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Popular Science: A DIY voice assistant from 1950 could mute a radio and control toy trains

By Bill Gourgey

Popular Science: A DIY voice assistant from 1950 could mute a radio and control toy trains
Tech & DIY
  • Publisher: Popular Science
  • Editor: Marina Galperina
  • Published: January 24, 2023

The ambitious Popular Science tutorial required the use of a soldering iron.

LONG BEFORE SIRI, there was Audrey. But even before Audrey, there was the blueprint for the name- challenged Voice-trol.

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A DIY voice assistant from 1950...

Many thanks to Marina Galperina, Popular Science Managing Editor.


Series: Articles & Essays Tagged with: cloud chamber, cosmic, cosmic rays, DIY, Popular Science, science, space, subatomic

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