FLAME EATER ATMOSPHERIC ENGINE
MY 21ST-CENTURY Flame Eater atmospheric engine is a technical delight that traces its origin back 300 years to the dawn of mechanical power. The very earliest of engines were of … Continue reading
CHRISTMAS BOOKS
I LOVE both giving and getting books. It’s satisfying when the getting responds to my deftly disguised hint (“Gee, I’d like to read…”). And there’s serendipity when I didn’t even … Continue reading
ENZYME HELPS HYDROGEN STORAGE
HYDROGEN IS the energy carrier of the future. What’s more, with production fuel-cell cars only a year away, H2 transport and storage are becoming important right now. A recent article … Continue reading
SHELTON CRUSADER STREAMLINE CABIN PLANE
YEARS AHEAD of its 1933 design, the Crusader Streamline Cabin Plane of Thomas Shelton was a philosophical precursor to the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter. I came upon this fascinating aircraft … Continue reading
HENRY FORD’S AMAZON ADVENTURE
IN THE early part of the last century, Henry Ford’s social engineering achieved a miracle of capitalism: His workers could actually afford the fruits of their labor (see http://wp.me/p2ETap-tH). Later, … Continue reading
BMW M1 AT GOODING’S SCOTTSDALE
THERE ARE those who consider the Honda/Acura NSX to be the world’s first practical exotic. But my vote goes to another car introduced more than a decade before the NSX—the … Continue reading
BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A BITCOIN?
THE TERM “Bitcoin,” with upper-case B, has been defined as a person-to-person network of payment using open-source electronic protocol. I think of it as electronic kin to the earliest letters … Continue reading
HIATUS
WHEN I started SimanatisSays.com back in August 2012, I envisioned mini-essays—not tiny “blogs”—whenever the spirit hit me on one topic or another. Well, it turns out this is my first … Continue reading
KAPPABASHI—KITCHEN TOWN
ARE YOU looking for plastic sushi to mix and match with your friends? How about a make-believe plate of spaghetti and meatballs? Or, if you’re into the real thing, where … Continue reading
TOKYO SHOW CONTRAST
I FIND it difficult to image two more contrasting automobiles, but both appeared at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. The Nissan BladeGlider is so radical, it makes your teeth ache. … Continue reading
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