ABB Robotics installed a pancake sorter at the Honeytop Specialty Foods company to improve manufacturing time and improve hygienic conditions and the machine is nothing short of extraordinary. Watch as the pancakes get sorted and stacked at incredible speeds. It kind of reminds me of those ice cream vending machines that suck up the individual packs of ice cream. [via]
Making coffee with a Clover coffee machine
August 30, 2009 @ 10:36 pm
Making coffee with Clover from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
What’s it like to make coffee in a $12,000 coffee machine called The Clover? Gizmodo is here to answer that question with a video of the coffee making process above.
Kluge Letter Press
May 26, 2009 @ 5:31 pm
KLUGE from Northern Lights on Vimeo.
This is a Kluge Letter Press, a 2000-pound cast-iron electric powered machine that has its roots in technology that is about 550 years old! In an age of digital printing techniques, the Kluge is a rare glimpse into an ever-diminishing circle of skilled trades people who prefer the Kluge’s letter press printing over quicker and smaller machines.
In the video above, Nick Sambrato of Mama’s Sauce print shop in Orlando, FL gives us a tour of the machine and what it can do despite being clearly outdated.
Collection of old logos
May 12, 2009 @ 2:21 am
Here’s a lovely collection of retro logos taken from 1950’s and 1960’s machinery and supply catalogs, a sign painting course by E.C. Matthews, and old letterpress blocks. Thanks Q!
Meat Smoothie: how a hot dog is made
December 21, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
I’ve posted a video before about how hot dogs were made, but it is nothing compared to this feature from National Geographic about making hot dogs.
I mean, just look at the “sludge” of meat that comes from those machines. It’s no wonder that National Geographic decided to call this video “Meat Smoothie”. Man, this is not making me want to eat a hot dog ever again.
AMOEBA wave pool
November 16, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
AMOEBA (Advanced Multiple Organized Experimental Basin) is a prototype wave-pool developed in 1997 by the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering in Osaka, Japan. The purpose of this water contraption is to study the effects of waves on ships in open waters.
AMOEBA features 50 “plungerlike” mechanical units along the edge of the pool that can simulate wave conditions. Each mechanical piece vibrates the water at a specific frequency and in effect the water carries along these frequencies just as they would in ocean waters.
By manipulating the frequencies of the waves, these Japanese researchers have found that they can create patterns and “pictures” using the water.
Head on over to the AMOEBA website at MoMA to see a video of this pool in action. It’s really cool to see water dance in formation.
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