Day: June 10, 2022

THE HACKADAY REMOTICON 2 BADGE: AN exercise IN YOUR own INGENUITYTHE HACKADAY REMOTICON 2 BADGE: AN exercise IN YOUR own INGENUITY

The twin difficulties of the pandemic as well as now the semiconductor shortage have been especially difficult on the designers of event badges, as events have been cancelled as well as uncertain supply problems render their task impossible. When an event goes virtual, exactly how do you even start to create a badge for it? Make […]

RETROTECHTACULAR: BRUNSWICK shows A BIAS FOR TIRESRETROTECHTACULAR: BRUNSWICK shows A BIAS FOR TIRES

somewhere between the early tires forged by wheelwrights and the modern steel-belted radial, everyone’s horseless carriage rode atop bias-ply tires. This week’s film is a dizzying trip of the Brunswick Tire Company’s factory circa 1934, where tires were built and evaluated by hand under what appear to be fairly dangerous conditions. It opens on a scene that […]