theme of the week: machines / technology

Household appliances, industrial equipment, lasers, phasers, robots, all kinds of machines & technology, real or imagined. It's kind of broad, I know, but if you steer clear of automobiles & modern computers, we should have a reasonably wacky topic, open to all sorts of bizarre excursions. (And don't forget Rube Goldberg devices! =grin=)