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April 17, 2009

Impossible objects #5: Street Power

ganton street power switch.jpg
A good one from David Mery, captured on Ganton Street, London W1.

Any suggestions for what unfeasibly large object this switch is powering? And should it have been left plugged in?

See the full image (and the rest of his Flickr stream is well worth checking out).

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Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on April 17, 2009 9:01 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

September 9, 2008

Lift Truck Operator Runs Afoul of Laws of Physics



A lift truck operator finds himself on the wrong side of that pesky thing called the center-of-gravity!

Posted by Karen Field on September 9, 2008 12:46 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

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