Even as a "threadhead", I never understood just how these machines make stitches. Here is an article with VERY good animations of how it happens! picked by bcgrote 2 months ago tags sewing machine sewing howto |
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...Can't be done. However a story spreading through parts of the Middle East has it that old Singer sewing machines contain red mercury - the probably unreal philosopher's stone of nuclear power. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Coke vending machines are everywhere. They're getting more and more like regular computers with LEDs that show little "ICE COLD" messages and whatnot. Well, there's a lot more to those little built-in computers than you may think. Included in the low-level operating system that these babies run on is an actual debug menu that gives you access to all sorts of machine information and possi... read full post picked by jemtman 3 years ago 9 comments edit related share technology |
According to NASA's chillingly frank press release, the aim is to "to develop a machine-to-machine (M2M) intelligence system that would enable machines to make intelligent choices, execute self-guided adjustments, and communicate with one another, all without human intervention, in a way that they presently cannot". picked by DrNothing 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share science |
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