Lady with Theremin

This is my favorite cover from the Popular Electronics magazine cover archive. As my friend says, “these are just ridiculous depictions of men providing for their wives by building transistor radios”

Filed under: random — by ladyada, posted June 10, 2008 at 9:43 pm


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3 Comments

  1. Heh!
    Lots of old, antique projects here:

    http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/Popular_Electronics.htm

    They used men for the cover too, but this guy is drawn, not photographed:

    http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/Apr1955/PE_Apr_1955_Cover.jpg
    (also a Theremin article!)

    Comment by mikey — June 11, 2008 @ 10:16 am

  2. I had the chance to play a theremin and it’s soooo cool.
    Here’s a link with a DIY Theremin (it’s in spanish but schematics are schematics xD)

    Congrats for your website! I’ve found it really interesting.

    Comment by vierito5 — June 11, 2008 @ 6:13 pm

  3. Sorry!!! The forgotten link http://pisotones.com/Theremin/Theremini.htm

    Comment by vierito5 — June 11, 2008 @ 6:13 pm

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