how stuff works Why impact lawn sprinklers are so amazing Mark Frauenfelder

America Don't You Forget About Chuck E. Cheese Rob Beschizza

This coin-op machine loudly scolds you until you insert money into it Mark Frauenfelder

perverse engineering Drones installed in taxidermied birds. They even flap, nightmarishly. Rob Beschizza

youtube Lego bricks come to life in mesmerizing mechanical contraption Mark Frauenfelder

retrofuturism This 1970 educational film about computers has a great retro vibe Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets These moving, 3D wooden mechanical models are as gorgeous as they are crazy cool Boing Boing's Shop

happy mutants The forgotten blockbuster locksport competitions of the mid-Victorian era Cory Doctorow