Handcar Regatta » mechanical http://handcar-regatta.com The Great West End & RailRoad Square Handcar Regatta & Exposition of Mechanical & Artistic Wonders Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:16:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mechanical Maelstrom at Maker Faire 2010http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/05/19/mechanical-maelstrom-at-maker-faire-2010/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/05/19/mechanical-maelstrom-at-maker-faire-2010/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 16:39:42 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=4516 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/05/19/mechanical-maelstrom-at-maker-faire-2010/feed/ 1 New Regatta Railcar Racers Rundown & Photographshttp://handcar-regatta.com/2009/07/31/new-railcar-regatta-racers-rundown-photographs/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2009/07/31/new-railcar-regatta-racers-rundown-photographs/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:54:04 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=2185 Regatta Railcar Racers. Also, innumerable photographic depictions have been added to the Engineers' Arcade. No related posts.]]> http://handcar-regatta.com/2009/07/31/new-railcar-regatta-racers-rundown-photographs/feed/ 0 Mentor Hackers: Les Machines de l’Ilehttp://handcar-regatta.com/2008/08/21/mentor-hackers-les-machines-de-lile/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2008/08/21/mentor-hackers-les-machines-de-lile/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:57:22 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=535 Mentor hackers, François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice, behind the astonishing mechanical works known as Les Machines de l’Ile.In their own eloquent words:
The Machines de l’Ile is an extraordinary artistic project like you've never seen before. ...it is a blend of the invented worlds of Jules Verne, the mechanical universe of Leonardo da Vinci, and the industrial history of Nantes, on this exceptional site of the former shipyards.
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