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Re: on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:28AM (#37309356)
Using X-rays to look inside an old and new Bialetti Moka pot, an AeroPress, a Fellow Coffee kettle, and a burr grinder
Neat comparison at the top of the page between the original SNES controller and the modern Switch controller inside the same enclosure. The battery and wireless system can all fit in the space left from miniaturization.
Re:Free Organ on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @04:36PM (#36424038)
This is a huge instrument; the cost of refurbishing it and installing it would easily be $2M+, so the fact that it's free is sort of beside the point!
Re:Scan of the Month: Geometries of Nature on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @01:20PM (#36140933)
Came here to post this. Beautiful animations.
Re: on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @01:13PM (#36140822)
Lots of self-similarity and efficient packing. And the way figs are pollinated is wild.
Re: on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:36PM (#35360530)
Also, there's an unexpected bag inside your can of shaving cream
Came here to post this, but you beat me to it :)

The scan of the Norelco shaver is gorgeous. And I never knew that there's a bag inside a can of shaving cream.

Re:Scan of the Month: Nest Thermostat on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:56PM (#33988217)
The wiring base is the coolest part of this IMO. In the video Tony talks about how the leaf spring connectors physically reconfigure the circuitry when a wire is plugged in.
The LG lithium ion cell that's second on this page is the one inside the Tesla Model Y battery pack.
Re:Interactive Visualization for the Human Development Index on Monday November 22, 2010 @03:37PM (#1931190)
Check out Zimbabwe 1990 vs Zimbabwe 2010 (governance fail) and China 1990 vs China 2010 (governance win).

More explanation here: http://blogs.forbes.com/jonbruner/2010/11/18/a-new-way-to-lo...