Wednesday 07.22.09


Apologies for the delay. Please enjoy these photos of TECHNOLOGY.



Photo by Tony
"Velcro. The most annoying useful invention since Microsoft Windows"


Photo by Wednesday Photos
"The steps of technology that go between the cow and a brick of Tillamook Cheese."


Photo by Ron
"Check it out... Touch -2-0 technology.. Touch it on... Touch it off !!!"


Photo by Pat
"Yaquina Head lighthouse: Nearly obsolete because of GPS technology."



Photo by David
"You get an interesting effect taking a time-lapse photo in low light making regular LED's appear especially bright. This is my modified XBOX gaming console."



Photo by Kevin
"Here is an example of Bahrainian Technology. They build a building with three wind turbines in it to take some of its power load off the grid. Good Idea right......not if your engineers don't account for the force applied to the building when the turbines are running. They now have to lock the turbines in place otherwise the building will rip itself apart....way to go Bahrain.....one Wind, zero Bahrain."


Photo by Ron

"The screw is a helical inclined plane, one of the original simple tools.
The others are Lever, Wheel and axle, Pulley, and Wedge.

Where would we be without this technology?"


Next week's theme is:
SKY
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