
Circuit diagram of a 555 timer IC.

A punched card.
Used for computer data entry in the 1970s.

An old security device used in shops.
The cover has been removed.

2KB EPROM.

The filament from a fluorescent tube.
Note that the filament is coiled coil.

A RFID tag used for tracking goods.

A security tag from a DVD.
Note the coil and capacitor form a tuned circuit.
The spacing of the capacitor leads is 0.1".

A Digital Light processor.
Each mirror is 16µm square and is 1µm from its neighbour.

Electric shock (www.twothirtyvolts.org.uk).

Magnetron from a microwave cooker.

Replica of the first magnetron.
Birmingham University.

The erase head from a reel to reel tape recorder.
Note the tiny gap between the two poles of the electromagnet.

Tesla coil sparks.