Technostalgia

Churchkey Can Revisited

Not too long ago, the pull top aluminum can was just a packaging engineer’s wet dream. Instead, canned beverages came in flat top steel cans and required a churchkey can opener to bust two openings into it. Now, reader target29 sent in a photo of a Churchkey Can Co. beer. Churchkey Can Co. [...]

Hack-It-Yerself

A Robot That Balances on a Ball

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Years ago I watched/helped my my dad build a little “western” themed garden waterfall next to his hot tub. I thought it turned out pretty cool, but he thought something was missing.

I came back a few days later and found he had mounted a small bell on top, along with a sign that read “Beer Bell”.

“Beer Bell?” I asked. Continue reading A Robot That Balances on a Ball