Gizmodo Australia » demolition http://www.gizmodo.com.au the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:11:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 How Not To Demolish A Building http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/08/how-not-to-demolish-a-building/ http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/08/how-not-to-demolish-a-building/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:40:00 +0000 Adam Frucci http://www.gizmodo.com.au/?p=343701

Most building demolitions are precisely planned and controlled. When they aren’t, a factory in Cankiri, Turkey, does a barrel roll through the streets. Oops! [Boing Boing]

]]> http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/08/how-not-to-demolish-a-building/feed/ 0 Implosion Toy Set Lets You Practice Destroying the Apple Cube Store Over and Over http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/implosion_toy_set_lets_you_practice_destroying_the_apple_cube_store_over_and_over-2/ http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/implosion_toy_set_lets_you_practice_destroying_the_apple_cube_store_over_and_over-2/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:45:00 +0000 Gizmodo US Edition http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/implosion_toy_set_lets_you_practice_destroying_the_apple_cube_store_over_and_over-2.html American Toy and Invention Co. is selling a kit that’ll let you build, implode, and rebuild a multi-story structure that looks strangely enough like the 5th Avenue Apple flagship retail space. I’m sure it teaches about the physics of demolition, but hey! Stuff’s blowing up! Stuff with iPods inside!


The inventor, going by the name Advanced Engineering, is selling 4- and 8-story kits that both support rebuild and re-implosion. He says he’s run out of funding to ship the product, but before his site went down due probably to intense interest, he was still selling a few kits for around $US60. We hope he gets enough cash money to keep making these toys, it’s a great idea and we’re sure he’d have a market for it. [Boing Boing Gadgets]

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