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Slow Loris Handcrafted Shirts

I’m absolutely drawn to the hand-drawn look of these shirts from Slow Loris. Created by two artists, Jessica and Arlo, who live on a tiny chunk of land off the Puget Sound by the name of Guemes Island, you can just feel the love that went into these designs. Arlo and Jessica illustrate directly onto […]

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Amazing mini V12 car engine

Whoa. A miniature V12 engine for BIG R/C vehicles. The home-made motor is a valve-operated 12 cylinder 4 stroke engine with two low operated camshafts with oil lubrication and air cooling. The builder is hoping to eventually offer the engine as a kit. V12 RC-Engine [Via Hacked Gadgets]

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1963 Chrysler Turbine

I’ve been obsessing recently over the 1963 Chrysler Turbine, a concept car Chrysler Corp made 55 of, loaned out to select customers for testing (and lots of breathless publicity), and then they unceremoniously destroyed all but a few of them (as can be seen in the last horrifying video above). As far as I can […]

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Tiny bladed turbine

Dunder and Blixem writes on Flickr: A light weight bladed turbine. Built to test the concept this little engine is fast but temperamental. Note the 2 cent coin used as a backing plate. Handmade Turbines

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