Next week’s interview features Jeff Linnell. He is the creator of Bot & Dolly, which pioneered robotic camera control and projection mapping and went on to provide videography tech for a series of blockbuster films. Jeff went on to be Director of Robotics for Google X and is now the CEO of Formant.

Bot & Dolly’s Box video speaks for itself (I highly recommend watching with sound):

The most popular post last week was titanium prostheses for cats that suffered frostbite 🥺—As always, the entire week’s breakdown is below.

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3D-printed titanium prostheses by Tomsk Polytechnic University after Dymka the cat lost her legs to frostbite.

1:44 AM ∙ Dec 15, 2020

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I’m always looking for interesting people to interview, have anyone in mind?

—Kane

The Week in Review

Digital photography has given us an incredible series of time-lapses from the ISS! For you camera nerds, the ISS astronauts use a combination of consumer Nikon and Sony SLRs and MILCs.

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Time-lapse of Soyuz MS-10 launch from Kazakhstan viewed from the International Space Station.

7:48 PM ∙ Dec 19, 2020

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The GSS gimbal costs about >2x the Lamborghini Huracan (~$500K vs. ~$200K). The camera vehicles by Performance Filmworks for Mad Max: Fury Road are even wilder.

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The Huracam by Incline Dynamic is a Lamborghini Huracan modified with a GSS gimbal to be the fastest camera car in the world.

7:02 PM ∙ Dec 18, 2020

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Militaries have used mortars for over 600 years starting with the Korean wangu and they remain largely unchanged.

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Firing a Soltam K6 120mm mortar.

8:03 PM ∙ Dec 17, 2020

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FAQ: yes you can buy these; yes they make a manual version; they cost $3.8K new or $2.4K refurb; I’ve found them for $1.6K used

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Kook-e-King bench top pneumatic cookie depositing machine by Rhodes Bakery Equipment Co.

6:09 PM ∙ Dec 16, 2020

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Please enjoy this very smol tool.

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Repairing a run in knitting with a small latch hook.

5:51 PM ∙ Dec 15, 2020

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Postscript

Spencer Wright let me guest edit The Prepared this week. It’s one of my favorite newsletters and probably has high overlap of interest for you if you’ve made it this far in the @machinepix newsletter.

If you enjoyed this newsletter, forward it to friends (or interesting enemies). I am always looking to connect with interesting people and learn about interesting machines—reach out!

—Kane