Join us on Wednesday, October 28th at noon Pacific for The Art of Nixies Hack Chat with Dalibor Farný! When they were invented in the 1950s, Nixie tubes were a huge leap forward in display technology.

The Neon glow of a Nixie tube makes for an attractive clock, but that’s not enough neon for some people. [Changliang Li] is apparently one of those people, because he’s using soviet-era cold-cathode ...

A 4-pin plastic base with glass T-shaped envelope. Radiation symbol stamped on envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Cold cathode tube made by Western Electric for use in modern [about 1962] telephone ...

There hasn't been an innovation in X-ray imaging in more than 120 years. This mid-cap medical device company seeks to change that -- with a bit of a caveat. At issue is its invention of a cold cathode ...

David Manners has more than forty-years experience writing about the electronics industry, its major trends and leading players. As well as writing business, components and research news, he is the ...

In a quest for cheap under-cabinet lighting, the owner of the kitchen pictured above turned to cold-cathode tubes intended for the inside of a PC case. The result of his experimenting is a kitchen ...

Vancouver Island artist Kyle Miller has found a new use for an old technology, using Soviet-era , cold cathode Nixie tubes to build displays for handmade, steampunk clocks. "The biggest appeal of a ...

Drop by your local computer store and you'll typically find two sorts of cases - a beige one or a black one. If you're lucky, you might find one with some silver accents - ooooh, ahhhh, the sensory ...

Hi, I bought a pair of these lights for PC's which are supposedly cold cathode tubes (in a funky blue colour).<BR>What I am noticing is that when the CPU is fairly busy, the lights flicker a bit. Its ...