Technology
The Aeolus Wind Car Competition
The event got cancelled in 2020, but plans to resume this year.Forty seconds of narration in French preface this second video.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 10, 2021 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Technology, Environmentalism and Ecology, Cars
Mystery Gadget 91
What's going on here?The answer is at the source.
Or after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 08, 2021 -
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Category: Technology, 1920s
Do You Love Me?
With millions of views, this video is making the rounds. But perhaps you have not seen it yet...
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 31, 2020 -
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Category: Music, Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, 1960s, Dance
Panasonic Radio *PLUS* Calculator
Entry at Radio Museum.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 11, 2020 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Inventions, Chindogu, Technology, 1970s
Mystery Gadget 90
What's this device do?
The answer is here.
Or after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 10, 2020 -
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Category: Inventions, Technology, 1910s
Abacus vs. Calculator
Nov 1946: In a contest of old vs. new technology, the abacus beat a calculator in a contest of speed in all categories (addition, subtraction, and division) except multiplication.I'm assuming a modern computer should now be able to outperform an abacus, though I suppose it would depend on how quickly one can input the numbers.
More info: Abacus vs. the Electric Calculator
The Californian - Nov 11, 1946
Detroit Free Press - Nov 4, 1946
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 02, 2020 -
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Category: Technology, Computers, 1940s
My Girlfriend in Walk
For those who would like to hold someone's hand as they walk around, but can't find anyone human who will oblige, engineers at Gifu University in Japan have invented the "My Girlfriend in Walk". It's a robotic hand covered in soft, skin-like gel that will grip your hand. Plus, it emits the scent of a woman's shampoo, and (through a smartphone app) can simulate the sounds of breathing and rustling clothes.The inventors hope that it might help people who have been isolated due to the pandemic.
More info: SoraNews24
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 08, 2020 -
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Category: Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Love & Romance
All Things Fall
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 06, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Technology, Special Effects
Mystery Gadget 88
What's going on with these airplanes?The answer is here.
Or after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 22, 2020 -
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Category: Technology, Air Travel and Airlines, 1950s
The Techno-Chemical Receipt Book
This is one of those volumes you pack away for when civilization collapses, as it give the formulas for making from scratch glass, nitroglycerin, glue, and a thousand other handy things.
Read it here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 13, 2020 -
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Category: Science, Technology, Books, Nineteenth Century
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