"As an exercise, I decided to replace the word “serendipity” with “trigonometry”, “quarks”, “black holes” and “microelectronics”. And it suddenly occurred to me: we will be delivering a How Stuff Works lecture, where the Stuff that we’re explaining can’t be explained in an easy way. That’s why the MONIAC computer was created. That’s why the beautiful machine method works. That’s why Kat and I are making an engine. "

Aleks Krotoski

Ripples of Aleks Krotoski's Serendipity Machine - Nigel Jones

German graduate designer Christoph Thetard has created a set of pedal-powered kitchen gadgets.

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