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Beautiful examples - reminds me of some art. It makes me wonder how much of technology is driven by the need to look cool.
by robocat 2y ago
Beautiful examples - reminds me of some art.
It makes me wonder how much of technology is driven by the need to look cool.
- Animats 2y agoLate 1950s concept cars. GM's Firebirds.[1] Turbine powered and self driving in 1960! A few locomotives. The GG-1 is considered one of the best of the streamlined designs.[2] The driver visibility is terrible, for no good reason. Steam locomotives had a visibility problem because the boiler was in the way. This is an electric; the cab and driver can be anywhere. The Juicero Press. 1960s Olivetti calculators. All those comic and SF spaceships that had rocket propulsion out the back but somehow achieved level flight without wings. This guy liked that kind of vehicle. Doesn't work. The Corliss Triumph steam engine.[1] Obsolete when built. There were other more compact steam engines of higher power at the same exhibition. All of steampunk, of course. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9_sLcgQ9LM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9_sLcgQ9LM [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_GG1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_GG... [3] https://energyhistory.yale.edu/william-dean-howells-describes-the-corliss-steam-engine-american-centennial-exhibition-1876/ https://energyhistory.yale.edu/william-dean-howells-describe...