Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images
Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP
Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA
Kyle Wiens, of iFixit, sent us the link to this photo essay from the UK Guardian showing Egyptian protesters improvising helmets in the heat of battle. Protesters are also rerouting power from street lights to recharge their cell phone. One twitter user jokingly dubbed this “Maker Faire Cairo.” Not to make light of what is a horrible and scary situation, but it is always amazing what sorts of “street tech” we humans are capable of improvising (for good or ill) under the most dire circumstances. [Thanks, Kyle]
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Reminds me of the Vietnam episode of “Top Gear.” Hammond, the smallest of the group, has no problem getting a motorcycle helmet, while May and Clarkson have to have theirs custom made in a Vietnamese metalshop. Due to a translational error, Clarkson wears a galvanized steel bucket on his head, while May wears a colander.
Reminds me of the Vietnam episode of “Top Gear.” Hammond, the smallest of the group, has no problem getting a motorcycle helmet, while May and Clarkson have to have theirs custom made in a Vietnamese metalshop. Due to a translational error, Clarkson wears a galvanized steel bucket on his head, while May wears a colander.
perfekt
perfekt
perfekt
I love that they are smiling. Tough cookies.
I love that they are smiling. Tough cookies.
I love that they are smiling. Tough cookies.
This is my favorite…http://i.imgur.com/S550Z.jpg
This is my favorite…http://i.imgur.com/S550Z.jpg
This is my favorite…http://i.imgur.com/S550Z.jpg
did you guys see this? http://www.incendiaryimage.com/sketchbook/trebuchet/
no word on whether it was actually used, or how it fared…
did you guys see this? http://www.incendiaryimage.com/sketchbook/trebuchet/
no word on whether it was actually used, or how it fared…
did you guys see this? http://www.incendiaryimage.com/sketchbook/trebuchet/
no word on whether it was actually used, or how it fared…
Absolute necessity is the mother of all invention
Although they are smiling in those photos, those people had the most ruff night ever, they have been attacked by police thugs that through molotof, rock and fire life bullets for 15 hours, they stood firm in the ground and would not allow them to regain control of Tahrir – liberation – square in middle of Cairo,
I am proud to be Egyptian, and shame on me I was not there to die with them
Although they are smiling in those photos, those people had the most ruff night ever, they have been attacked by police thugs that through molotof, rock and fire life bullets for 15 hours, they stood firm in the ground and would not allow them to regain control of Tahrir – liberation – square in middle of Cairo,
I am proud to be Egyptian, and shame on me I was not there to die with them
good option huh…
improvised hemlets with happy faces wearing them in adversitis
good option huh…
improvised hemlets with happy faces wearing them in adversitis
good option huh…
improvised hemlets with happy faces wearing them in adversitis
good option huh…
improvised hemlets with happy faces wearing them in adversitis
good option huh…
improvised hemlets with happy faces wearing them in adversitis
good option huh…
improvised hemlets with happy faces wearing them in adversitis
The guy with the bottles really needs to put the caps on if he wants some protection
The guy with the bottles really needs to put the caps on if he wants some protection
Excellent improvisations……. ha ha ha :)
necessity is the mother of all invention , but Mubarak did not walk away so far :(
I’ll post the same information to my blog, thanks for ideas and great article.
Egyptians even in the darkest of their conditions did not forget the smile, wit known about them