1900s pencil sharpeners The Rescue & Restore user who specializes in restoring old items, presents his collection of old pencil sharpeners. The objects date from different periods, from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Each pencil sharpener is shown in action.
A 1970's tank simulator This simulator from the 1970s uses a miniature world to simulate the driver's perspective, and was intended for training soldiers in chariot driving.
At that time, the simulator was controlled by a bulky 1970s computer, but the museum was unable to put the parts together and rebuild this piece when they rebuilt the device. So now the emulator is controlled by a Raspberry Pi. The tank's tiny portholes are connected to a camera mounted on a miniature model. The camera is moved by a robotic arm based on the movements the user makes in the simulator.
After the election of the far-right government in Italy On September 26 and after the elections in Italy, Giorgia Meloni's far-right party won the election. Future government called 'most right-wing government since Mussolini'. An Italian uploaded this humorous video to TikTok.
An ’80 Lincoln Continental A 40 year old Lincoln Continental, with state-of-the-art features for its time.
The virtuoso with the accordion September 3, 2021 in Poltava, Ukraine, a very talented itinerant musician recorded on video playing the 4 seasons of Vivaldi on accordion.
Line Rider in sync with “Summer” of Vivaldi Youtuber Matthew Buckley created a track in the game Line Rider, perfectly synchronized with the with "Summer" from the "4 seasons" of Antonio Vivaldi.
The ancient automatic doors of Heron We think of automatic doors as a fairly modern invention, but 2000 years ago the ancient Greek engineer and inventor Heron from Alexandria had built the first automatic doors. Heron was an authority on engineering, and his inventions were centuries old, even millennia ahead of their time. The aeolosphere, was essentially the first locomotive ever built, and was used as an automatic opening mechanism for doors in temples and theaters.
Alternative math A math teacher tries to teach a young child that 2 + 2 = 4, but falls victim to the age of post-truth. A short film by David Maddox, which aims to promote the politics of post-truth (post-truth), where objective facts have less influence on the formation of public opinion than,what emotion and personal belief. The use of the term became widely known in the context of the Brexit referendum, as well as the policies pursued by Donald Trump in the United States. Trump and his staff as well as the protagonists of Brexit, did not attempt within a set of generally true allegations to channel something false to mislead and deceive public opinion. Instead, they questioned the facts and the facts, addressing the common feeling of hatred, xenophobia, insecurity and anger.
The Japanese woodworking art Kumiko Kumiko is a delicate and sophisticated technique for assembling wooden pieces without the use of nails. Thinly cut pieces of wood are carved with grooves, piercings and bruises, and then adjust separately using a planer, saw, hat and other tools for fine tuning. The technique was developed in Japan during the Asuka era (600-700 AD) and has since been perfected and passed on to generations of craftsmen who are passionate about the Kumiko tradition.
They found hidden alcohol from the time of the prohibition While doing a renovation at their home in Montgomery County, New York, the owners found bottles of alcohol from the time of the prohibition, hidden behind their walls. The house once belonged to a man named Adolph Humpfner, who died in 1932 and was a smuggler in the 1920s - when construction was banned, the transportation and sale of alcohol in the United States. The bottles were hidden with straw wrapped around them. A total of 66 bottles of alcohol were discovered, with 13 of them being full.
Women's clothing for a funeral in 1850 This is how a woman dressed before attending a funeral in 1850. Apparently women at that time arrived everywhere late.
The “Fear of the Dark” in a medieval version Musician Algal the Bard arranges the metal track "Fear of the Dark" of Iron Maiden with medieval style music and musical instruments of the same era.