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Van de Graaff
More High-Voltage science action. These Van de Graaff Generators were built by Robert J. Van de Graaff himself for MIT in the early 1930’s. Unlike the Tesla Coil, the Van de Graaff generator is an electrostatic machine which uses a moving belt to accumulate electrostatic voltages on a hollow metal sphere. The machines above were capable of producing 5,000,000 volts and were designed to accelerate…
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Counterweight
I just watched a very interesting architecture documentary (Great Expectations, SBS). Among the diverse array of incredible buildings was this beautifully simple counterweight by architect Antti Lovag.
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Nazi Flying Saucers
While walking on the wild high voltage side of science I came across this: a German Haunebu 2, on a test flight. Wow. Unbelievable. If it wasn’t for that authentic looking signature…
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Death Ray
I just fell down the rabbit hole that is Nikola Tesla; inventor of radio, AC current distribution, remote controlled vehicles, and the DEATH RAY (actually Tesla called it the “Peace Ray” but that didn’t catch on). There’s a bit of controversy about whether it actually existed, most sane people think not, most nut bags with an internet connection and…
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another Radiohead remake
If you’ve seen the Radiohead video for House of Cards you probably know it was ‘filmed’ using a collection of 3D laser scanners. What you may not know is that Radiohead have released the scan data and Processing code used to produce the video. What would anyone want with that? Well you could use it…
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Electric Dream Car 123
and it’s clad in bullet-proof half-inch plexi-glass. I’m speechless. Link.