The Uira Engine: Alan Rorie (video)

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By Michael Colombo
Posted 2011/10/11 @ 12:00 pm
Category General, Science

The Uira Engine is a part of the guts from the Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship, which now resides in San Francisco’s Embarcadero. For Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, the engine was displayed by its designer, Alan Rorie. The engine consists of a series of cylinders that slowly rotate while emitting capacitive discharge that’s pleasing to the eye. Parts of this were handmade as well as produced from a CNC, and provided an important visual component to the rocket ship.

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0 Responses to The Uira Engine: Alan Rorie (video)

James Patrick on October 11th, 2011 at 8:09 pm said:

All hand-made, by a robot.

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James Patrick on October 11th, 2011 at 8:09 pm said:

All hand-made, by a robot.

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Anonymous on October 11th, 2011 at 8:21 pm said:

I was kind of expecting to see some footage of the “absolutely gorgeous” discharge that the summary and Alan (in the interview) mention.

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- Alan Rorie on October 11th, 2011 at 11:28 pm said:
  
  Hi Cairnm and all:
  
  You can see plenty of video and learn more about the piece, and the rest of my work, at my webpage Almost Scientific.
  http://www.almostscientific.com/blog/http://www.almostscientific.com/blog/project/the-uira-engine-2009/
  Thanks for the post Make!
  
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Bryan Farrell on October 12th, 2011 at 7:59 am said:

how cool is that!

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Kompani on October 12th, 2011 at 1:05 pm said:

All talk and no action.

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Kompani on October 12th, 2011 at 1:05 pm said:

All talk and no action.

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Kompani on October 12th, 2011 at 1:05 pm said:

All talk and no action.

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michaelshiloh on October 12th, 2011 at 4:47 pm said:

“pleasing to the eye”?? That’s a little weak. It is a most awesome and unique visual display, quite unlike anything this jaded geek has seen, even in 50 years of mucking with electricity and 20 years of working with SRL.

Seriously cool. Congratulations Alan and crew!

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michaelshiloh on October 12th, 2011 at 4:47 pm said:

“pleasing to the eye”?? That’s a little weak. It is a most awesome and unique visual display, quite unlike anything this jaded geek has seen, even in 50 years of mucking with electricity and 20 years of working with SRL.

Seriously cool. Congratulations Alan and crew!

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michaelshiloh on October 12th, 2011 at 4:50 pm said:

“pleasing to the eye”? That’s a little weak.

It is an awesome and unique visual display, quite unlike anything this geek has seen in 50 years of mucking with electricity and 20 years of working with SRL. That covers quite a few visual displays.

It’s pretty hard to come up with a new visual display of electricity. Congratulations Alan and crew!

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- Alan Rorie on October 12th, 2011 at 6:08 pm said:
  
  Thanks for the kind words Michael.
  
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