Made On Earth โ Difference Engine Built From Meccano Parts
Some prefer a nuts-and-bolts approach to computing โ like Tim Robinson, who built a version of Charles Babbageโs Difference Engine No. 1 entirely out of Meccano parts.
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Some prefer a nuts-and-bolts approach to computing โ like Tim Robinson, who built a version of Charles Babbageโs Difference Engine No. 1 entirely out of Meccano parts.
Three years ago, after a bash at his apartment, Adam Hunnell was stuck trying to figure out what to do with a keg full of warm beer. Not one to cry into his glass, though, the budding inventor drew up plans for a thermoelectric blanket that would keep kegs to a chilly 32 – 35 degrees F.
One of the top Lego builders in the world, Jonathan Brownโs most famous creation is 2001โs Cube Solver, the first robot to finish the Rubikโs Cube puzzle.
A few years ago, Kaden Harris was engraving brass nameplates for a manufacturer of โemployee- recognition products.โ Now his scaled-down medieval siege weapons bring heart, soul, and serious brains into the otherwise bland genre.