What to do with big balls

The geek group have big balls and this is what they do with them:



A giant Newton's Cradle.

Lots more photos and details of the project on their website

(via craziestgadgets)

The World According To Dickens and Lloyd (1981)

This is an interesting representation of (some of) the world:



Rather than being based on distances, it's based on travel times from London (or what they would have been in 1981).

(via strangemaps)