One of our favorite electronic suppliers is gone and the other may be on their way out of business. I wonder why? Given the continued growth and popularity of electronic equipment and the emergence of ...

While most of us now remember Radio Shack as a store that tried to force us to buy batteries and cell phones whenever we went to buy a few transistors and other circuit components, for a time it was ...

A kit containing an electrical board constructed so that children may learn about radio science. Ten experiments are described in the enclosed booklet. Unit operates with one 1.5 V AA battery. Most ...

ON FEBRUARY 5th, the day the beleaguered chain of Radio Shack electronics stores filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the mail brought your correspondent a $35 Raspberry Pi 2 credit-card-sized Linux ...

The exterior of a typical free-standing RadioShack store in Texarkana, Texas. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Back in February 2015, Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy. Many of us feared that we ...

In February 2015, Radio Shack–an icon in American malls and towns–filed for bankruptcy. You could say a lot of critical things about Radio Shack, but in many parts of the country, it was the only ...

brands onto the shelves. Put lots of “impulse” items at the checkout register. Add kiosks with electronic catalogs, so customers can go right to the video to see and print out information about parts ...

RadioShack is on its last legs, reportedly in talks to shut down and sell its storefronts to companies like Sprint and Amazon. For many technologists, this is much more than just the loss of another ...