Source: Popular Science, May 1960
The electric man & the electric horse
March 20, 2009 by Filed Under: Inventions that never made it, Travel
Here. More Victorian Era robots. Thanks, David.
The woodmobile
March 19, 2009 by Filed Under: Cars, DIY, Low-tech cars, Travel, Wood
Who needs gasoline or batteries? John Dutch’s Volvo 240 is powered by wood.
“After 2000 kilometers on woodgas everything worked properly. Top speed is 120 km/h. Cruising speed 100-110 km/h. Fuel consumption approximately 30 kilos of wood for one hundred kilometers, which is also one effective filling of the fuel bin. The back seat loaded with sacks of wood make the total range approximately 400 kilometers.”
Update: “Wood gas vehicles: firewood in the fuel tank“.
Snow scooter from the 1920s
January 25, 2009 by Filed Under: Obsolete technology, Snow-tech, Travel
Older mixed links
January 14, 2009 by Filed Under: Travel, Wind Power
No Tech Magazine hosts all mixed links and updates from Low-tech Magazine. All earlier mixed links and updates can be found here, here and here.
