Chris first appeared on our radar last year. I like Rob Beschizza’s description of his works as “randomly-generated parts for high-performance machines that don’t work in our universe.” He has just released a self-published art book with photos of his catalog and beautiful plan drawings that are just as eye-catching.
“Movement is Everything” shows the CNCing of a Boehm Stirling engine. Nicely done and totally turns the creation of these beautiful devices into an art unto itself. [via FrankieBit]
Photographer Gustavo Sanabria has a lovely series of photos that provide a peek into Bangkok, Thailand’s industrial Talat Noi neighborhood.
Arthur Gansen’s kinetic sculpture includes a gear train that will take well over two trillion years before the final gear makes one turn.
An oldie-but-goodie from a student project at Florida Atlantic University. This pipe inspection robot has a modular “train car” or “snake” construction and uses an unusual “screw drive” mechanism to pull itself along the pipe. Best of all, it comes with a very well-told story.
Lior Elazary’s Mechanical CPU Clock intrigues me — it’s a clock that simulates the way a CPU works: For a CPU to do any meaningful work, it needs to be told what to do. This comes in the form of instructions. For this wall clock I will only concentrate on the hours to make things […]
This 300-step Rube Goldberg Machine claims the world’s record: The Purdue Society of Professional Engineers team smashed its own world record for largest Rube Goldberg machine with a 300-step behemoth that flawlessly accomplished the simple task of blowing up and popping a balloon – setting the new world record for the Largest functional Rube Goldberg […]
