The Holsman High-Wheeler
Spotting this vintage 1909 ad for sale on EBay reminded me how much I love the Brass Era of...
Tag: machines
Around the World in an Autogyro for Social Networking and Bowel Cancer
Northern Irish pilot and cancer survivor Norman Surplus is back home in Larne, Northern Ireland, after surviving a crash...
Bedford, England’s Forgotten Airship Legacy
When German experimental psychologist Dr. Hugo Eckener set the first of his major airship records with the first intercontinental...
Scientists Still Working on Slovenian Punchbot’s “Bitchslap Mode”
On the sunny shores of the Adriatic Sea, they build my kinda robots. They also clearly know what academia’s...
War of the Copterphages
An epic battle is in progress for the soul (aka dollars) of the soooooooooper-high-speed attack helicopter market. Earlier this...
Yale Developing Computers Smart Enough to Drive Cars
If you’ve ever been nearly run off the road by some Sunday driver, consider this: Would you feel safer...
US Navy Developing Variable-Strength Bomb
The U.S. Navy is seeking proposals for a “variable explosive bomb,” or VEB, that would allow pilots to vary...
The Ultimate Phonecam: Aydogan Ozcan’s $10 Cellphone Microscope
Back in November, the New York Times covered the invention by UCLA electrical engineer Aydogan Ozcan of a $10...
Google Instant: You’re Searching NOW.
Look, it’s not like I have a problem with Google. I keep hating on the galaxy-sized faceless soulless vat-grown...
September Techyum—>Banksy Mash Note Part 2: Oil Spill Children’s Ride
A brief post on Greenmuze.com directs me to this Banksy installation in Brighton, about 90 minutes south of London:...