Microwave ovens are everywhere, and at the heart of them is a magnetron — a device that creates microwaves. [DiodeGoneWild] tore one apart to show us what was inside and how it works. If you decide to ...

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but sometimes a revolutionary product is born purely by accident–like the microwave oven. Credit Percy Spencer, a self-taught engineer who never graduated ...

In a story ripped right out of Terminator, but with the slightly funnier twist that the killer robot is a microwave oven, one self-professed “Mad Scientist” is asking a very important question: how ...

The film discusses the function and operation of microwave oscillators in radar systems, focusing on the importance of oscillators like the magnetron and reflex velocity modulated tubes. It explains ...

In 1967, Amana Corporation introduced the first tabletop-sized microwave oven for consumer use. Since then, the microwave has become an indispensable small appliance in virtually every home in the ...