http://ohgizmo.disqus.com/enThu, 15 Dec 2016 07:39:28 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/06/29/vacuum-tube-chess-set/#comment-3053302195<p>Those are obviously not real vacuum tubes. For one thing, there is pretty much no way that all of those different-sized tubes would use the same footprint socket. So they are probably blown glass, and the artist is a master glass blower. And then the sockets were setup and wired so the top icons, which are probably LED-lit, get power when plugged into any of the sockets. I tried to find "how it was made" information but haven't yet.</p>HumanBeeingThu, 15 Dec 2016 07:39:28 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/06/29/vacuum-tube-chess-set/#comment-11965628<p>1) Surely vacuum tube chess set would be more of a "Chess Set for Marconi" (or Turing). Tesla would be magnetic or sparks flying (along with Franklin). And Faraday would have the whole thing motorised?</p><p>2) How the heck do you move the tubes, don't they get hot? And how frequently do they blow?</p>ewanm89Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:09:39 -0000