Here is an update on the Cam-O-Cot bunk beds: We bought three of them from Cabela’s. They fit perfectly in our new Eureka Copper Canyon 1512. They are heavy duty, and SO comfortable. There is no bar underneath you, and…
World’s Largest Machine
The Bagger 288, built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded NASA’s Crawler-Transporter, used to carry…
Life-Sized Hot Wheels Car Makes Record Jump (Video)
The Yellow Driver of Team Hot Wheels breaks the world record for distance jump in a four-wheeled vehicle at the Indianapolis 500 on May 29th 2011. Watch as the Yellow Driver, Tanner Foust, drops 10 stories down 90 feet of…
New Jet Pack Design Climbs to 5,000 feet (Video)
To demonstrate flight high above the ground and the concept of the ballistic parachute as an emergency safety system, the Martin Jetpack was flown to around 1500m (5000ft), brought down from this height and an off-the-shelf ballistic parachute was deployed.The…
The Back Country Kitchen (Book) – One of the best camping cookbooks ever
The Back-Country Kitchen will appeal to all outdoor enthusaists who prepare meals in the wild. It contains over 150 tested, unique recipes including camp breads, hearty chowders, easy one-pot main dishes, and adaptations of international favorites as well as a…
Awesome Magnet Machine
This machine manipulates small spherical rare earth magnets, slicing one at a time from the end of a long chain, moving it around a bit, then dropping it back to re-connect at the tail end of the chain.