IMAGE RELAY PROTOTYPE
The original prototype of image relay was the first of now many that can be found in science museums throughout the US.

FOG CHAMBER PRESSURE VESSEL
This pressure vessel is from a museum exhibit demostrating how fog forms. It allows viewers to mechanically create and release pressure, observing the resulting fog through portal-style viewing windows.

BUILDING FASCADE PROTOTYPE
This project had us testing patterned stainless steel sections as a building exterior, intended to evoke ice and glaciers.

PNEUMATIC CLAMPING MECHANISM
As part of the “Un-Corker”, this pneumatic clamping mechanism combined gentleness and strength to remove the corks from wine bottles.

THE “UN-CORKER”
The bottling industry is full of machines that put the cork in bottles, but when one Mendocino County winemaker needed a machine to do the opposite, they asked S&H to design one that could remove the cork without disturbing the contents or leaving a mark on the bottle.

8 METER DEISEL ELECTRIC SUBMARINE
Designed and built by Birger and Michael Holmberg
This submarine, a father and son project, can go down to 150' and carries a ton of fuel. Self-sustaining, it contains a kitchen, head, and bunks for two.

MECHANICAL PICTURE MACHINE
This is the interior of a mechanical picture machine similar to those used at the turn of the century. It was developed for the Exploratorium to teach about 1915 San Francisco world fair.