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 ...

Your microwave: It heats up your leftovers, pops your popcorn, and makes your old coffee slightly less awful. Chances are, you’re not using it as much as you used to. But if there’s one thing we all ...

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 ...