Traveler | 1. Mai 2013
Every dot in this stop-motion animation by IBM is a single atom, how cool is that! A few facts: The dots in this 90-second film are so small they can only be seen when magnified 100 million times. The ability to move single atoms is vital for research into data storage at the atomic level [...]
Traveler | 24. April 2013
Ladies and gentlemen, every now and then, I find a true jewel in my ætherbox, a link to a site, video or image that s truly inspiring. Today, I found an æthermail by the most honourable gentleman Ed Ross,presenting his creation, the battleship Barnum’s Dream. A stunning masterpiece of craftsmanship and a suitable story to [...]
Traveler | 14. April 2013
Now this is a first. To be more precise, this is the first time a website gets featured three times, but J.W.Kinsey’s Artifice truly deserves it. Mr. Kinsey is a master craftsman, creating one wonderful artifact after another, so it is with great pleasure I present the following gallery o his latest inventions (and a portrait [...]
Traveler | 11. April 2013
Oh the BBC… What would I do without the BBC! Take a look at this, Rob Higgs is a tinkerer par excellence! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22094465
Traveler | 31. März 2013
The title of this post speaks for itself. Two Tesla coils playing the Doctor Who theme song at the Maker Faire 2011. Performance by ArcAttack Why did I not find this sooner, anyway?
Traveler | 27. März 2013
How could I miss that? This is an excellent video combining my favourite leisure time interest with my daytime job: I laughed my head off. If you don’t get it, never mind, it is a rather specific kind of humor.
Traveler | 25. Februar 2013
Footage of a restored Me-262 Schwalbe taking off on a 30-minutes flight to a nearby airbase. Pure bliss!
Traveler | 21. Februar 2013
The more I dig into the Atompunk side of things, the more wonderful tech-gems pop up. I had no idea what a treasure trove of the weird and wonderful hides in the Atompunk timeframe. During the height of the space race, both the Soviet Union and the United States used massive amounts of resources to [...]
Traveler | 12. Februar 2013
Being an author with O’Reilly myself, I just had to share this press release. Vintage Tomorrows—New from MAKE and O’Reilly Media A Historian And A Futurist Journey Through Steampunk Into The Future of Technology “If you’re going to mess about with something, do something real and meaningful with it. Don’t screw it up. Make it [...]
Traveler | 17. Januar 2013
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I am an anthropologist and in this capacity a minor scholar of the Cthulhu Mythos and H.P. Lovecraft. I am also quite obviously heavily into Steampunk and Dieselpunk and like travelling.
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