An article about how to train your crane operator.The article has been viewed more than 500,000 times.The topic of crane operators is a bit of a sticky one.In a way, it’s like the topic of tennis players: the subject is controversial and the players are mostly famous.However, there are still plenty of people who train…
The story behind how Jonathan Crane roosted a crane at his home in South Carolina has been making the rounds on social media.In the photo, Crane can be seen hanging off of a crane roosting on the roof of his house.Crane says that he and his family had been doing well until one day his…
When Karen Leslie Crane was a young woman, she wanted to make art.But, in the late 1980s, a mechanical device at her father’s factory in Michigan forced her to quit her job to help build a better crane.She spent the next three decades crafting intricate sculptures and other works of art, all inspired by the…
David Crane flies his drone over a field of crops.He’s using a camera on his drone to capture footage of the scene, which he says is part of a farmer’s market.Crane is taking video of the farmers, who have just finished planting crops.Crane explains how he used a camera and a drone to take video…
The crane, as you might expect, isn’t too thrilled with the idea of the local authorities installing it.“It’s not going to be able to take the weight of a bus or a car or any of the other vehicles,” he said.The crane, which is part of a new fleet of vehicles, has been on display…
A new startup called PaperCranes is creating a paper crane that can fold and lift objects from paper.They are using a company called Papercranes to design the folding mechanism, the paper, and the crane itself.“We’ve been building the paper crane in a lab for the past year,” says David Koehler, a professor of mechanical engineering…
By The Globe StaffIn the winter of 2018, a team of researchers from Alberta’s oilsands industry went to the remote Alaskan town of Tlingit to explore a possible future for a potential “America’s cranes.”A year later, the project is still underway.The team has spent the past two years collecting data about the town’s economy, which…
Cranidos, the largest land mammal on Earth, is a huge, black, clawed insect.It has two large, white spots that look like they could be the eye of a dragon.The red crowned cranes have a long, red beak and a long black tail that is attached to a black tip.If you catch a red crowned Crane…
The crane hot spring is a popular summer destination in northern Queensland.Picture: Steve Goggin”A lot of people in the community, when they go out to the water, they have never seen anything like it, so we’ve been inundated with inquiries from families from all over the world,” Mr Williams said.“There’s been a lot of interest…
New Scientist article The grey crowned crab has a distinctive white and grey body and face, which makes it one of the most beautiful crabs in the world.Here, a photographer captures it from a crane’s perch. 1 of 5
