Saturday, November 7, 2009

The Teacup Stirling Engine


"There's energy all around us, just waiting to be tapped. Whether it's a hot cup of coffee on a cold day, light from the sun, scented candles, or waste heat wafting from electronics, it's all potential power waiting to be harnessed! This is the world of the Stirling engine."

Via Makezine
http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol17/?pg=70&pm=2&u1=friend

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Geek's Twins


Seen over there...(e-mail)

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Crossing the November Sky


The sky was on fire, the plane was not


Seen in Avión Microsiervos (Spanish)



via Flickr

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Boeing 777 engine replacement (Russian vs American's way)

Via English Russia, the coldest way of replacing one Boeing 777 engine:


and via Youtube, an amazing video about the same issue but done in one of the American Airlines' hangar:



Amazing!



Via:

English Russia