1773’te yapıldı.
Elektrik yok.
Motor yok.
Pil yok.
Ama hâlâ çalışıyor.
Gümüş Kuğu, 250 yılı aşkın süredir yalnızca yaylar ve pirinç dişlilerle hareket eden bir mühendislik şaheseri.
Bazen mühendisliğin zirvesi, elektriğin icadından çok önceydi.
Ukraine has just done something astonishing.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence has just launched TrophyLab - essentially making access to all captured Russian weapon technologies free for foreign governments, research institutions and the defence industry.
They will even send physical hardware to allies for examination and to rip it apart to discover Russian military secrets. As well as technical specifications, blueprints and research results.
The website includes listings for armoured vehicles, missiles, aircraft, UAVs, EW assets, UGVs, cruise missiles etc.
Governments usually want to keep this kind of captured tech a secret for its own advantage. Ukraine has decided to make it (relatively, I think) open access for the benefit of the West.