'Technology' Category
Casual Friday — Rocket Racing League
From rocketry past to rocketry (near-) future — here’s a little “teaser” video from the Rocket Racing League…
The scientific tourist #28 — Marston Mat
This week’s picture is from the San Diego Air & Space Museum, and shows a simple but very effective invention from World War II — Marston Mat…
Casual Friday — Fetch!
Yes, this is downright silly, but still a fun invention from a technical perspective…
Casual Friday — Babbage’s Difference Engine #2
Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was a computer pioneer who invented some interesting (and quite workable) mechanical computers, but never got around to actually building them…
Casual Friday — The Machine That Changed the World
Courtesy of Andy Baio via Waxy.org come digital scans of a 1992 VHS documentary titled The Machine That Changed the World. It’s a beautifully produced documentary on the history of computing…
