To me as someone who grew up with FM radio and whose teen years played out to the sounds of BBC Radio 1 FM it made absolute sense to do a puzzle in this way, but it was my personal reminder of ...

It is widely agreed, for instance, that William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invented the first transistor in 1947. Such inventions and discoveries were based on research conducted ...

In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose ...

James Goodfellow invented the automated cash machine but received just a £10 bonus The world's first ATM was unveiled 50 years ago today but the inventor of the bank cash machine has been a ...

Humans put a lot of stock in numbers. Our need to divide items into handy sections of equal length is based on many things. For a start, there’s the 365-and-a-quarter days it takes the Earth to ...

Giles Fraser travels to Bethlehem to reveal the true origin of Christmas and discovers that it was invented more than ... he is a familiar voice on Radio 4's Thought for the Day, and writes ...

Kahn invented the camera phone in June 1997 ... inventor of the first portable handset and the first person to make an analogue mobile phone call on a portable mobile phone in April 1973.

Digital modes are all the rage these days in amateur radio — hams are using protocols ... which has a number of perks over analog including improved audio quality. However, the major downside ...

It all begs the question, who invented the bra? Below, a look at the fascinating evolution and history of the bra. The bra may seem decidedly modern, but there are records of its existence—or ...

It all begs the question, who invented the bra? Below, a look at the fascinating evolution and history of the bra. The bra may seem decidedly modern, but there are records of its existence – or ...

In fact, the design for the first tablet PC was set out in 1968, long before most of the technologies necessary to build it were even invented. That design was the Dynabook, and its author was ...

This is designed to work with the upcoming Analogue 3D, a remake of the Nintendo 64 that will support 4K output. Pre-orders for the $40 controller are open now. It comes in black or white to match ...