This is a wooden marble machine. It is 6 feet tall, and is powered only by potential energy, a little kinetic energy and gravity. there are no motors, batteries or cranks. It uses a 3/8 inch diameter steel marble, which starts at the bottom, and goes to the top, and then returns to the bottom,making this trip about 1,300 times in 24 hours.
I originally found this link on reddit. There are some comments there to read if you don’t understand the science and physics behind it all.
I hate all awards shows ever created. They are simply a giant circle jerk where people who make stuff congratulate other people who make stuff so they can all feel better about themselves. Don’t ever watch or buy anything just because people tell you to.
This video sums up very well how I feel about it all. It’s from the guys at BriTANicK.
We’ve partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It’s an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and science and technology’s incredible potential to improve our lives. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Just head over to the site and put whatever you’re looking for in the search box. Alternatively, you can go to google books and browse every magazine as well.
As with all things in google books, you don’t have the ability to print out anything unless you have a greasemonkeyscript and know how to use it. Then again, it’s free, so don’t complain too much. Popular Science has done a great thing here.
Connections with James Burke is now on YouTube in its entirety. If you’ve never seen it, go check it out. It was an amazing series about science history. The Day The Universe Changed is also worthy of checking out.
