A 130×130-square solution to the Knight’s Tour problem.
CRT Implosion
Via Wikipedia user Niels Noordhoek
Antiaircraft Sound Locator
An acoustical device used before the invention of radar to detect incoming planes by sound. The stereo horns ran right into the operators ears, like gigantic headphones. To the right is a spotlight for nighttime operation.
Via Wikipedia
Église Saint Pierre
Visual research: Église Saint-Pierre, a church in Firminy, France. Designed by Le Corbusier in 1965, finished in 2006. Via Wikipedia user lapin.lapin.
Progressive Surface Broach
A 3d model of progressive surface broach (but don’t really know what that means), via Wikipedia user Wizard191.
OLED
OLED panels (via Wikipedia user STRONGlk7)
Orphaned Articles
While searching Wikipedia for a previous post, I learned that some articles are “orphaned” – they have no other articles that link to them. The entire list of 118,308 articles is listed here; the first few listings for “Aa” are:
Aa, Indonesia, Aaartali, Axel Aabrink, Maram & Aabroo, AAC Honey Badger PDW, Aacay Organization, Aach ed Djâjé…
Continuously Cast Copper Crystal
Learned about a new process today: continuous casting. Above is a continuously cast copper crystal, 99.5% pure.
Rope Making Machines
Images of rope making machines, which twist individual strands separately (driven by a single crank), which are then combined into one thicker rope.
Also highly recommended are these videos on the Wikipedia page for Rope, which I sadly cannot seem to convert from OGV to anything usable :(
Via: MK Drafting and Lumenaris
Weird Flash Spots on Jambalaya
Just the sharp flash spots on a photograph of jambalaya from Wikipedia.