Monthly Archives: March 2012


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNUdowYZJlw

A gorgeous example of over-engineered steampunk: inspired by the eccentric drawings of W. Heath Robinson and made from 250 found objects by mechanical sculptor Rob Higgs.

The corkscrew was built over the course of three years and originally launched back in 2009, when a limited production of 100 units went on sale.

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Democratic leader of The US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi at Trinity, College, Dublin, [with, pic 2: President of TCD’s Philosophical Society, Eoin O Liathain and Vice-Provost of Trinity, Prof Linda Hogan] where she will later tonight collect the Golden Medal of Honorary Patronage from the ‘Phil’.

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)