Mechanical

03.14.11

US Navy explains basic mechanical principles of a fire control computer -- in 1953 (video)

Bits, bytes and silicon transistors? Boy, you have it good -- back in 1953, state-of-the-art compu...

By Sean Hollister, 03.14.11

12.10.10

Apple engineer uses Lego to rebuild ancient Greek mechanism, will surely try to patent it (video)

The Antikythera Mechanism is what you call truly old school technology. Argued to be the world's ol...

By Vlad Savov, 12.10.10

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12.05.10

Troika's mechanical LED sculpture lights up Art Basel (video)

Art Basel down in Miami has been the go-to place to see the best and brightest in design this past...

By D. Murph, 12.05.10

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10.10.10

Rowheel: the wheelchair you row to go

We like to joke about reinventing the wheel, but that's kind of what NASA engineer Salim Nasser has...

By Sean Hollister, 10.10.10

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07.21.10

Kinetic wall sculptures are impossible to look away from (video)

We know, you're pretty proud of that oil painting in your den. And that cuckoo clock you snagged fro...

By D. Murph, 07.21.10

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04.01.10

Stype, the Skyping typewriter, lets you chat about the passion (video)

It's a great day when something digital meets something purely mechanical, and that looks to be wha...

By T. Stevens, 04.01.10

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07.14.09

Mechanical cheetah comin' atcha!

Actually, it's just a sculpture with articulated joints, but by all the gods of steampunk, it looks...

By Vlad Savov, 07.14.09

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07.04.09

Insider Trader: Patch 3.2 updates and Engineering analysis

Insider Trader is your inside line on making, selling, buying and using player-made products.Over th...

By Amanda Miller, 07.04.09

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03.31.09

Mechanical heart built from Sony gear still pines for AIBO

As much as we'd like this to be a still from a new, secretly-in-development Cronenberg movie, it's...

By D. Melanson, 03.31.09

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02.07.08

Theoretical Engineering: postulations and prognostications pertaining to prostheses

Or"I'd give my right arm for that schematic."Periodically, Hoof and Horn Research and Development wi...

By Brian Karasek, 02.07.08

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Mechanical

US Navy explains basic mechanical principles of a fire control computer -- in 1953 (video)

Apple engineer uses Lego to rebuild ancient Greek mechanism, will surely try to patent it (video)

Troika's mechanical LED sculpture lights up Art Basel (video)

Rowheel: the wheelchair you row to go

Kinetic wall sculptures are impossible to look away from (video)

Stype, the Skyping typewriter, lets you chat about the passion (video)

Mechanical cheetah comin' atcha!

Insider Trader: Patch 3.2 updates and Engineering analysis

Mechanical heart built from Sony gear still pines for AIBO

Theoretical Engineering: postulations and prognostications pertaining to prostheses

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