Visualizing the “Turbo Encabulator”

Duarte Design does the impossible—they make sense of the hilariously nonsensical “Turbo Encabulator”:

The description of the fictitious Turbo Encabulator has long been used by engineers to warn against the use of technobabble. It has a lengthy and fascinating history, which includes this 1977 performance by Bud Haggart […]

We believe that visuals can help bring clarity to otherwise confusing information. So, we took this on as an exercise in graphic recording, wondering if illustrating this epic masterpiece of nerd-dom might somehow make sense out of the confusion.

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September 30, 2011