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The team at Sparkmate (https://Spkm.co/Build) asked if I had any ideas for things to build. And I realised that, yes, I had a question …
Monte Kaolino, in Bavaria, Germany, is 35 million tonnes of quartz sand, piled up over the years from a nearby kaolin mine.
The Wasserspiele of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe are 300 years old, powered entirely by gravity, and entertaining tourists. As legacies …
Les machines de l’île, in Nantes, are famous for their giant mechanical elephant. And to my surprise, tourists can just pay and ride …
The “accelerated pavement testing facility” in Nantes can simulate decades of road traffic in a few months. Here’s how. □ More …
In southern France, there’s a man called Christian who flies a microlight aircraft, alongside flocks of birds. And he takes …
The Chauvet cave, in the south of France, is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world, filled with art that’s tens of …
Funchal Airport, on the island of Madeira, was too short for modern commercial airliners: but there was nowhere to extend to.
The Monte Toboggans, in Funchal on the island of Madeira, are wicker sofas: a bit like the gondolas of Venice, only you’re going …
“Daly’s Bridge”, in Cork, Ireland, is better known as the Shakey Bridge. Because it shakes. But what happens when a bridge like …
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Did I need to get a radio controlled clock and travel to Anthorn to film this video? Absolutely not. But for a few minutes, that clock …
Deepstore doesn’t let many people film in their massive facilities. So when the team at Laura Ashley invited me down into the …
On Sunday, the South Terminal at London’s Gatwick Airport will reopen for the first time since 2020. It turns out that mothballing an …
I can’t make science fiction any more. So, to get the ideas I have out of my head, I went to a Standard BBC Quarry, and put all of …
“Anderson’s Piano” is a set of wires and signals at the Pass of Brander, near Falls of Cruachan in Scotland, that try to detect when …