This is what I get for not following Gizmodo faithfully: flaming industrial art.
They introduced it saying “Do you enjoy fire? Do you also enjoy very intricate Rube Goldberg machines? Of course you do.” Though a reader there exclaims:
It didn’t do anything. For it to be a true Rube Goldberg doesn’t it have to accomplish some [...]
Posted May 26, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: art, crashes, dump truck, explosion, explosions, fire, flame, flames, kinetic sculpture, rube goldberg, video. One Comment.
I pointed out this Jet Turbine Powered Toyota MR2 a year ago, but now I’ve discovered Ron Patrick’s Jet Powered VW Beatle. The story is well told in a San Francisco Gate article from April (with bonus video), which describes the builder:
Patrick is a 48-year-old Stanford-trained (Ph.D.) engineer who owns ECM (Engine Control and Monitoring), [...]
Posted July 4, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: afterburner, car, cars, fireworks, flame, General Electric T58, go fast, jet, jet car, jet powered, jet powered bug, jet powered Volkswagen, jet turbine, jetcar, mod, Ron Patrick, speed, turbine, Volkswagen Bug. One Comment.
