Comments on: SCIENCE!!!

SCIENCE!!!

tellurian — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:46:29 -0800

The Evoluon was a museum dedicated to science and technology, and the place of technology in society. It was closed for the public in 1989 and has not been re-opened as a public museum since. Watch the wonderfully 60s promotion (worth it just for the soundtrack). [via]

By: amyms

amyms — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:32:12 -0800

Fun AND cheesy, always the best combo (of course, it's only cheesy in hindsight). Cool post, tellurian. The Senster page is really interesting.

By: amyms

amyms — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:33:06 -0800

Oops, it won't link directly to the Senster page, sorry.

By: otherthings_

otherthings_ — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:34:49 -0800

Oh man, I loved that place as a kid! I mean, what red-blooded, droid-loving 9-year-old American expat in Amsterdam wouldn't? It's shaped like a flying saucer!

By: tellurian

tellurian — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:48:30 -0800

Sure it will amyms. otherthings_ I am so totally jealous of you right now.

By: kcds

kcds — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:35:49 -0800

I used to love watching the trade test transmissions on BBC2, which they would show in the morning before the "regularly scheduled programming" began. They were like manna from heaven for young proto-nerds of a certain age, and the Evoluon film linked in the FPP was one of my faves. Some of these films were made by the National Film Board of Canada, others by their equivalent in other Commonwealth countries, eg the New Zealand Film Unit. It was the soundtracks to these little films that inspired the band Boards of Canada, and I'm sure it's one of the reasons I'm a big fan of theirs.

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:18:35 -0800

Wow, just when you think the soundtrack can't get any worse...it does. Thanks, this is great!

By: foonly

foonly — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:07:32 -0800

What a cool looking place; wish I could go back in time and visit when the museum was still in operation. It looked like it had a certain 'geewhizitude' that's lacking in museum design these days.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:07:49 -0800

You're betraying your age there kcds :-) but yeah, that's an interesting aside. It's been an interesting week for testy things I wasn't aware of, on MetaFilter – I love this behind the scenes stuff.

By: jouke

jouke — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:03:31 -0800

Aww. The big Nixie tubes that counted your entrance were wondrous in a pre-digital age. And I loved the wire tubes with the steel bearing balls running through them. Sic transit gloria mundi.

By: jouke

jouke — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:19:21 -0800

The kogelbaan on youtube. Apparently it's now in the Museum of the TU Delft.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:25:08 -0800

Hey! I just realised, this is my 200th post [adversaria].

By: jouke

jouke — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:18:08 -0800

Congrats earthman, on a post that really struck a chord with me.