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munchiesthaoo

mayahan

Space-Saving Design Ideas

theneutronflow

Space saving furniture

thoughtsofarandommind

blunted-on-reality

Perfect gif usage🙌

Source: mayahan

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moshita

Hand-Tech, Concept for a new kind of device

A technological device wearable like a glove, that uses gestures as interface.
The fabric is woven with special sensors and mini projectors that read the hand’s movements and translate them into practical functions.
Using a sequence of gestures it is possible to take pictures, make videos and display information.
The glove can also translate the sign language used by deaf people (manual communication) into sound pattern (spoken language).
Hand-tech expands the communicative power of the sign language converting an iconic gesture into a concrete action.

Francesca Barchiesi

caledscratch

#reminds me of 4907 SAME! Look at this tech it is perfect

augfc

The MCEM series

As World War II was coming to a close, the British Ordnance Board was rather desperate for a submachine gun to replace the stop-gap STEN. In response to this request, RSAF Enfield (split into three design departments: a British one, a Polish one and a Belgian one) set out to create a service submachine gun. The first design to come out of Enfield was the work of the British team, under the supervision of Harold Turpin, one of the original designers behind the STEN. The Ordnance Board dubbed this weapon the “Military Carbine, Experimental Model 1” or “MCEM-1” (first picture). Internally it was more or less an improved STEN and externally it had features such as perforated barrel casing, wooden stock and dual magazines. The Ordnance Board sent it back to Enfield for improvements as it did not entirely meet their specifications.

Meanwhile, the Polish team, headed by Lt. Podsenkowski, submitted their design (second picture), which resembled a sort of machine-pistol. It was dubbed the MCEM-2 (as it was the second design to come out of Enfield) and featured a stock that doubled as a holster. The bolt was light and the fire rate was about 1000 rounds per minute. The Ordnance Board preferred lower fire rates and were not impressed with the MCEM-2. It was sent back to Enfield for improvements.

Soon afterward, the improved MCEM-1 was re-submitted to the Ordnance Board under the name “MCEM-3” (third picture). The safety and magazine were both redesigned and bayonet fittings were added. It was trialed in 1946 and showed “considerable promise”. Further trials were arranged for 1947.

There are records of an MCEM-4 and MCEM-5, but very little is known about either. The MCEM-4 was apparently designed by Lt. Kulikowski, a Polish SOE officer who designed the silenced STEN Mk.IIS. Ordnance Board records reveal that the MCEM-4 was a suppressed weapon that was intended to replace the STEN Mk.IIS in service, but was rejected. The MCEM-5, on the other hand, has drawn nothing but blanks. It has been referred to as the “Sparc” (name of the designer maybe?) but otherwise nothing is known. It is likely that neither exist anymore.

The final MCEM was the MCEM-6 (fourth picture), which was simply an improvement of Podsenkowski’s MCEM-2. It had a longer barrel, a heavier bolt and reduced rate of fire, and bayonet fittings. Despite all this, the Ordnance Board remained unimpressed. Enfield cancelled all development of Podsenkowski’s weapon in favour of Turpin’s MCEM-3. In 1947, the MCEM-3 was trialed again, this time against the BSA machine carbine and the Patchett gun, and it failed quite badly. This marked the demise of the MCEM project, and in the end the Patchett gun was adopted.