Author Archives: Charles Shopsin

Charles Shopsin is a New York City-raised and Brooklyn-based software developer. In his spare time, he runs the Modern Mechanix blog. This is a film I saw last year at the Anthology Film Archives in New York. It was part … Continue reading →

Charles Shopsin is a New York City-raised and Brooklyn-based software developer. In his spare time, he runs the Modern Mechanix blog. OK, I admit: a forklift is not exactly standard fare for a gadgets site, but the Airtrax Sidewinder is … Continue reading →

Charles Shopsin is a New York City-raised and Brooklyn-based software developer. In his spare time, he runs the Modern Mechanix blog. When USB microscopes started appearing on the market a few years ago, I thought they looked like a lot … Continue reading →

Charles Shopsin is a New York City-raised and Brooklyn-based software developer. In his spare time, he runs the Modern Mechanix blog, waits tables, and finds new ways to torture his cat. His dream girl is Jordan from the movie Real … Continue reading →

Charles Shopsin is a New York City-raised and Brooklyn-based software developer. In his spare time, he runs the Modern Mechanix blog, waits tables, and finds new ways to torture his cat. His dream girl is Jordan from the movie Real … Continue reading →

Recently on Modern Mechanix we looked at the Heli-Vector, which had everyone asking “Will he blend?”, Time Magazine’s 1956 round up of the state of factory Automation, a bicycle powered hair salon, a man who claims to own outer space, … Continue reading →

Remember kiddies, while doing a bunch of crystal meth may seem to make you more productive, it’s all just an illusion. Things just start slipping through the cracks; things like your regular Modern Mechanix Round-UP on BBG. Well no more, … Continue reading →

Over at Modern Mechanix we’re currently in the middle of series of posts about technologies that were invented earlier than you might have thought. We’ve already done fax machines, answering machines and televisions and have more coming later this week. … Continue reading →

Sorry for the recent hiatus folks. Today we’re back with a Modern Mechanix Mega Round-UP. Let’s start with the Computers section of the site. Recently we’ve looked at Byte magazine’s first reviews of the Apple IIe, Apple Lisa, a variety … Continue reading →

Today on Modern Mechanix we looked at these oh-so-cool sport binoculars, an advertisement for Harley Davidson’s 1951 Hydra-Glide motorcycle, a centuries old automaton of an old woman that writes letters and learned that Canada is full of courteous people and … Continue reading →