A centrifugal spin on a 500-year-old air compressor design

32 points by joshwa 5 years ago | 4 comments

jaclaz 5 years ago |

It looks like nice, and 70 dB is very low noise for something compressing air.

I am perplexed by the symbols in the video:

Water is H2O alright, but air was not O2 last time I checked.

djmips 5 years ago | |

That would be some dangerous air.

egberts1 5 years ago |

A wonderful archaic technology that is also an useful thing-to-know in post-apocalyptic settings.

zeristor 5 years ago | |

Although a an apocalypse were access to compressed air sounds more like a lull than a collapse