#WHATSITWORTH YOUR OLD PHONE’S WORTH MORE THAN YOU THINK. There’s probably a treasure trove of retired tech in your home. The RadioShack Trade & Save #WHATSITWORTH game has come to an end. Your chance to win is over, but there’s still plenty of time to pull the old phones and other retired tech out of [...] Read more
Posts by Ricky Cadden
Calculus & Soda Bottles – Jerry Heep on Electrical Engineering
[embedplusvideo standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/8TvpyzzwD44" height="343" width="560" /] Jerry Heep has been a RadioShack Staff Engineer since the days of the Tandy TRS-80. He’s worked on all kinds of cool gadgets, and products that he designed are on RadioShack store shelves across the country. We asked Jerry to impart some wisdom to those who want to learn to [...] Read more
A Mississippi RadioShack Invaded by Robots
On a frigid February day in Pearl, Mississippi, a group of 15- and 16-year-old high school students braved the 30-degree cold to set up shop in front of the local RadioShack. Their goal—to show off the 18-inch crate-stacking, racquet ball-grabbing robot they designed and built together. Despite the less than ideal weather, the team endured [...] Read more
Jerry Heep’s Lost Loves Left on the Workbench
[embedplusvideo standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/VNF_TCI7vT8" height="343" width="560" /] Jerry Heep has been a RadioShack Staff Engineer for more than 30 years. In that time, he’s designed and built a host of products that can be found on the shelves of every RadioShack. But, electrical engineering is always a work in progress and for every project that was produced [...] Read more
In-Depth With Frog Designs’ TRON Cycles
During our time at SXSW 2012, Ricky and I were able to spend some time at the Dorkbot & ATX Hacekerspace event at SXSW Create. During our time there we met Matt Franks the Senior Interaction Designer with frog (formerly frog design). We highlighted his TRON Cycles a little bit in our SXSW recap, but Matt [...] Read more
5 Extraordinary Electronics from The Great Create
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a batch of projects on The Great Create that were all about fun. Whether harkening back to the great electronic games of the ‘80s, initiating the next phase of electric rock ‘n’ roll experimentation or being just plain silly, these projects from The Great Create are clearly the work [...] Read more
Peek Inside Ricky’s SXSW Gearbag
One of the things I’m often asked when I go to events such as SXSW is “What on earth do you carry in your bag?” I’ve actually used the same bag for years, but the contents have changed a bit over the years, so I thought I’d share the full details of what I carry [...] Read more