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More on Nikola Tesla

You can thank Nikola Tesla for helping you read this. Before his harnessing of the energy of Niagara Falls, most electricity was transmitted via direct current. Tesla pioneered the use of alternating current that is used in our electric grid. Check into the documentary film excerpted above for more info and links.

The Brie that ate Sheboygan

The Brie that ate Sheboygan

How could I resist something called “Blowing Up Cheese With Nitrous Oxide”? It’s a piece, in PopSci’s “Kitchen Alchemy” column (which, as an on-again/off-again geek foodied, I’ve started following), on aerating Brie with Nitrous to create delicious cheese foam (and you thought aerosol cheese was fun before!). I’m surprised there aren’t more of these sorts […]

EV dragsters!

EV dragsters!

Design News has an article and slide show piece on electric dragsters. The car pictured here is Mike Willmon’s electric Pinto, the Crazyhorse. The infamous Pinto gas tank (and the back seat) has been replaced with 848 lbs of lead-acid battery. The car is powered by two nine-inch diameter brush DC motors, coupled back-to-back. The […]