Here’s a round-up of tweets and posts from the past month or so that you may or may not find of any interest:
- UK launches a competition to design pylons of the future
- Detroit DIYer cooks up stronger, lighter steel, shames scientists via @ #
- Regions hope industry clusters will draw jobs #
- Open-source cell phone network could cut costs to $2 per month
- “@guardianscience: Spacewatch: International Space Station timings and positions <~ Mancunian Standard Time.
- Doomsday bunkers for under $10,000!
- “@joerogan: Scientists (re)create substance 100,000 times hotter than center of sun <~make a self-cooking wok w/ it.
- ADEX: Futuristic PreFab for Modular Off-Grid Living
- 30 foot Scrap Metal Optimus Prime [Pic] #
- “@MFGcom: US # Slowly Rotting Away: How Industries Die – #
- Ruler designed specifically to shoot rubber bands #
- Perforated house with bonus pseudo-wank explanation from the architect #
- Engaging the nation with science and engineering
- Almost humourously named Wang Kang stuns colleagues by wearing homemade Iron Man suit to work #
- Arty Bollocks Generator:
- Lord (of the vertical record player) Sugar: I have never come across an engineer who can turn his hand to business
- Treasure from the Trash: 'Urban Mining' Could Reduce Reliance on Metal Imports #
- “@OMGFacts: In some areas of Oklahoma: People who make “ugly faces” at dogs may be fined and/or jailed. < ~ in Bacup it's a mating ritual. #
- “@ElecDesignNews: How to Make a Hand Drill out of a Pencil Sharpener: #
- American Mum-in-Law pulls a tin of Heinz sticky toffee pudding out of her bag and says instructions are to boil it on the nob for 15 mins.
- She now knows what a (k)nob is and that she meant hob. Can anybody advise me how I broach the subject of Hobnobs?
- The Hidden (Google) UK Science & Engineering Map #
- 3D printing sparks the rise of the citizen designer (Wired UK) #
- Manufacturing Boosts Economic Growth in Great Lakes Region: #
- Sometimes, all that’s needed is a filter.
- My aircon sounds to be working dreadfully hard – like an idling 747 no less.
- Open Source Digital Fabrication
- Social Networks for Engineers #
- Via @: Your chance to name a species < ~ shame Woodhouse Terrificus is a no go. #
- Make Your Own Magnetic Silly Putty #
- Went for lunch at an English-themed butty shop. The only thing English about it was the bloody portion sizes. #
- How the ‘ecosystem’ myth has been used for sinister means < ~well, if there isn't an ep. of Dr Who in here somewhere #
- Nebula / Cecil Balmond < ~ 4km of st/st chain and 120,000 aluminium plates. #
- Snap-Together CNC Machine #
- Mirror Polished Stainless Steel Spheres – Art Installation in Santa Monica #
- Cool Workshops – Chabott Engineering #
- Bizarre vintage exercise machines
- Data Sculptures < ~ 3D printed vase of voice is rather nifty. #
- Bristol and Glasgow: ‘super cities’ that will lead manufacturing renaissance < ~ PR fabricated bunkum. #
- Pretty Big Dig: Construction Cranes as Ballet Dancers #
- Buy a Life-Sized Dalek Right Now for $5K-ish
- Learning to Weld #
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