Explainer Series New Video available: How Radar Works

Have you ever really thought about how an everyday, household item, like your TV or radio actually works?  

If like many of us, you haven’t given it much thought - or you have......but put it down to a bit of electromagnetic wizardry - then our very own Explainer series of videos offers a wonderful insight into the workings of technology we use, day in, day out.   

Cambridge Museum of Technology volunteers, with the technical know-how and years in the industry have been busy sharing their expertise in these wonderful Explainer videos.  With a focus on the Pye brand – an iconic Cambridge company, that many are still familiar with today, it is with thanks to the Pye History Trust that we have these films.  

Aimed at an audience of GCSE level students and above, these videos are a useful tool to support understanding in physics at Key Stage 4 and 5, or for those adult enthusiasts with a passion for understanding our technological heritage.  

Follow the link here to the Cambridge Museum of Technology YouTube channel to watch the latest video “How Radar Works, Principles and Applications”.  Please give it a like and follow! 

Radio Enters the Home exhibition opens to great acclaim

The new Radio Enters the Home exhibition has been opened to great acclaim at Cambridge Museum of Technology . It is located in the Pye Building alongside the permanent Pye exhibition. It celebrates 100 Years of the BBC bringing radio into the home and the first radios made by Cambridge company Pye. Some 25 of the earliest Pye radios made between 1922 and 1932 are on display, together with panels outlining the history of the BBC and how radio helped Pye grow to become the largest company in Cambridge.

It is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday between 10.30am and 4pm until October included in the normal museum ticket. Tours of the exhibition are given by ex-Pye emplyees on the second Sunday of the month starting on 12 Februarys at 2 pm. The opening has been widely featured on BBC Look East , ITV Anglia news and BBC radio Cambridgeshire.

BBC feature on Cambridge Museum of Technology’s 2023 exhibition “Radio Enters the Home”

Cambridge Independent