Turboencabulator

[zachrose]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator

[andrewflnr]

  The original machine had a base plate of pre-famulated 
  amulite surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing...

Nice. "Have you tried logarithms?" http://xkcd.com/451/

[webnrrd2k → andrewflnr]

I picture it like the interocitor from MST3K when they did This Island Earth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQlF-dpU5lw

[mmcdaris]

this is a good pairing after reading the wiki page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag

[xhrpost → mmcdaris]

Even better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w

[JonnieCache → xhrpost]

A derivative work? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSOFIJdfwM

[Pitarou → JonnieCache]

How dare you, sir!

[Pitarou]

The GE technical description is a thing of beauty.

I love this part:

Before use, the system should be calibrated with a gyro-controlled Sine-Wave Director, the output of which should be of the cathode follower type. Note: If only Cosine-Wave Directors are available, their output must be first fed into a Phase Inverter with parametric negative time compensators.

[app]

There's several more here: http://turboencabulator.tumblr.com/

[adamryman]

Reminds me strongly of http://reddit.com/r/vxjunkies

[quink → adamryman]

And the top links: http://www.reddit.com/r/VXJunkies/top/?sort=top&t=all

[zw123456]

I wonder why no one has patented it yet?