Wayback Machine 1956: Solar Powered Radio
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 11.20.07
Four Transistors! Solar Power! Who needs a Voltaic when you have this? The best top 40 AM radio delivered without changing batteries. Who knew that the year that brought us Elvis Presley's Hound dog, I walk the line by Johnny Cash and Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins also brought us the solar powered radio. ::Popular Electronix via ::Modern Mechanix
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