The Women Behind the Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers could not have invented the airplane without the involvement of two key women in their family.
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Making History Live Again With 3D Technology
One of the essential qualities of 3D technology that I most love is its versatility. We’ve already found a multitude of uses for it. And with all the creative people on the planet, we will continue to find more unique, whimsical, pioneering ways to exercise it. 3D technology really is a blank sheet, a flashpoint from which we can conceive of projects as spectacular as the tools themselves. Best of all, just as paint and canvas have not met their limit, I don’t think 3D will either. That’s a status that many new, openly available technologies and toys can’t claim, as so many are meant for specific uses. But 3D is meant simply to inspire.
Rebuilding Computer History: First Parts of the EDSAC Replica Unveiled
The EDSAC Replica project aims to rebuild an authentic replica of the original Cambridge University EDSAC machine. The project began in 2011, and they have now unveiled the first working parts of the restored machine.
New Steampunk Book from MAKE and O’Reilly: Vintage Tomorrows
In Vintage Tomorrows, a new book from MAKE and O’Reilly Media, Intel’s resident futurist Brian David Johnson joins James H. Carrott in a globe-spanning journey to dig beyond definitions and into the heart of the growing Steampunk subculture. Through interviews with experts such as Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, William Gibson, Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, and James Gleick, this book looks into steampunk’s vision of old-world craftsmen making beautiful hand-tooled gadgets, and what it means for our age of disposable technology.
History of Eggnog
I absolutely love egg nog; as soon as I see it in the refrigerated cases at the grocery store, I get a holiday thrill. (Earlier and earlier it seems!) I’ve been meaning to make my own from scratch for some time, and this brief history of egg nog post has me inspired. It’s fascinating how […]
DIY Cleopatra Costume
Go Egyptian this Halloween with this awesome costume how-to!
Italy’s “Park of Monsters”
Il Parco dei Mostri di Bomarzo — “The Park of Monsters” — is a rock sculpture park in northern Italy.
