A very impressive motorised LEGO Technic ‘roulette wheel’ made by Berthil Van Beek, who sez of it:
100% LEGO version of a Roulette wheel with full set of 37 numbers (European style). This Great Ball Contraption module is a buffer at the start of a full GBC circuit dispensing two balls per two seconds.
The megacities of Blade Runner, abandoned to nature in some unexplained future imagined by French artist and designer, Paul Chadeisson.
From ‘P Is For Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever’ by Raj Haldar, wherein silent consonants are used to annoy children.
Slow Dance – a most unusual device designed by artist and roboticist Jeff Lieberman for Wonder Machines which uses some kind of imperceptible vibrating witchcraft to make objects placed in contact with its demonic gubbins appear to move in slow motion.
Illustrations from the weird and wonderful ‘Codex Seraphinianus’, written in the 1970s by by Italian artist Luigi Serafini. To wit:
Codex Seraphinianus is strange, even for the most open-minded readers. Codex Seraphinianus is essentially an encyclopedia about an alien world that is clearly a reflection of our own, with each chapter dealing with key facets of this surreal place, including the flora, fauna, science, machines, games, and architecture. However, it’s difficult to be exact because no-one has been able to understand even the ‘Contents’ page.
Animated Knots – for all your cliff-dangling, boat-fastening, main-staying needs.
A step by step, rabbit-goes-in-the-hole guide to every knot you’ll ever need – broken down by category (fishing, surgical, climbing, decorative, kinabaku, etc.)
Explore here.
A very satisfying 13 minutes (if you have them to spare) wherein a rusty and wrecked old toy piano found in a barn by YouTube fixer-uppers Rescue&Restore is sandblasted, powder-coated and restored to its former glory.
Zoolological sculptures by French artist Edouard Martinet: in which salvaged auto parts are screwed together to form the scales, eyes and exoskeletons of his creations.
Exhibiting this month at Bettina Von Armin Gallery in Paris, if you’re passing.
Previously: Moving Parts
