THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE FUTURE 
Hugo Gernsback was the world’s first futurist — one who not only speculated about the future, but also worked to make it happen.    
 

Who was Hugo Gernsback? The answer depends on whom you ask. “Gernsback published the first science fiction magazine!” a science fiction reader will declare. Ask an engineer and you might hear, “Gernsback ... wasn’t he involved in early experiments with television broadcasting?” Others will recall Gernsback’s radio magazines. A radio historian will tell you that Hugo Gernsback owned radio station WRNY, introduced the first home radio set (1905), and championed the cause of radio amateurs.

AN EASY CATV COAX ANTENNA

Make antennas from unexpected materials.

A few years ago, we brought you a story about a guy building ham radio antennas from aluminum crutches. Now, he's using cable TV coax for his dipoles.

GOOD PCB DESIGN 
Designing a circuit board for ease of manufacturing can help insure your project stays on schedule.

Designing a circuit board for ease of manufacturing can help insure your project not only stays on schedule, it makes sure the redo's aren't left for someone else. You have control over at least some parts of the making process.

BUILD A FREEZER ALARM CIRCUIT 
Save your food with an alarm that alerts you if the freezer’s open. 

I’m not sure if it’s absent mindedness or just old age, but sometimes I’ll forget to close the food freezer lid after shopping for groceries. With food prices seemingly going up every three days, there’s really no good time to lose a pile of food because of a simple mistake. This article describes my solution to the freezer problem.

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