easy to forget when almost every electronic item we buy comes from some giant factory overseas, but some of the earliest consumer electronics hardware was not only hand-made but could also ...