[Pictured above, top to bottom: 1946 The Fleet Type Submarine manual, manual for the 1988 SR-71 Blackbird Environmental Control Systems, 1942 B-17F Flying Fortress Pilot Familiarization Manual] We’re hard at work on the next issue of MAKE, Volume 17, which will have a special “Lost Knowledge” section. For that, I’ve been on the hunt for […]
Popular Mechanics was at Steam Powered, the California Steampunk Convention, and has a piece on their site of favorite gadgets from the con. Seen here, from top to bottom: The Stroh violin, Holly Conrad’s mechanical wings, and Kevin O’Hare’s box camera digital casemod. 10 Best Old-Is-New Gadgets from 2008 Steampunk Convention More: Fyriel, the alchemical […]
Let’s bring back the traveling woodworking shop tour, Popular Mechanics – 1938.
Mono-Scooter Is Speedy – Popular Mechanics, 1936- With a little practice, you can get more speed out of this mono-scooter than out of a pair of roller skates. It is made from two roller-skate wheels and a hardwood block as wide as the shoe and about 5 in, longer. Round the ends of the block […]
Retro Tennis for Two on display at the Brookhaven Lab in celebration of its 50th anniversary @ The NY Times… “I BRAG to people that I was probably the first kid to play a video game,†said Robert Dvorak Jr. That happened half a century ago here at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where Mr. Dvorak’s father […]
Unsung Geniuses: Florence Thomas of ViewMaster via DnR. Most fans of the tiny fantasy worlds glimpsed through the lens of a View-Master viewer are probably unaware of the name Florence Thomas. Thomas was the Portland, Oregon sculptor employed by the makers of the 3-D viewer to create miniature dioramas of fairy tales and pop culture […]
Vintage poison labels – high res files available, perfect to print out and put on your projects and things in the refrigerator at work! via LoL.
