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Our first steampunk airship,
in this video, the power functions are visible.
I'd love to hear some feedback--steampunk is not our usual style, but my son and I loved doing some research into it.
De Nederlandse ontwerper Hans Gugulot ontwierp samen met designchef Dieter Rams de Phonosuper SK4 (1956) voor Braun. Deze radiogrammofoon kreeg door zijn doosvorm en de plexiglazen deksel de bijnaam "Schneewittchensarg".
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I'm upgrading my Allegheny locomotive to Power Functions in the same way Cale Leiphart did with his Y6B that I saw in action at Brickworld. However, I'm not seeing the same results he had, and it concerns me. My locomotive doesn't seem to have near the pulling power his did, but the design isn't complete.
Caveats to the performance problems:
Not all of the bogie wheels that can be powered are - I do not yet own all of the gears necessary, only enough for three of four axles, and that's stealing gears off the Emerald Garratt. There is a TexLUG display this weekend where I will be trading for the necessary gears, so we'll have to see what happens.
I've owned the battery box for some time, building my first Franken Swoofty, all the testing, going to one show with it, testing the Emerald Garratt, testing the Allegheny, all without replacing the batteries. It could be the batteries are ready to die and I've lost power.
My Allegheny is a bigger locomotive than Cale's Y6B. It may prove that I will never have as strong as a locomotive as his simply because my tender has to push more weight, robbing pulling power.
My LEGO wheels, at least a few of them, seem warped. I've ordered and received new ones from the online PaB, but I've not taken a look at them to see if they, too, are warped (these wheels are stolen from the Emerald Garratt, which I've replaced with the aforementioned PaB wheels).
My testing grounds is a short oval and I was using quite a few cars, enough so that the entire train was always going through a 180 degree turn. It is possible the strength of the design will show forth when all turns are only 90 degrees and have straights separating them all.
Black Cat with Power Functions!
I noticed no one has ever put PF to this set, so I had to do it!
1 servo motor
1 XL motor
1 battery box
1 SBrick
Let's you drive the truck with your smartphone.
All power function parts are packed into the truck's chassis, so the interieur is not modified at all!
I also added double tires on the rear axles
Locals refer to this unique and wondrous site merely as 'The Train Wreck'.
The Train Wreck, seven box cars scattered over a One kilometres patch of forest, the debris from a high speed freight train crash in 1957 or 1958, South Of Function Junction near the Whistler Blackcomb resort in British Columbia, Canada. Too expensive to clear up, apart from the engine unit, the Whistler community decided to leave the wreck in situ and allow the birth of an amazing location, a bike trail and even an art gallery thanks to the incredibly vivid and stylish graffiti that covers each and every box car.
The train wreck is sort of a local secret, and I only found out about it's existence from one of the young hotel receptionists at the Crystal Lodge Hotel in Whistler village, who told me that it was great for photography and hiking. So for this series of photographs, let's wander along the forest pathway, passing waterfalls and crossing the train tracks, into the wilderness to discover those not so secret carriages from the train wreck.
The walk begins at Olives Community Market at 1200 Alpha Lake Road, Whistler, BC V0N 1B1, close to Function Junction in Whistler BC. Behind Olives there is an unmarked pathway into the dense and beautiful forest, though you only find this out upon asking in Olives community market where the ladies serving fantastic gluten free and fresh foods were incredibly friendly and helpful in handing me a printed piece of paper with directions to the train wreck itself. Here, walking at a fairly leisurely pace, almost one hour into the forest trail, the railway track takes a devious left turn and inwards to the forest are the striken box cars, like fallen warriors on the battlefield.
On the point of giving up, an hour into the trail and old legs and dogs paws screaming 'Enough already', we came back out onto the railway track from the forest. Up ahead I walked around a bend and saw in the distance a very sharp left handed bend. Could this be the point of derailment I thought? Walking closer, my eyes looked left once more into the forest and there I could just see the faintest of glimpses, a rusting, shattered box car.... we had found them at last.
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Photograph taken at 11:19am an altitude of Five hundred and eighty six metres on Monday 15th September 2014 of the Cheakamus Falls (unnoficial name), off the Sea to sky highway 99 out of Whistler, South of Function Junction and into the forest on the banks of the Cheakamus River in British Columbia, Canada.
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Historical marker on the Woodland Opera House, 340 2nd Street, Woodland, California. The Woodland Opera House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a California Historical Landmark, is one of four fully functioning 19th century opera houses in California. It was designed in 1885 by Thomas J. Welsh, a prominent San Francisco architect, for the amount of $28,000. It was the first opera house to serve the Sacramento Valley. The builder for the community theater was Woodland contractor William Henry Curson. Several years later in July 1892 a fire that started in Dead Cat Alley behind the Opera House destroyed much of what is now the Downtown Woodland Historic District, including the Opera House. There was uncertainty whether the House would be rebuilt when a locally renowned businessman, David N. Hershey, purchased the site. Other local businessmen supported the project in addition to Hershey. The Opera House was rebuilt between 1895 and 1896 by local contractor William H. Winne at the cost of $8,990. Many of the materials from the original building were used including some of the partially standing walls.
By 1913 over 300 touring companies had appeared on its stage, and the Woodland Opera House was becoming an entertainment center for the region. Nevertheless, the venue closed in that year, after ticket sales declined and the theater lost a lawsuit by an attendee who had mistaken a loading door for an exit and fell three feet, breaking an arm.
The Opera house remained closed and unused for almost sixty years until 1971 when it was purchased by the Yolo County Historical Society, for a sum of $12,000. After many local fund drives, donations, and money from several different government agencies restoration of the building began. Declared a state historic park in 1976, the building was later deeded to the State of California in 1980. The Opera House reopened in 1989 after a $2,000,000 restoration project. Extensive work was still done over the next nine years. Gary Worth, an architect from Woodland, oversaw the work and Brocchini & Associates of Oakland provided most of the materials for the restoration of the theater including antique wallpaper, lighting, and paint colors.
The Arctana is my first attempt as an AFOL at a spaceship.
It is designed for long range reconnaissance and radar picketing.
This is a view of the back of the ship, showing the fuel cells and associated conduits.
It is much bulkier than originally intended due to the inclusion of the mechanism for automating the cockpit. This consists of a Power Functions motor and linear actuator.
Unfortunately, there wasn't room for the battery box, so this remains external (hidden out of shot in these photos), connected via the underside of the ship. There are also Power Functions motors to operate the engine turbines and lights to illuminate the cockpit and sensor array.
I was all ready to give LEGO the benefit of the doubt with the new Power Functions train system, what with what I've seen, but this just throws a wrench into any and all hope I had for it. Even if it does cost so much to make a lithium battery, does it really cost $25 for a transformer to go with it? Not to mention you'll need the $15 IR receiver and $5-10 motor PER TRAIN. Sigh.
Yes, you could easily buy just one transformer and multiple motors, but still, $25?? As it is I'm going to have to create my trains modularly so that I can move the batteries, motors, and IR receivers from train to train as I swap them out, simply because it's not cost effective to buy that many motors, batteries, and receivers.
With 9v, sure, you had the supremely overpriced $50 Regulator, but at least you only ever needed ONE. Just buy a $25 motor and you're good to go.
*EDIT: Adding from the conversation below:
The 9v system - $50 for the regulator, $26 for a loop of track, and $25 for each motor. Minimum cost $100 with $25 for every train afterward (not mentioning extra track).
The PF system: $50 for the battery, $25 for the charger for the battery, $13 for the remote control, $15 for the IR Receiver, $11 for the basic motor, $32 for a loop of track (because straights and curves aren't sold separately. Minimum cost $146 with $76 for every train after that (not mentioning extra track).
‘Mesmerized by functions’
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The fate of points when the gamma function is applied repeatedly. The red areas converge to 1, the rest go to infinity. Colour denotes number of iterations before becoming very large.
From here:
The previous timecourses are all well and good but sheer numbers of cells say nothing about whether the new neurons actually work. And markers like DCX or NeuN may give a general hint at the maturity of a neuron but not much more. Functional timecourses address these gaps. A direct measure of function would be whether a new neuron has electrophysiological properties that enable it to process information (e.g. input and output synapses, action potentials). Less direct signs of function can be inferred from the morphology of a new neuron and whether a new neuron is capable of expressing activity-dependent immediate early genes.
What do these functional timecourses tell us?
electrophysiology (Esposito 2005; Ge 2006), anatomy/morphology (Hastings 1999; Zhao 2006; Toni 2007; Toni 2008), and activity-dependent gene expression (Jessberger 2003; Snyder 2009) all point to new neurons forming their first synapses at 2-4 weeks of age
around 4 weeks of age, new neurons go through a phase where they have enhanced synaptic plasticity (Ge et al 2007) and enhanced activation during behavior (Snyder 2009)
thus, at a young age, new neurons are more modifiable by experience than mature neurons. This may enable them to make a greater impact on behavior, either at this age or by shaping their further integration into the circuitry so they can alter brain function when fully mature and functional
young neurons have distinct neurotransmitter profiles: initially they receive GABAergic inputs and later receive excitatory glutamatergic inputs (Esposito 2005). Notably, GABA depolarizes immature neurons (Ge 2006), unlike its typically-inhibitory effects on mature neurons. Also, immature neurons have a unique form of the NMDA receptor (NR2B), which endows them with their enhanced plasticity (Ge 2007).
blocking CREB signalling (Jagasia 2009) or the depolarizing effects of GABA (Ge 2006) inhibits the functional maturation of new neurons
by 8 weeks of age, new neurons are pretty much fully developed, though Zhao 2006, Toni 2007 and Toni 2008 show that 8-10 week-old neurons are still slightly underdeveloped, presynaptically and postsynaptically
does this mean that 8-10 week-old neurons, despite no longer having enhanced synaptic plasticity or enhanced activation during behavior, might still function differently than fully mature neurons?
This is my friend Will's Evo IX, definitely one of the more practically modded Evolutions i've seen roaming the streets now a days. So many car enthusiasts today are caught up with how sick "stance" looks that they forget how one can mod their car beautifully and still be able to drive it every day. What a concept, I know.
Will's Evo puts some mean power down to the ground and the best part is, he isn't afraid to push the car to it's limits. He's not sitting on ridiculous $6,000 20x10.5" 3 piece forged wheels. (No, this is not a pass at anybody running wheels like this, don't take it as one) This car was built to look nice and drive even nicer, and Will did a great job.
It was nice to see a car tastefully modded without the oh so common "Stance" and "Dumped" appearance. I remember back in the day, the coolest car on the block was the one with the one with the highest top speed, quickest time in the quarter mile, or the most nimble around the track. Now a days I feel like all of that has gone out the window, and it's just about who can fit the biggest wheels on their car and who can go to lowest. Yes, I am a car enthusiast like I assume you are, and I appreciate stance just as much as the next guy but I think there should always be a place in every car enthusiast's heart for a high performance car, not just a good looking one.
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Model "Trailer Tr3 MkII” is build with LEGO® in scale 1:17,5 and motorized using LEGO® Power Functions. It is not build after a specific brand or type of trailer. This build represents a three axle log trailer with liftable third axle.
The trailer features: solid axle suspension on all axles, one set of lights, kingpin, remotely controlled landing gear and parking break, remotely controlled liftable third axle that simultaneously extends or retracts the rear impact guard and this model has many details.
This newly designed and engineered trailer utilizes the same suspension as US Truck T2 MkII which uses LEGO® rubber belts and LEGO® rubber axle connectors.
This model is another custom design by Ingmar Spijkhoven AKA 2LegoOrNot2Lego that comes with building instructions and inventory/parts list!
You can build it yourself! To do so you can buy the Building Instructions. Early in the building process you will see what it is that you are building. You will be very excited from the moment you start the build of "Trailer Tr3 MkII" till you finish it with a total number of parts of about 1000 pieces.
Simultaneously with lifting the third axle the rear impact guard is retracted. So with the third axle down the rear impact guard is fully extended, this to increase safety when hauling loads. Unloaded the total length of the combination is reduced with the third axle lifted and the rear impact guard in.
As with most log trailers this model has so called bolsters or bunks. Those are the U shaped frames on top of the trailers chassis. Bolsters are obviously necessary to keep the logs in place. Even though the bolsters on this specific model are fixed they can easily be re-located if wanted. The number of six can also be altered to your own needs. Give this trailer the setup you want it to have.
To learn more about this and other creations visit me at MOCpages.com, Flickr.com or YouTube.com.
Copyright © 2013 by Ian J MacDonald. Permission required for any use. All rights reserved
The entire set: www.flickr.com/photos/ianmacdonald/sets/72157636356726526/
These illustrations are meant to represent the elements of the periodic table. The drawings are influenced by the Art Deco friezes seen on buildings of the 1920s and 30s - deities were used to represent the essence of the ideas being represented; such as industries, scientific ideas, civic ideals etc...
While the Art Deco style is an influence I did not want to directly copy what has been already been done or hang slavishly onto examples of Art Deco. I am endeavoring to work in the style, imagining creating something new in that moment when Art Deco was current.
Each element is represented by a goddess embedded in a representational background. The deities are purposely done in a sketchy manner - opposite to the solid background - to represent the quantum mechanical nature of atoms and particles. In quantum mechanics particles have no meaning as solid defined units of matter but are statistical entities described by complex (literally and mathematically) wave functions that provide us with the probable positions and energies of particles and systems of particles - an unsettling prospect for many people.
I represent the essence of the elements by goddesses for several reasons. One, they are more interesting, complex, beautiful to draw than males. Secondly it is more challenging to represent the essence of the elements in a feminine rather than a male manner. Unfortunately, science and chemistry has been male dominated and as such so has the naming and descriptions of the elements. These are meant to somewhat challenge the viewer by juxtaposing the female essence with male dominance in science. It would be too simple and cliche to represent iron, for example, as a Mars-like God. Some of the elements are quite dangerous to living creatures and it is far more challenging to express that in a feminine manner.
I was asked if people would get past the nudity. The answer is "No". But that is OK. I want the beauty and vulnerability to attract attention. Science is after all quite beautiful if one takes the time to stop fighting the math and difficulties in understanding, and immerse themselves in it to appreciate just how weird and strange nature really is be - far beyond anything humans could come up with. The nudity somewhat represents the primal, elemental nature of the different atoms. Clothing, such as suit of armor for iron, is a distraction and again too simple and cliche.
But all in all the representation is not direct. Some influence comes from the elements' names - often from properties of the elements, literary references, where they were isolated, political rivalries, honors for discoverers etc... Some influence comes from the bulk properties of the elements such as harness, conductivity, toxicity, density, etc.... Some of the pieces are inspired by the major uses for the element - in industrial processes, in natural biological processes, nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, in everyday objects, and so on.
This is a work in progress and my second go at it. I have been tinkering at this for some time and I think these are closer to the vision in my head than what I have done earlier. Enjoy.
The red gear functions as an energy tank.
Original concept and design of the character © 2010-2011 Nintendo, Gamefreak and the Pokémon Company.
LEGO and the Brick and Knob configurations are trademarks of the LEGO Company.
Photo and creation © 2011 Filip Johannes Felberg
Partyhelp can now help you find function rooms all around the Brisbane area! www.parthelpbrisbane.com.au
Who said stance couldn't be functional? Kee wanted to go shoot my car in the snow so we drove out to an area in Fairhaven to get some photos in the freezing cold. Canibeat decided to post one of his photos up on their Facebook page so I'm pretty happy about that.
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–noun
1.
external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material
Fine Arts .
a.
the organization, placement, or relationship of basic elements, as lines and colors in a painting or volumes and voids in a sculpture, so as to produce a coherent image; the formal structure of a work of art.
b.
three-dimensional quality or volume, as of a represented object or anatomical part.
c.
an object, person, or part of the human body or the appearance of any of these
Philosophy .
a.
the structure, pattern, organization, or essential nature of anything.
b.
structure or pattern as distinguished from matter.
–verb (used with object)
to frame (ideas, opinions, etc.) in the mind.