This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has three segments. Here’s how they begin: Seeking a soft landing — The elegant structure of a naturally evolved cat’s paw has inspired a new way to protect paratroopers’ legs…. A bit Heath Robinson — The cat’s-paw-pads-for-paratrooper-protection patent reminds Feedback, a little, of a […]
Britain gave the world many things. Among those are deadpan delivery, Heath Robinson, and a fascination for detailed methods of brewing tea. Those three gifts are combined in the “revolutionary approach to the gentle art of making tea” announced recently by a firm called Cambridge Consultants. Behold their demonstrative video: (Thanks to investigator Robinj for […]
For engineers, designers, and other persons who love, love love complexity, it’s almost always a good time to go look at some drawings by Heath Robinson. However, evidence suggests that his heirs are a bit on the litigious side, a bit demanding perhaps that Internet sites not show Heath Robinson’s wonderful drawings. So all we […]