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July 25, 2004
What do batteries run on?
The Z-Machine power accelerator from The Sandia National Labs. Some explanation of the electrical flashover here: millions of amps of current are passed through a tiny spool of tungsten wires, producing a flood of x rays… No idea what they are talking about…
Eadweard Muybridge’s early motion photography
Ken Hakuta is Doctor Fad. He invented one of the most successful fads of all, the Wacky WallWalker, and made over $100M selling them. (Most inventors don’t make any)
Journey through Tikal. This site explores the ancient Mayan ruins of Tikal in Guatemala
Ephemera, a paper trail of the phonograph industry, including advertising, catalogs, and machine instruction manuals. (Found on “Metafilter”)
Many More Unusual Inventions & Discoveries Here
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