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Inflatable Stonehenge Lets You Perform Your Druid Ceremonies Anywhere

Tired of trekking all the way to the English countryside just to perform your druid rituals at the actual Stonehenge site? Do you wish there was a more convenient way? Well your prayers — or chants, or whatever — have been answered with this inflatable alternative.


January 19, 2012
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Origins Of Stonehenge’s Stones Found, And Holy Crap Did They Travel Far

Remember that time you carried that box home and it was like sooo heavy? Yeah, shut up. The quarry where some of Stonehenge’s original rocks came from has been discovered, and the people of 5000 years ago dragged them 257km.


December 12, 2010
Science

Could Stonehenge Have Been Built With Balls?

Stonehenge. How the heck was it built? The latest theory, from a student, says since the Stone Age men didn’t have the wheel, they could have built rails with wooden balls inside to transport the massive stone pieces.


December 2, 2010
Science

Could This Be How Stonehenge Was Actually Built?

One of the most puzzling mysteries is how Stonehenge, the prehistoric circle of stones in England, came to be. We know it was built around 4500 years ago, and the stones came from Wales, some 250km away… but how?


August 6, 2008

Stonehenge, The Analogue and Digital Clock Robot

The Stonehenge Robot isn’t the most practical means to keep time, but it’s got charm to spare. Programmed to carefully move any of 14 double-sided cards to display the proper time, Stonehenge gets some leeway as the cards are designed to stick to the magnetic table. The only potential problem is that the robot may require more than 1 minute to shuffle the display. But in such cases, Stonehenge predicts its lag and compensates by simply grabbing the next appropriate digit(s). Here’s a clip of the Stonehenge doing its thing: