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Chinese Dao Sword (Northern Wei Style)
Single-edged dao, 32-inch blade, ring pommel. The standard infantry sword of the Northern Wei period. Optimized for cutting from horseback -- the slight curve pulls the blade through the target. I carried one for twelve years and it never failed me.
Andes Mountain Crossing Expedition Training
High-altitude mountain warfare. Acclimatization, cold weather movement, river fording, maintaining combat effectiveness at altitude. I crossed a 13,000-foot pass in the wet season. A third of my army died. The rest won independence for a continent. Tip: The mountain does not care about your cause. Respect it or it kills you.
Wind Tunnel (Tabletop, Educational Model)
Scaled replica of the wind tunnel Wilbur and I built from a starch box. Test wing shapes, measure lift and drag. We tested 200 airfoils in two months with a rig like this. Every aircraft flying today traces back to data from this box. Includes smoke wand for flow visualization.
Signal Encoding Workshop -- Data Compression Before Computers
Small group (max 4). The principles behind Morse code, Braille, semaphore, and other encoding systems. How do you represent complex information with simple signals? How do you optimize for speed and reliability? Shannon formalized it 100 years later. I figured it out by counting type.
Pasteurization Kit (Home Dairy/Brewing)
Everything to pasteurize milk, juice, or homebrew: precision thermometer, stainless steel pot, timer, instructions. Heat to 72 degrees Celsius for 15 seconds, then cool rapidly. Named after me, and I am proud of that. This process saves millions of lives every year.
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