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Refining Edge-Lit Holiday Cards
We’ve picked up a bunch of improvements on our Edge-Lit Holiday Cards since last year and we’ve collected them here for you to see.
This is a fascinating piece of railroad steam engine history and loaded with tons of physics. Why did the Henschel V-8 steam locomotive disappear? It looks like a good idea.
Henschel V-8 steam locomotive--doomed
Using slow motion video Bill Hammack shows how the mechanical digital-to-analogue converter of IBM's revolutionary "golf ball" typewriter works.
Video: The IBM Selectric Typewriter & its mechanical digital to analogue converter
Victims of the 1854 Fire and Explosion in Gateshead
Transcribed by Emily M.C. Middleton In the early hours of 6th October 1854, a fire in a worsted factory on the riverside in Gateshead spread into an adjoining warehouse containing large quantities of chemicals.
Some time ago, I picked up an LCD photo frame that was on clearance, however it’s screen quality turned out to be quite unsuitable for actually showing photos. I wasn’t sure what to do with it, but I thought it would be a shame to waste the thing, so I decided to turn it into a ridiculous clock.
Word clock from cheapo photo frame | C i b o M a h t o . c o m
Wind Lantern
Explore our growing cookbook of DIY projects for the workshop, kitchen , garage, and backyard.…still messing with forces I don’t understand – the formula.
NEWSFLASH : Just when I thought this story was done with – I just tried adding a sprinkle of salt to the (already) potent mix of Hydrogen Peroxide and Muriatic Acid – Dang!