When I was a kid, all we had were the fat TVs that were stuffed with cathode ray tubes. I can recall my grandmother having a really old TV that you had to turn on and wait until the cathode tubes ...

Happy birthday, boob tube! Well, almost. The cathode-ray tube, the technology that made television sets possible, was patented 100 years ago today. But it would be a slow slog before TV took over our ...

It might be too soon to consider the innards of the old CRT monitor at the back of your closet to be something worth putting on display in your home or workshop. For that curio cabinet-worthy appeal, ...

No doubt, 2006 was the year of the flat-screen display, as LCD, plasma and projection screens dominated the consumer market. The CRT, which had served us well for 50 years, is now a dinosaur. Our ...

The cathode ray tube amusement device is the earliest known interactive electronic game to use a cathode ray tube (CRT). It is a device that records and controls the quality of an electronic signal.

Art by Mike LeeONE OF THE MOST PERPLEXING PARADOXES of our time: If you hold personal conversations with God, you get your own TV network and political party. If you hold personal conversations with ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The lone conventional television set at Anderson's TV store sat along a side wall like a castoff. Its screen was dark as dozens of other gleaming flat-panel and big-screen ...

Click to open image viewer. Replicas of Cavendish Lab. Apparatus (5, l. to r.); obj. ID no. EM.N-08013-A Thompson's cathode ray tube #2, EM.318206 Thompson's cathode ray tube #3, EM.N-08019 Rutherford ...

Lead recovery and recycling from cathode ray tube (CRT) glass represent a significant challenge and opportunity in the management of electronic waste. CRT glass, particularly from the funnel section, ...

The members of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia took their seats for their annual meeting last week in an atmosphere of ill-concealed excitement. Weeks before, the committee on awards had ...