The Falkirk Wheel

Just over a year ago we visited the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. An amazing piece of engineering that has replaced a complex system of locks and has helped to revive canal boat tourism.

A boat entering the bottom of the wheel.

Another boat entering next to ours before we go down again.

The Falkirk Wheel in action.

Using Archimede's principle of displacement, the Falkirk Wheel uses very little energy to lift the boats up and down in rotating balanced tanks.

Read more on Wikipedia.

Living small

Jay Shafer makes small houses. Real small.

As seen on Yahoo. Learn more at Tumbleweed Tiny House Company.

Sci-fi airshow

An awesome preservation and promotion of the historic Sci-Fi/fantasy film/TV vehicles. Take the guided tour if you can't wait until it comes to your local spaceport.




Shuttle/ Viper

See more at http://www.scifiairshow.com/

Intelligent drinking glasses

These smart but low tech  drinking glasses tell you what is inside them.

Learn how 2009 - reddot design award winner, Damjan Stanković has designed the Cipher Drinking Glass at http://relogik.com/cipher

Blogging from Word 2010

This post comes courtesy of the Blog document template in Word 2010 Beta.

The template is very clean and simple, just showing a blank space to enter the post title and an area for the content. No distractions.

On the Insert tab of the Word ribbon is a Screenshot button which can capture any non-minimized window except the one you are working on, so sorry no picture.

When you start to use the template, Word asks if you want to connect to a blog account. A warning that my username and password are likely to be transmitted unsecured is a bit of a concern.

It would be helpful to tag this post, but the Insert Category button is unavailable.

Word could be useful for blogging if you use Word a lot or you want to write a long post.

I'm going to push the Publish button now.