Science

World’s Biggest Solar Furnace Delivers Tiny Slice Of The Sun

What’s been around since the ’70s, has more mirrors than Studio 54, and generates more heat than John Travolta dancin’-Dancin’-DANCIN’ in a polyester pimp suit? The world’s biggest solar furnace obviously.


December 16, 2010

I’m A Lumberjack And I’m Keeping Toasty-Warm Thanks To My Giant Bloody Furnace

Those Canadian lumberjacks must know a trick or two about staying warm. While gadgeteers console themselves in heated jackets and Slankets, lumberjacks were out there slapping bits of steel together to create the Bullerjan furnace. Toasty. [Bullerjan via Uncrate]