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  1. “Science explains how things work, it doesn’t always answer why they exist”*…

    Still, it’s cool to know how things work. In a continuing series of “tear-downs,” Bryan Macomber obliges in the most elegant of ways…

    Are you curious why a clicky Pen… clicks? How a Zippo Lighter flips open? Or what lives inside a Pez Dispenser?

    I’ve illustrated tear-downs and break-downs of everyday products that you may have taken for granted. Let’s take a look inside and understand how they work. Click around, have fun and maybe learn something new!…

    An illustrated celebration of the engineering around us: “Mechanical Pencil.”

    * (Paraphrase of) Isaac Newton

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    As we muse on the mechanical, we might recall that it was on this date (according to most sources, though a few cite the 12th or the 19th of June) in 1902 that Philadelphia restauranteurs Frank Hardart and Joe Horn opened the first Automat in the U.S. A cavernous, waiterless establishment that was a combination of fast (but fresh) food, vending, and a cafeteria. Customers put nickels into slots beside small glass-doored compartments in the Automats and turned a knob. In the compartment next to the slot, food revolved into place for the customer to receive through the glass door.

    Horn & Hardart Automats expanded into a chain reaching Manhattan in 1912. With their uniform recipes and centralized commissary system of supplying their restaurants, the Automats were America’s first major fast-food chain.

    For more on how they worked, see “Meet Me at the Automat” and the charming documentary “The Automat.”

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    #automat #breakDown #BryanMacomber #cafeteria #culture #dataVisualization #engineering #fastFood #FrankHardart #history #HornAndHardart #JoeHorn #mechanicalEngineering #mechanicalPencil #restaurant #tearDown
  2. Habt Ihr schon einmal auf einer Mailbox den Ansagetext gehört:
    "Hallo, wenn Sie Ihren Namen und den Grund Ihres Anrufs hinterlassen, sehe ich nach, ob diese Person verfügbar ist."

    Fand ich so seltsam, dass ich keine Lust hatte etwas draufzusprechen ...

    #Mailbox #Automat

  3. The Horn & Hardart chain of ‘automat’ diners ceased to exist 35 years ago, yet this remnant of their advertising past clings on in Manhattan.

    untapped new york has the full story: untappedcities.com/spot-a-ghos.

    Photo: Robyn Roth-Moise.

    Location: maps.app.goo.gl/7ani3SRFUgm2pV

    #Ghostsigns #Manhattan #NewYork #Automat #Cafeteria

  4. "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" is a song by #IrvingBerlin appearing in the #musicalComedy #FaceTheMusic, which opened in 1932. On opening night it was sung by #JHaroldMurray and Katherine Carrington. The song, set in a self-service restaurant modeled on the #HornAndHardart #Automat, is sung in the play by a group of once-wealthy citizens who were awaiting better times, as mirrored in the song's opening lyrics: Just around the corner, there's a rainbow in the sky.
    youtube.com/watch?v=fT1P46mb_dM

  5. 2 fresh 1960s magazine scans for you from two very different magazines, but filled with some great images.
    Computopia 1968-02
    Canadian Vending Magazine 1961-05
    pinballnovice.blogspot.com/202
    #retroarcade #computopia #automat

  6. Prahou projela Světová cyklojízda s drzou účastí mého ekofuturistického vehiklu, který není ani kolem, ani mopedem (1/2)

    Omlouvám se za chybějící popisky k obrázkům, shrnují je hashtagy.

    #praha #cyklojizda #mobility #mobilita #mikromobilita #micromobility #solarbike #solarpunk #bike #cycling #urbancycling #automat #climate #ecology #czech #magistrala #nuselak

  7. Heute habe ich gratis #Menstruation -shygiene-Artikel in einem Automat in der #Damentoilette, im #EKZ #Ruhrpark, in #bochum gesehen. (An der Futter-Meile)

    Finde ich gut!
    Gibt es so nen #Automat auch in dem Bereich für männlich gelesene Personen? (Das fände ich wirklich zeitgemäß.)

  8. Als #FotoVorschlag zum heutigen Thema "Konsum"

    Ein Greifautomat in einem der zahlreichen skurrilen Shops der "Electric Town" Akihabara in Tokyo.

    #japan #tokyo #akihabara #fotografie #photography #Photographie #foto #konsum #automat #toy #toys #plush

  9. Legendärer #Automat: Ein Bluff und doch ein Meisterwerk: Wie das Geheimnis des #Schachtürke​n gelüftet wurde

    geo.de/wissen/das-geheimnis-de

    Die Parallele zum aktuellen #AI-Hype ist unverkennbar. 🙄

    PS: Im #HNF in #Paderborn gibt es überigens eine Rekonstruktion des Automaten, die im GEO-Artikel leider nicht erwähnt wird: hnf.de/dauerausstellung/ausste

    #Schach #WolfgangVonKempelen

  10. The #Automat was long gone by the time I was cognizant of the world but how I miss it. Please, bring it back, and in the right way. Make it coin, bill, and card-operated but fuck off with the apps. I don't want "DoorDash but with lockers." I want to look at pre-made food, choose some plates, and have a meal

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat

  11. In einem Supermarkt in Unna Massen steht seit neustem ein sogenannter "Secret-Pack"-Automat. Einer der Ersten in NRW.

    In einem Supermarkt in Unna Massen steht seit neustem ein sogenannter " Secret-Pack "-Automat. Einer der Ersten in NRW.#29072024 #Regio-Beitrag #Ruhrgebiet #Unna #Automat #Pakete #DHL #Überraschung #Post #Rückläufer #Kunden #Supermarkt #Secret-Pack-Automat
    Überraschungspakete aus dem Automaten in Unna