Kids these days, swiping and tapping away at iPads, have absolutely no idea how to fix a mechanical spindle. But until around the Great Depression, children were free to work in factories alongside adults. More »
When I was a little kid, my favorite books were those full of illustrations that showed the guts of airplanes, ships, locomotives, space vehicles and all kinds of machinery. They still are. Machines’ entrails are fascinating. Devoid of any skin, you can’t do anything but marvel at human ingenuity. More »
Ah, Russia, you neverending source of amusement and absurdity you, please never change. Take this man, who somehow sunk himself into the mud up to his waist and then he couldn’t get out—until the man with the caterpillar decides to scoop him out, complete with all the mud around him. [Thanks Karl!] More »
The guys at Re-Char, a small startup that makes carbon-negative products, were faced with a problem. They wanted to ship products to Kenya, but the options available were wasteful, costly, and not nearly as efficient as simply manufacturing near to the customers. To do it, in a place with little industry or infrastructure, Re-Char designed something new—a fully functioning, off-the-grid factory inside a shipping container. More »
When you look at them in hospitals, CT (Computer Tomography) scanners look like devices from Star Trek’s Enterprise. When you look at them without their smooth futuristic covers on, they look like tired engine parts from the Battlestar Galactica. More »
It would probably be really fun to drive a steamroller. But you have to have a special license for those vehicles, and this awesome tape dispenser looks just like one, so you know, next best thing. More »
Jeff Bizbub spends his days as a GE engineer, but he also has a degree in music theory. And that works just fine for him, because he’s been able to use his artistic know-how to troubleshoot problems in machines. More »
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