Technology
Weird Cars: Steam Powered Cars
At the beginning of the 20th Century, gasoline was difficult to store safely and therefore was considered a bad choice for a motor vehicle fuel. Steam engines were a highly refined technology and widely understood by the public. Steam powered cars ran on kerosene, which does not explode when burned. The one drawback was that you had to let your car build up a head of steam for up to half an hour before you could drive it. The car pictured below is a Stanley Steamer. Stanley made cars from 1896 to 1924.
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Posted By: fyshstyxx - Wed May 13, 2009 -
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Category: Technology, Cars
They Had That Back Then? #2
Today's lesson: Musical Ring Tones.
(from the May 1956 issue of Popular Science)
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Tue May 12, 2009 -
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Category: Inventions, Music, Technology, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
The Drum Buddy Show
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 11, 2009 -
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Category: Music, Technology
Transcendent Man
The Singularity: an indeterminate post-human future. Hooey, or prophecy? Perhaps the new movie Transcendent Man debuting at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, will explain it all for us.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 06, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Documentaries, Technology, Computers, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Tilt Shift Photography
Alex's post today of tiny man with big cat brings up the topic of Tilt Shift Miniature Faking, by which odd camera angles can render real-world scenes toylike. (And didn't the LORD OF THE RINGS films use a similar technique to turn normal-sized actors into hobbits?)
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 29, 2009 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers, Technology, Surrealism
Why Tinfoil Hats Don’t Work
You might have seen the newspaper reports last fall about this experiment. Here's how it was done.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 27, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Science, Experiments, Psychology, Technology
Donald Duck in THE PLASTICS INVENTOR
So it's Donald Duck who's responsible for a world choking in plastic gimcracks!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 15, 2009 -
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Category: Technology, Cartoons, Documentaries, 1940s
The Electric Hotel
Electricity can do anything!NOTE: When I first posted this on Sunday morning, the link was bad. My apologies!
Try it now!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 01, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Technology, 1900s
Hands-Free Solution
A few weeks ago I posted about the Cell Mate hands-free device for cell phones. I suggested that a rubber band would be more practical. But this guy clearly has the best hands-free solution.
(via gizmodo)
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 25, 2009 -
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Category: Technology
Russian Ark
What's so weird about the film titled RUSSIAN ARK? It's 90-some minutes long--and shot entirely in one continuous take. The camera--a special digital one--was turned on and never turned off for the duration of the shoot. They had to try four times before they suceeded.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 13, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Technology, Russia
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