by Sophie LeBlanc The Thing-O-Matic Makerbot was the first 3D printing machine used at the Critical Making Lab, and with which the question of commercially available digital material…
Today, August 21st 2017, the total eclipse of the sun is missing Toronto by a very wide margin, but in January 1925 excited Torontonians gathered…
Crosson Lake Crayfish, July/August 1979, 2016.zoo.55 The crayfish in this jar were collected from an acidic lake in Ontario during the summer of 1979. They…
Tube Worms, Ridgeia sp., July 26, 1994 Thanks to Professor Steven D. Scott for his generous loan of this and other objects from his exploration…
“Complete Test Material for Revised Stanford-Binet Scales (Form L)”, 1937, 2013.psy.141 In the U of T Department of Psychology’s vast psychology collection, there is one…
The Kirschmann Episcotister, c. 1905, 2016.psy.161 Imagine looking at the wall of a room through the rapidly spinning blades of a fan. Under most conditions, the…
Radial-Beam Pulse Tetrode, 1982, 2017.ph.737 This Eimac 8189/4PR1000A Radial Beam Pulse Tetrode was used to power the University of Toronto’s Isotope and Rare Atom Counting…
MANOMETRIC PIPES, 1878, 2016.ph.716.1-5 The bulk of research upon which I have gratefully relied for this post was completed by Dr. David Pantalony for his…
Gurmeet Besla, Machinist at the University of Toronto Physics department Interviewed March 2016 in the machine workshop – Photographs: Erich Weidenhammer Interview and camera: Erich Weidenhammer…
Nancy Stiver, Biomedical Technician at Connaught Labs and Sanofi Pasteur (now retired) Interviewed March 2016 at the Sanofi Pasteur Heritage Room, Toronto, ON Interview and…