| ▲ | mrgriscom 2 hours ago | |||||||
The circuit breaker from the restoring power scene is real too: https://www.google.com/search?q=westinghouse+spb-100&udm=2 | ||||||||
| ▲ | crims0n an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
When I was a kid I always wondered why Dr. Sattler had to manually prime/charge the breaker before enabling it. Apparently it is because that model (and others like it) use a spring to quickly close the circuit. When she is priming it puts tension into the spring, and when she presses the button it quickly releases and completes the circuit. This is done to prevent arc flashes due to the high voltage and amperage, since the coiled spring snapping into place can complete the circuit much faster than any human pulling a lever could. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | echelon 25 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
As is the supercomputer. It's the Thinking Machine Connection Machine CM-5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine https://www.jurassic-pedia.com/cm-5-thinking-machine/ The LED panel is gorgeous: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Ko4qBkEcBM A lot of people have replicated or restored these: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qm6w57ZcJZQ https://www.housedillon.com/posts/resurrected-led-panels/ --- I've always hoped the film series would be rebooted back to the original novel. The first film was a masterpiece, and everything that's followed has been increasingly awful. Dinosaurs and cloning are way too cool for that amount of disrespect. I'd kill for an R-rated horror film (think Alien) based on the book, especially if it were set in 1980 and deeply scientific like the original. That was the only film in the series with believably smart characters, each pursuing complex motivations, with fulfilling character arcs. The plot focused on the people, and dinosaurs were the dressing. | ||||||||