Dark Roasted Blend: Robot Shadows on the Moon

Robot Shadows on the Moon

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      Robot Shadows on the Moon

      Or, rather, "Shadow Advertising on the Moon" - created by robots run amok
      on its surface - is it the future of advertising, or a silly cyberpunk-ish
      dream?
      Moon Publicity
      is completely serious about this... Also read our article about
      Cloud Advertising.

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      "Shadow Shaping is patent pending (Patent Application 61/150,054)
      technology that can be used to create images on the surface of the Moon
      that are visible from Earth. Practical uses for these images include
      advertising and memorials. The moon is covered with a fine dust that can
      be compacted to create shadow patterns." Today's pictures & links:

      Absolutely Monstrous Machine Found Somewhere in Russia

      Are you afraid? are you?.. Well, you should be!

      
      photo by S. Bednaruk

      This thing seems to be abandoned for now, but Decepticons certainly have
      plans for it. Any idea what this thing was originally intended for?

      UPDATE Please read our article
      Jet Engines on Trucks for Fun and Profit
      for all the info about it... 
      
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      Wingless Flight

      Catching a ride... exploring the world...

      
      Photo by Benno Neeleman

      Giant wings, giant butterfly

      Here is another extreme - a huge
      Atlas Moth, Attacus Atlas, found in Southern China, Thailand and Indonesia.
      Their winspan can reach 12 inches, and they also called "Snake's Head" in
      Hong Kong.

      
      (image via
        Alexis)

      Check out this butterfly eating the brains of commuters somewhere in
      Russia (just kidding) -

      
      (image via Sergei Sambuka) 

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      How Smiley Faces Are Made

      The process is not pretty...

      
      (image
        via)

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      Organic Spaghetti Bench

      Some benches are more alive than others... Made by Pablo Reinoso. See more
      images
      here:

      
      (images credit:
        Pablo Reinoso)

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      Mixed fresh links for today:

      100 things your kids may never know about
      - [nostalgia]
      Reddit discussion of the above, adding more
      - [comments]
      Creepy Automata at Curious Expeditions
      - [vintage, weird]
      Dangerous Knowledge in Mathematics, more -
      [fantastic video; 1 hr.long]
      Pictorial Histories of Flight
      and Dentistry
      - [visual timeline]
      Crazy and Creative Chairs
      - [design]
      Some neat
      latest
      gadget ideas -
      [gadgets]
      Crazy gliders at a festival in France
      - [fun video]
      Cute Baby Meercats
      - [fun video]
      Elephants Bungee Jumping!
      - [wow video]
      Make stunning Flash websites for free!
      - [promotion]
      Rank your favorite things with lists. Fun for the whole family
      - [promo]

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      The Many Moods of Han Solo

      Here is one of his happier moments:

      

      and "I have a bad feeling about this..." expression -

      
      (images via)

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      Lets discuss this pic endlessly on Twitter, etc.

      
      (image credit:
        Eric Hanson)

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      Heartfelt

      This subtly-romantic moment was captured by
      David Mordegan, who sent it to us:

      
      (image credit:
        David Mordegan)

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      JAWS, re-imagined

      We don't usually feature T-shirt designs (there are far too many of them),
      but this one is impressive...

      
      you can order it
        here

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      An Enviable Dexterity...

      

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23 Comments:

Jade said...: It's for putting out oil well fires. There's a more bad-ass one out there that's mounted on a tank chassis.; ___
Jade said...: Or maybe in this case it's used to de-ice planes.; ___
Anonymous said...: It might also be a jet-engine snowblower. I've seen something similar used on the railroad.; ___
Unknown said...: that is a Klimov VK-1 out of a Mig 15 they are used to remove snow from runways. I have never seen them used for oil fires that is usually done with explosives. That thing would just feed a fire like crazy plus the exhaust out of it is hot enough to ignite the oil.; ___
christopher575 said...: Can you fix the link to order the shark shirt? It's just a link to the image. Thanks!; ___
Nik said...: Sorry to disappoint, but the smiley factory is another t-shirt. http://www.threadless.com/product/1943/Smiley_Factory.; ___
Anonymous said...: The "Monstrous Machine Found Somewhere in Russia" is a de-icing machine. Definitely looks like a locally designed and manufactured machine... An old jet engine mounted on a truck. Oh wow. how loud would that be?; ___
smokes said...: at the end of the Kuwait war there were a lot of methods tried to extinguish the oilwell fires set by the Iraqis as they fled. One thrown together by the russians was a tank with a couple of jet engines mounted on the turret. When the engines were up to speed and pointed at the burning oilwell, high pressure water was pumped in, in place of the afterburner. This sprayed extremely high pressure water onto the fire and just snuffed them out. It was fantastic to watch.
This truck looks like a cutdown version of the above.; ___
Anonymous said...: Picture of the old jet engine used for 'defrosting' airplanes - http://www.airliners.net/photo/UTAir-Aviation/Tupolev-Tu-134A-3/1019076/L/&sid=5a256d810e4899417eb10f7f6200a871; ___
Anonymous said...: Yeah, a de-icing machine. The enginge is a MiG-15 or MiG-17 radial compressor engine with just a lengthened jet, it's not an after burner. There's still a tank-truck needed for an hour of work.

Such machines have been used to remove ice especially from rails and railroad switches in the permafrost areas in siberia. But in some cases other eastern europe countries realized the same technical idea very fast. They had several of these machines in East Germany in the very hard winter of 79/80. My father did run such a thing as a flight ingeneer.; ___
Unknown said...: I've got that t-shirt, its awesome.

Made by the mountain www.themountain.com; ___
Charlie Brown said...: The team with the jets on tank chassis was not Russian, but Hungarian, and it worked with high pressure fog:

"Some new methods were used. Early on, teams used liquid nitrogen to smother fires. A team from Hungary put two jet engines on top of a captured Iraqi tank and introduced water into the stream of gas the jets produced, Mr. Heischman said, blowing a high-velocity fog at the fires and 'essentially blowing them out.'" /NY Times Online/; ___
Daniel said...: here is a video of that tank:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyGDxglTVgA
seems to be quite effective.; ___
Anonymous said...: With regards to the jet engine on the truck. It has a number of uses already mentioned. One that wasn't included is chemical/biological decontamination. Chemicals/liquids are injected into the stream to render chem/bio agents inert.

For those saying it can't be used to snuff out a fire, how do you extinguish a candle on a birthday cake? ;^) A fire can't burn unless it has the right concentration of oxygen...; ___
Bart said...: Maybe it's a the leaf-blower-from-hell? My penny is on de-icing (melting)or better just removal of snow (just blowing it away and melt the rest).

If i remember correctly the devices for fighting oil-well fires have more thrust (more/bigger jet-engine) and are armoured against the heat of the fire, this thing will melt before it gets close enough (looking at the downward angle of the engine this makes sense).; ___
Anonymous said...: The truck with the "backward" jet engine as a snout is a de-icing system. While the West worked on fluids the Soviets use old jet engine, whose exhaust was hot enough to melt the snow and ice and dry the surface of a plane's wings as well.; ___
Sablatnic said...: The "jet thing" is probably for removing snow from the runways. In England similar first generation jet engines were used for removing snow. Works quite well, but they are rather thirsty engines.; ___
Anonymous said...: This is Kamaz with some sci-fi gun. Photo belongs to S.Bondarchuk. This is "Inhebited Island" director. I think upper part is used for shooting film.; ___
peacelovewoodstock said...: NASCAR uses jet dryers to dry race track after rain .. here is a video of one that blew the asphalt apart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFvEcebYWh8; ___
Avi Abrams said...: Thank you guys for all the info about this "leaf-blower from hell" :)

will update soon; ___
Anonymous said...: Search for "1. Gulf war" - "blow out burning spouter".
I think such machines was active there.
BR Mike; ___
matt said...: the heat gun truck is either an aircraft deicer, an engine-starting heater for older planes, or some sort of crazy experimental snowplow. most likely a deicer.; ___
WannaSmile said...: I'm in love with that lady bug.; ___