Retro

Titanium goggles

Titanium goggles

Here’s a gorgeous pair of steampunk goggles (just in time for Halloween), done in titanium, brass, and leather. Their makjer, Anticz, writes: The main housing and attach points for the nose and temple pieces are milled from a solid billet of Titanium alloy. I chose Titanium for several reasons. First, it’s much lighter in weight […]

Electric miniature mono-railway

Electric miniature mono-railway

Electric miniature mono-railway Modern Mechanix, Feb, 1931. IT IS a well known fact among experimenters that when a whirling gyroscope is set in an upright or inclined position it will not change unless some strong exterior force is applied. Due to this peculiar quality, which is known as the precessive effect, the gyroscope can be […]

Radio-cooked toast

Radio-cooked toast

Every time there is a new technology, the makers figure out a way to cook food with it… Radio cooked toast, 1933. RADIO cooking is the latest stunt developed by broadcast engineers. If a hot lunch is wanted by the operators in a transmitting station, all they have to do is place their food between […]