We write about a lot of stuff here at Uberreview, but there are some things that tickle my fancy a little more than others, so if you have a few minutes to indulge me, please check out our top ten posts of February. They are in no particular order, other than being ordered reverse chronologically, albeit slightly imperfectly.
Read on for our top ten posts of February. (more…)
Behind the gentle exterior of Cambridge alumnist, clock collector and inventor John Taylor lurks just the right amount of mad scientist eccentricity. Most folks don’t think to create a clock face out of a solid steel plate using controlled explosions or to meld an 18th century grasshopper escapement with sophisticated electronics, but this guy does and the results are truly phenomenal. Watch the clock carefully, it does some pretty cool tricks as it clicks and clacks its way through the hours. My favorite is when it seems to stop and then plays catch-up.
At present, the clock is at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, so if you want to see it, you are going to have to go all the way to England.
[Wired]
Jamal Reed is the guitarist for what is termed a “Vocal Play” group going by the name of Naturally 7. “Vocal Play” groups are distinguished by the fact that they mimic the sound of musical instruments with their voices, sometimes to great effect. [Telegraph.uk]
You have to take any UFO claims with a pinch of salt, but this one comes from an extremely unlikely source, Nick Pope used to run the UFO project for Britain’s Ministry of Defense. He claims that RAF pilots have fired on UFOs without success since the 1980s. The hope of the RAF has been to, shoot down a UFO and that will resolve the issue one way or another.” [The Telegraph]
This is an extremely cool DIY keyring project, that providing you the right tools, should take roughly five minutes. Unfortunately my car key has a built in remote, which means the keys would not bunch together as nicely as shown in the video. [PopSci]
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