Leonardo da Vinci Codex Atlanticus Bicycle Bike

Leonardo da Vinci’s Bicycle Becomes a Reality, Built From Old Notebook Sketches

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Leonardo da Vinci Codex Atlanticus Bicycle Bike
Andy George of the How To Make Everything channel spotted the famous bicycle drawing tucked into Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus and wondered what would happen if someone actually tried to ride one built from ideas scattered across those pages. The drawing itself turns out to be a later addition, not something da Vinci put there, yet the notebooks contain plenty of other mechanical details that could feed into a two-wheeled machine. George set out to combine them and see whether the result could move under its own power centuries before Karl Drais unveiled his push-powered hobby horse in 1817.

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Hubble Dwarf Galaxy ESO 490-017

Hubble Reveals a Subtle Starry Swarm in Distant Dwarf Galaxy ESO 490-017

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Hubble Dwarf Galaxy ESO 490-017
NASA released a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope that brings a modest galactic resident into view. ESO 490-017 lies about 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. The galaxy spans roughly 12,000 light-years from one side to the other and belongs to the dwarf irregular category, a group whose stars and gas sit in loose, disorganized arrangements rather than neat spirals or bright central cores.

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Alleged Leaked Cases Outline Apple’s Foldable iPhone Ultra Design in Full

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Apple iPhone Ultra Case Leak Foldable
Photo credit: Letem světem Applem
Accessory companies with direct ties to Apple have released images of rugged cases built for the company’s rumored foldable iPhone, often labeled the iPhone Ultra. These cases present the device in its folded and unfolded states from several angles, giving a solid sense of the overall shape and key features. Closed, the back carries a slim camera island holding two lenses along with a small additional sensor. Below that sits a large circular area designed for magnetic wireless charging and accessory pairing.

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Etchbot Etch-a-Sketch Robot Portraits Video

Etchbot Makes an Etch-a-Sketch Draw Portraits in About a Minute and Play Videos Frame by Frame

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Etchbot Etch-a-Sketch Robot Portraits Video
Every Flavor of Robot built Etchbot to stand out at the OpenSauce event. The machine sketches a complete portrait on a regular Etch-a-Sketch in roughly sixty seconds. It also accepts video files and renders them by sketching one frame after another while a camera records each result. The finished time-lapse clips show the classic toy screen updating rapidly enough to convey motion.

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