Monthly Archives: February 2015

Reinforced Runners Ensure This Inflatable Sled Can Survive Icy Terrain

By Andrew Liszewski

Reinforced Runners Ensure This Inflatable Sled Can Survive Icy Terrain

The same inflatable tube you use to lazily drift on the lake in the summertime works just as well on a snow-covered hill in the winter—until you hit a patch of rough icy terrain. Then the odds of it getting punctured are all but guaranteed. So the makers of the …

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/NO6PdLV8CCU/reinforced-runners-ensure-this-inflatable-sled-can-surv-1684761646

      

Reinforced Runners Ensure This Inflatable Sled Can Survive Icy Terrain

By Andrew Liszewski

Reinforced Runners Ensure This Inflatable Sled Can Survive Icy Terrain

The same inflatable tube you use to lazily drift on the lake in the summertime works just as well on a snow-covered hill in the winter—until you hit a patch of rough icy terrain. Then the odds of it getting punctured are all but guaranteed. So the makers of the …

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/NO6PdLV8CCU/reinforced-runners-ensure-this-inflatable-sled-can-surv-1684761646

      

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed 

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed

It’s hard for us Google Earth-dependent modern-day humans to conceive of, but there was once a time when we had to imagine what our towns and cities looked like from the sky. In fact, there were famous artists who specialized in creating these panoramic views of Earth. For a time, they were stars. Today, it’s a lost art.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ICATpfmGfdc/the-gorgeous-panoramic-maps-are-from-a-time-before-plan-1684595323

      

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed 

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed

It’s hard for us Google Earth-dependent modern-day humans to conceive of, but there was once a time when we had to imagine what our towns and cities looked like from the sky. In fact, there were famous artists who specialized in creating these panoramic views of Earth. For a time, they were stars. Today, it’s a lost art.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ICATpfmGfdc/the-gorgeous-panoramic-maps-are-from-a-time-before-plan-1684595323

      

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed 

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed

It’s hard for us Google Earth-dependent modern-day humans to conceive of, but there was once a time when we had to imagine what our towns and cities looked like from the sky. In fact, there were famous artists who specialized in creating these panoramic views of Earth. For a time, they were stars. Today, it’s a lost art.

…read more

Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ICATpfmGfdc/the-gorgeous-panoramic-maps-are-from-a-time-before-plan-1684595323

      

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed 

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

13 Gorgeous Panoramic Maps Drawn Long Before Satellites Even Existed

It’s hard for us Google Earth-dependent modern-day humans to conceive of, but there was once a time when we had to imagine what our towns and cities looked like from the sky. In fact, there were famous artists who specialized in creating these panoramic views of Earth. For a time, they were stars. Today, it’s a lost art.

…read more

Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ICATpfmGfdc/the-gorgeous-panoramic-maps-are-from-a-time-before-plan-1684595323

      

This Enormous Boat of a Car-Boat Probably Needed Oceans of Oil to Run

By Matt Novak

This Enormous Boat of a Car-Boat Probably Needed Oceans of Oil to Run

Life for Americans after World War II was supposed to be filled with open roads and open waters. The roads, more often than not, were for getting to work. And the water? That was pure leisure time. This “water-mobile” of 1947 was imagined to provide the best of both, with an enormous (and, one imagines, gas-guzzling) six-wheeled amphibious vehicle.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/hdnXzJFsU3I/this-futuristic-water-mobile-probably-needed-a-small-oi-1684690640

      

Forgotten Apollo moon artifacts found in Neil Armstrong’s closet

By Amanda Kooser A hidden treasure trove of gear flown on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon sees the light of day after Neil Armstrong’s widow shares the find with the Smithsonian.

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Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/43363a7c/sc/38/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Cforgotten0Eapollo0Emoon0Eartifacts0Efound0Ein0Eneil0Earmstrongs0Ecloset0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm