One of the most fertile of U.S. inventors startled his friends last week with an unusual device: an electronic keyhole peeper to eliminate stooping. It offered comfortable tompeeping complete with ...

The inaugural issue of Gernsback's Amazing Stories magazine. Young readers—in several cases the sci-fi writers of the future—could expect an exciting blend of ...

Hugo Gernsback's vision for a monument devoted to electricity (1922) Jacqueline Moen In 1922, eccentric magazine publisher Hugo Gernsback decided that the world needed a 1,000-foot tall concrete ...

1884: Hugo Gernsback is born in Luxembourg amid the Victorian era's embrace of science and technology. He spends his life parlaying his talents as an editor and publisher to produce a body of work so ...

Born in Luxembourg in 1884, Gernsback was the son of a vintner who was apparently prosperous enough to indulge his son's growing passion for gadgetry. You can save this article by registering for free ...

“The tops of our tallest buildings will be flat and glass-covered. They will have airplane landing platforms on which all kinds of airplanes, or even the trans-Atlantic planes of the future will land.

Maybe you blame your smartphone or your open office for the fact that you can’t concentrate at work. But distraction isn’t exactly a new problem: In 1925, inventor Hugo Gernsback published a design ...

“Within twenty years there will be far more airplanes in the air than we have cars on the ground now. There will be a great exodus from the city to the country, not a movement back to the farm, but, ...

*Dang. It reads just like the Digg bookmarking service, only in pulp paper. Creator: Gernsback, Hugo, 1884-1967 Title: Hugo Gernsback Papers Inclusive Dates: 1908-1965 Quantity: 50.0 linear ft.

In the words of inventor (and father of science fiction) Hugo Gernsback, the Radio Automaton had “no superior for fighting mobs or for war purposes.” Powered by a gasoline engine and radio controlled ...

It is September 1, 2660, and a genius sits in his study, resting up prior to a remarkable display of his scientific prowess. Tomorrow he will demonstrate to scientists that a dog three years ...