The theremin or ætherphone/etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox), is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the thereminist. It is named after the Westernized name of its Russian inventor, Léon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928.
The instrument's controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas that sense the relative position of the thereminist's hands and control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude (volume) with the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker.
The Inventor and His Invention:
An interesting technological branch of Theramin's work led the KGB to plant a passive cavity resonator known as The Thing embedded in a carved wooden plaque of the Great Seal of the United States presented to U.S. Ambassador W. Averell Harriman on August 4, 1945. It hung in the ambassador's Moscow residential study for SEVEN YEARS, until it was discovered by ACCIDENT in 1952 by a British radio operator who overheard American conversations on an open radio channel as the Russians were beaming radio waves at the ambassador's office.
Evidence that the Goddamned commies were good at the espionage game.
Even Johnny Carson played one.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
Originally posted by Sig2340:Evidence that the Goddamned commies were good at the espionage game.
Even Johnny Carson played one.
Johnny Carson played a commie?
Good thing Sinatra and Dino are gone.
A guy could get whacked for saying stuff...
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
October 24, 2014, 12:36 PM
Patrick-SP2022
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BBC Cats.....
This one is awesome.
October 25, 2014, 09:33 AM
galuzil
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WHAT HAS THIS GOT TO DO WITH CATS.
October 25, 2014, 09:16 PM
npbra
Corporal Cirilla"s kitten in his gear. Soldier that was killed in Canada this week by an ISSL terrorist. This message has been edited. Last edited by: npbra,
"we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet
October 27, 2014, 08:09 PM
Il Cattivo
Oh, man, I couldn't reach my cat up high enough last night or she would've plastered a huge one!
October 28, 2014, 12:29 PM
OneWheelDrive
================================================ Ultron: "You're unbearably naive." Vision: "Well, I was born yesterday."
October 28, 2014, 09:12 PM
GaryBF
^^^^^^ Priceless!!
October 28, 2014, 09:44 PM
bushmasterM4
I did the lift for a cat to kill a moth a day ago it was better than letting them destroy things trying to get to the ceiling. though one of them made whiny squeeky sounds for about 3 hours looking for it after the other cat killed it and he didnt see. love the kitties
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