Interesting Engineering

kdemo posted a pic said Sun, Apr 3rd 2016 at 6:32pm ET

My new favorite site! Well, top two, sorry meh.
http://interestingengineering.com/

Scarlett Johansson Robot

Can you find any crazy or interesting devices to share?

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kdemo said Sun, Apr 3rd 2016 at 6:38pm ET:

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- The complete video:
  
  kdemo said Sun, Apr 3rd 2016 at 6:40pm ET
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- @KDemo Pretty good pour tho.
  
  ACraigL said Sun, Apr 3rd 2016 at 7:31pm ET
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thismyusername said Sun, Apr 3rd 2016 at 11:51pm ET:

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- @thismyusername - Brilliant! I could watch those things forever, the music is bonus.
  
  kdemo said Mon, Apr 4th 2016 at 12:09am ET
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- @thismyusername Awesome. Its like a real-life Animusic
  
  duodec said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 10:11pm ET
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- @thismyusername I saw this when it first came out. There are some pretty spectacular rolling ball sculptures out there.
  
  Kidsandliz said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 10:26pm ET
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stardate820926 said Mon, Apr 4th 2016 at 4:15pm ET:

The Strandbeest by Theo Jansen is one of my favorites

http://www.strandbeest.com/

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- @stardate820926 - This is so cool!
  
  It looks like it took many iterations before he realized those small sails were sufficient. I kept waiting for it to veer into the ocean. Would be funny if he walked it on a leash.
  
  kdemo said Mon, Apr 4th 2016 at 9:45pm ET
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- @stardate820926 That one is pretty cool. Have you seen the other similar ones?
  
  Kidsandliz said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 10:26pm ET
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Cerridwyn said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 12:19am ET:

yeah, it worked. they used to have a working model at the computer history museum in .. mountain view? .. but it went on tour

but it worked

Charles Babbage (1791-1871), computer pioneer, designed the first automatic computing engines. He invented computers but failed to build them. The first complete Babbage Engine was completed in London in 2002, 153 years after it was designed. Difference Engine No. 2, built faithfully to the original drawings, consists of 8,000 parts, weighs five tons, and measures 11 feet long.

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- @Cerridwyn - Probably works better than my pc.
  
  kdemo said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 12:31am ET
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- @KDemo Of course; its not running windows.
  
  duodec said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 10:21pm ET
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timgove said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 12:30am ET:

simone giertz. Enough said.

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- @timgove
  
  kdemo said Thu, Apr 7th 2016 at 12:26am ET
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thismyusername said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 1:59am ET:

Since we are going old school....

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/ancient-computer.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism

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stardate820926 said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 9:51pm ET:

@kdemo need a new hat?

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- @stardate820926 - Are they trying to put the granny union out of business?
  
  lol - this is too funny.
  
  kdemo said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 11:02pm ET
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Kidsandliz said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 10:31pm ET:

check out the stuff on this guy's site.

http://www.woodthatworks.com

I covet "solo" and a few that are sold out (two of which I have coveted for years).

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- @Kidsandliz - Nice. I think I like "Swoop".
  
  kdemo said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 11:05pm ET
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Kidsandliz said Tue, Apr 5th 2016 at 11:10pm ET:

Then there is cool shit like this

google rolling ball sculpture

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kdemo said Wed, Apr 6th 2016 at 2:48am ET:

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- thismyusername said Wed, Apr 6th 2016 at 9:20am ET
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- @KDemo haha
  
  stardate820926 said Wed, Apr 6th 2016 at 9:43am ET
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- @stardate820926 - Haha.
  About as useful:
  
  kdemo said Wed, Apr 6th 2016 at 11:55pm ET
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kdemo said Wed, Apr 6th 2016 at 11:52pm ET:

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brhfl said Wed, Apr 6th 2016 at 11:56pm ET:

While my collection of math machines is limited to slide rules and HP calculators, I've always been completely fascinated by the Curta and have promised myself it'll be my celebratory 'gold watch' one of these days when I have something to celebrate. Here's a dude who likes to say 'oops' demonstrating square roots on one:

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- @brhfl - There are easier ways to get pepper, you know.
  
  kdemo said Thu, Apr 7th 2016 at 12:19am ET
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- @brhfl I would love a Curta, to check the accuracy of my wartime Enigma machine...
  
  PocketBrain said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 5:26pm ET
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