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Radio that "sneezes" to clear out its dust

Written by admin on July 22, 2012 - 0 Comments
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Radio that "sneezes" to clear out its dust

Here’s a video of the 1972 Gesundheit Radio “sneezing,” a function it was programmed to perform twice annually in order to clear the dust from its sensitive components.

TIL that in 1972 a radio was designed that ‘sneezed’ every 6 months in order to protect the microprocessors from dust (vimeo.com)



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