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}); </script> </div> <div id="content" class="narrow_content" data-article=""><h1>Inventors and Remarkable People</h1> <div class="summary_item noback"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/c-science-fiction-movie/20898/">Film-makers doing a sci-fi space flick - without using any computer-generated effects</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>20:36 December 19, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/c-science-fiction-movie/20898/#comments">16 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/c-science-fiction-movie/20898/pictures">13 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/c-science-fiction-movie/20898/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/cmovie.jpg" title="Film-makers Derek Van Gorder (pictured) and Otto Stockmeier are in the process of making a..." alt="Film-makers Derek Van Gorder (pictured) and Otto Stockmeier are in the process of making a..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>When you think about the best-loved movies depicting space travel, what names come to mind? <em>Star Wars</em>, <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em>, <em>Star Trek - The Motion Picture</em>, <em>Silent Running</em>, <em>Battlestar Galactica</em>? Interestingly enough, all of those enduring films were made decades ago, and utilized hand-built model spaceships for their space-flight sequences. Today, even low-budget productions usually use CGI (computer-generated imagery) for the same purpose – it’s logistically much easier to create and “film” a virtual spaceship on a computer, than it is to build, light and shoot an actual model. Nonetheless, that second approach is exactly what New York film-makers Derek Van Gorder and Otto Stockmeier are taking with their short film, <em>C</em>. <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/c-science-fiction-movie/20898/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/spanish-engineer-crafts-the-worlds-smallest-v-12-engine/20636/">Spanish engineer crafts "world's smallest" V-12 engine</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/author/randolph-jonsson/">Randolph Jonsson</a></p> <p><em>03:55 November 28, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/spanish-engineer-crafts-the-worlds-smallest-v-12-engine/20636/#comments">17 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/spanish-engineer-crafts-the-worlds-smallest-v-12-engine/20636/picture/149047/">17 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/spanish-engineer-crafts-the-worlds-smallest-v-12-engine/20636/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/v12engine.jpg" title="Patelo inserts a tiny piston into his miniature V12 engine" alt="Patelo inserts a tiny piston into his miniature V12 engine"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Anyone who appreciates the precision art of engine design ought to get a kick out of this offering from a Spanish engineer named Patelo. Starting with hunks of aluminum, bronze and stainless steel, he spent over 1200 hours designing, milling, turning and drilling what he claims is "probably" the world's smallest V12 engine. Powered by compressed air injection (0.1kg/sq cm), this little marvel boasts a total displacement of 12 cubic centimeters from its twelve 11.3 mm diameter pistons and works like a charm. Best of all, you can see it come together in the detailed video that follows. <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/spanish-engineer-crafts-the-worlds-smallest-v-12-engine/20636/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/coffee-cup-a-day-project/20560/">The coffee cup-a-day project</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/author/randolph-jonsson/">Randolph Jonsson</a></p> <p><em>13:35 November 21, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/coffee-cup-a-day-project/20560/#comments">7 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/coffee-cup-a-day-project/20560/picture/148264/">17 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/coffee-cup-a-day-project/20560/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/cunicups.jpg" title="Designer Bernat Cuni made one cup a day for thirty days (Image: Cunicode)" alt="Designer Bernat Cuni made one cup a day for thirty days (Image: Cunicode)"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Prolific Spanish designer Bernat Cuni has come up with a whimsical way to help bring the relatively new <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/3-d-glass-printing-method-developed/12963/" target="_blank">3D ceramic printing</a> process into the mainstream. Recently, he unleashed his creative energies on what he termed the "coffee cup-a-day" project to highlight the versatility and immediacy of what is also known as "additive manufacturing" - the layer by layer construction of tangible objects from digital models. The results, while not necessarily the most utilitarian, could be just the thing for the coffee drinker who has it all. <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/coffee-cup-a-day-project/20560/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/hublot-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-watch/20517/">Hublot painstakingly recreates a mysterious, 2,100-year-old clockwork relic - but why?</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/author/loz-blain/">Loz Blain</a></p> <p><em>14:32 November 16, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/hublot-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-watch/20517/#comments">46 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/hublot-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-watch/20517/picture/147836/">18 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/hublot-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-watch/20517/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/hublot-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-watch.jpg" title="Hublot's miniature replica of the Antikythera mechanism" alt="Hublot's miniature replica of the Antikythera mechanism"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Why on Earth would you want to strap one of these to your wrist? It barely tells the time, and it can't take pictures, tweet or connect to your Facebook. In fact, very few people would have the faintest idea what it is, or why you'd want one at all. But for those that do recognize its intricate gears and dials, this tiny, complex piece of machinery tells a vivid and incredible tale. It's a story of gigantic scientific upheaval, of adventure and shipwreck on the high seas, of war and death. A story of amazing intellect, lost riches and impossible chance - a sunken treasure that Jaques Cousteau once described as "more valuable than the Mona Lisa" - and it's connected with an ancient celebrity whose star shone so brightly that he's still a household name more than 2200 years after his death... Read on! <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/hublot-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-watch/20517/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/barn-find-quadrant-becomes-the-second-earliest-british-scientific-instrument/20361/">Barn find quadrant identified as one of Britain's earliest scientific instruments</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/author/mike-hanlon/">Mike Hanlon</a></p> <p><em>06:08 November 2, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/barn-find-quadrant-becomes-the-second-earliest-british-scientific-instrument/20361/picture/146374/">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/barn-find-quadrant-becomes-the-second-earliest-british-scientific-instrument/20361/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/1396-richard-ii-horary-quadrant.jpg" title="Both sides of the 1396 Richard II horary quadrant" alt="Both sides of the 1396 Richard II horary quadrant"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>You just never know what you've got in the shed. This horary quadrant was found in a bag of old pipe fittings in a shed on a farm in Queensland, Australia, forty years ago. Last year the owner of the quadrant was surfing the internet and came across <a href=" </p> <p>http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/t/the_richard_ii_quadrant.aspx" target="_blank">this article</a> where he recognised not just the same tool, but the same stag-coronet insignia that was on his quadrant (he thought it was an astrolabe) signified it was made for King Richard II (of England). He subsequently contacted the British Museum, which identified the item sitting on his desk for the last forty years as a 1396 horary quadrant. It will be auctioned next month and is expected to fetch between GBP150,000 and GBP200,000. <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/barn-find-quadrant-becomes-the-second-earliest-british-scientific-instrument/20361/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/wyse-cycles-mobile-bicycle-repair/20304/">Bike mechanic pedals his workshop to clients' homes</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>06:51 October 28, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/wyse-cycles-mobile-bicycle-repair/20304/#comments">2 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/wyse-cycles-mobile-bicycle-repair/20304/picture/145947/">6 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/wyse-cycles-mobile-bicycle-repair/20304/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/wysecycles.jpg" title="Wyse Cycles is a self-propelled mobile bicycle repair service, which bike mechanic Ben Wys..." alt="Wyse Cycles is a self-propelled mobile bicycle repair service, which bike mechanic Ben Wys..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>For many people, commuting by bicycle is a fun, economical and healthy way of getting around. When their bike breaks down, they throw it in their car, drive it to the shop, then drive for several days until it’s fixed. Some bicycle commuters, however, don’t own cars. These people <em>can’t</em> drive their bike to the shop, and have no independent means of transportation as long as their two-wheeler is gone. It is for people like these – and others – that Wyse Cycles exists. 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This sad news comes just a little over a month after Jobs <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120114072830/http://www.gizmag.com/steve-jobs-resigns-as-ceo/19622/" target="_blank">stepped down as CEO</a> of Apple, the company he co-founded in 1976. 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The numbers are impressive in themselves but the most remarkable aspect of his success is how it was achieved. 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