Hovercraft Suitcase Gives Your Luggage a Smooth RideThe wheels on roller suitcases are one of their primary failure points.
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Hovercraft Suitcase Gives Your Luggage a Smooth Ride
The wheels on roller suitcases are one of their primary failure points. After the destruction of the wheel mount on her DIY suitcase, [Laura Kampf] wondered if it would be better to dispense with wheels altogether.
To give her suitcase a lift, [Kampf] decided to turn it into a hovercraft so it couldn’t be stopped by pavement or puddles. The first task was finding an appropriate fan, and a compact leaf blower donated it’s body to makerdom for the project. After reducing the blower to it’s constituent components and finding a secret turbo switch, work began on the momentum curtain.
“Nose-holing” the arrangement and size of the holes to pipe air through the stapled tarp and tape skirt seemed to be the bulk of the trial-and-error in this one. Based on other hovercraft designs [Kampf] found, keeping the holes near the center of the inflated portion gave better lift. In the end, the carry-on is able to lift a decent amount even on its lowest setting, resulting in a suitcase that is “not embarrassing” for travel. No word yet on what TSA thinks.
If you’re looking for another unexpected lift off, how about a full-sized flying Delorean replica? We’ve also covered some of the reasons why we don’t see more of these all terrain wonders.
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@ukscone I read the book, really great.
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Oggi sto una chiavica, sembro una bestia in gabbia.
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The average level of certain comments on some platforms is truly worrying. Although English is not my native language, I believe it is quite clear that the first part of the latest blog post talks about my first experience with FreeBSD, in 2002. Yet some people keep saying that it is impossible that “with 64 GB of RAM you cannot use mutt while compiling” and they start with the insults.
I should know better by now, but every time it still makes me smile. 🙂
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Quindi:
Prima, "possiamo distruggere il terminal petrolifero di Kharg quando vogliamo".
Poi, "Lasciamo uscire le petroliere iraniane dallo Stretto di Hormuz, vogliamo che il mondo sia ben rifornito".
Minus habentes ne abbiamo?U.S. is allowing Iranian oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz, says Bessent https://cnb.cx/4dn9XUn
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LEGO Machine Plays Tic-Tac-Toe Without Electronics
Tic-Tac-Toe is a relatively simple game, and one of the few which has effectively been solved for perfect play. The nature of the game made it possible for [Joost van Velzen] to create a LEGO machine that can play the game properly in an entirely mechanical fashion.
The build features no electronics to speak of. Instead, it uses 52 mechanical logic gates and 204 bits of mechanical memory to understand and process the game state and respond with appropriate moves in turn. There are some limitations to the build, however—the game state always begins with the machine taking the center square. Furthermore, the initial move must always be played on one of two squares—given the nature of the game though, this doesn’t really make a difference.
It’s also worth heading over to the Flickr page for the project just to appreciate the aesthetics of the build. It’s styled in the fashion of an 18th-century automaton or similar. It’s also been shared on LEGO Ideas where it’s raised quite a profile.
If you’ve ever wanted to think about computing in a mechanical sense, this build is a great example of how it can be done. We often see some fun LEGO machines around these parts, from massive parts sorters to somewhat-functional typewriters.
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@quinta Per fortuna in Italia non sta succedendo niente di simil...oh wait
https://www.ilpost.it/charlie/chi-sono-gli-editori-italiani-2/
(Dal Post articolo sugli scenari che si stanno aprendo per le proprietà dei maggiori quotidiani italiani)(Per le TV siamo stati apripista, sui social ci pensa Trump anche per noi)
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@amoroso one of my favourite non-fiction computer history books is The Friendly Orange Glow about the rise and fall of PLATO and what could have been.
I caught the tail end of the PLATO era via a TI99/4A in a store in Leicester
