Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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  • Jay Converse

    I want to hear the constructions without the pretty music.  

    Whirr, whirr, zerm, zerm.

    Ugly stuff like that.

  • http://theladyfingers.blogspot.com/ Ladyfingers

    You’re surprised at the complexity? People have built difference engines out of the stuff.

  • http://twitter.com/Rickenhacker Daniel Earwicker

    A car that can drive over books is impressive, yes!

    I’ll just leave this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUtS52lqL5w

  • Mitch_M

    Finally a way to clean up those spilled navy beans!

  • fidel_funk

    My kid, Simon is six and he’s hooked seriously on Technics, he’s half way making a 8295 Telescopic Handler, more or less on his own…. 

    Im getting this book for him! (although its my birthday)