[photo via NYT]
The New York Times has a rad piece about the Ringling Bros.' Wheel of Death (or Space Wheel, Sky Wheel, Revolutionary Wheel, Whirling Wheel of Wonder, Vortex of Vertigo, Pendulum of Pandemonium, or whatever they're calling it these days -- the Wheel of Steel.)
There's a interactive feature that explains how this contraption works which is deliciously geeky.
