Animated Engines(animatedengines.com)
57 points by surprisetalk | 4 comments
First screen, captured .
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Show HN: 500 clocks in one 6.3 MB HTML file by Opus 5.5(tkgally.github.io)
37 points by tkgally | 9 comments
A single self-contained HTML page showcasing 500 animated clock designs generated by Claude Opus 5.5, with filtering, search, and time controls.
Mechanical Watch: Exploded View(fellerts.no)
1096 points by fellerts | 122 comments
A personal project write-up about building a physical exploded-view display of a real mechanical watch movement, inspired by Bartosz Ciechanowski's blog post.
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Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)
700 points by razin | 118 comments
Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive blog article explaining how a mechanical watch mechanism works, with draggable 3D demonstrations.
Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)
900 points by Akcium | 153 comments
Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works, with draggable 3D demonstrations of its mechanism.
The Beam Engine(glinscott.github.io)
438 points by glinscott | 87 comments
An illustrated interactive explainer by Gary Linscott on how the steam beam engine worked and powered the Industrial Revolution.
The Evolution of Vending Machines(saturdayeveningpost.com)
33 points by ohjeez | 11 comments
A Saturday Evening Post article on the history of vending machines, from ancient holy water dispensers to modern frozen meal machines.
Clockwork Mechanics, Maintenance, and Metaphors in the Late Middle Ages(jhiblog.org)
15 points by benbreen | 4 comments
JHI Blog essay on how late-medieval writers like Oresme, Mézières, and Froissart used mechanical clocks, which needed constant maintenance, as metaphors for cosmic and political order.
Animated Drawings(fairanimateddrawings.com)
813 points by jonbaer | 72 comments
Project homepage for Animated Drawings, Meta FAIR's tool and paper implementation for automatically animating children's drawings of human figures.