Roman Multitool from 3rd Century CE
I see a knife, a fork, and a spoon. Plus some other implements about which I don’t really care to speculate. No flash drive, though. More deets over at The Fitzwilliam Museum. [via Neatorama]
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“Dieselpunk” lunchbox amp
However you care to aesthetically classify this lunchbox amp, it’s a cool, thoroughly detailed project which can be applied to any type of styling. It uses the 2 Watt Stereo Kit from Carl’s Electronics. Dieselpunk Stereophonic Amplifier More: Vintage headphone mod
Retro iPhone handset
This handsome iPhone handset from artist Scott Freeland would look right at home on any side table or credenza.
2001 monolith “action” figure
OK, sorry to meander off-topic, here, but when I saw this my L was actually OL, and I just had to share. This rectangular block of black plastic is the latest brainstorm from the clever marketeers over at ThinkGeek. (“Helps your other action figures evolve.”) [via Gizmodo]
Free “Age of Graphical Computing” calendar download
Ron Doerfler of Rolling Meadows, IL is an engineer for Northrop-Grumman. He’s written a book on advanced mentat techniques and keeps a fascinating blog called Dead Reckonings: Lost Art in the Mathematical Sciences:
Original Bucky Fuller geodesic dome home sales model ca. 1960
Man, what a cool artifact. Not $7,500 cool, IMHO, as I can appreciate it just fine from the photo over at Wright Auctions, but to each his or her own. [via Core77]
Bicycles & tricycles; an elementary treatise on their design and construction
Via No Tech Magazine comes a link to a digital version of this wonder 1896 bicycle treatise Bicycles & tricycles; an elementary treatise on their design and construction, with examples and tables,” from Archibald Sharp (1896).
