The Hollow Men » Engineering http://www.wearethehollowmen.com :::this is the way the world ends::: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:21:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Tob-sequitur http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/06/tob-sequitur/ http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/06/tob-sequitur/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:30:45 +0000 Tobias http://www.wearethehollowmen.com/2007/admin/tob-sequitur/ Gears

I declare this the king of Goldberg machines:  http://baynhamtyers.com/contraptionII.html

Cocaine + Corn=
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=54522&in_page_id=2

Our childhood dreams are a reality: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4217989.html

The little red spot: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=452130&in_page_id=1965

J.E.’s next clock: http://technabob.com/blog/2007/06/18/modern-flip-clock-updates-an-old-standard/

The new Transformers movie is already obsolete: http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/more_than_meets_the_eye

Nature already had it figured out: http://www.sycamorefan.com/fan/feature/features.html

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[youtube]j54EgxUtT-I&NR[/youtube]

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Here is my offering: The Fletcher Capstan Table.

[quicktime width="320" height="260"]http://www.dbfletcher.com/files/dbfletcher_capstan_schwartz.mov[/quicktime]

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History is darkened by forgetting discoveries like this: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/07/forgotten_invention_.html

Here’s more:
http://www.rexresearch.com/wilkes/1wilkes.htm

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