Feb 27, 2018
Casting the Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope
The castings of the 15-metric ton, off-axis mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope forced engineers to push the design and manufacturing process beyond all previous limits
Tag: engineering
Jul 14, 2017
The World’s Largest Super Soaker Shoots at 2,400 PSI and 243 mph
It can split a watermelon in half
Jun 15, 2017
Former NASA Engineer Builds Custom Car Horn With Distinct Sounds for Every Situation
Sometimes you just want to give a little courtesy beep. And sometimes you want to unleash the sound of 1000 jet engines
Apr 18, 2017
Drone Captures World’s Largest Tunneling Machine Breaking Through After 4 Years Underground
The 1.7 mile (2.73 km) tunnel in downtown Seattle will house a double-decker highway
Jan 18, 2017
4K Slow Motion: Visualizing Combustion with a See Through Engine and Phantom Camera
The team at Warped Perception built a glass head for a Briggs and Stratton engine to make the combustion process visible
Dec 12, 2016
Guy Builds Miniature Single-Cylinder Engine Out of Paper and Revs It Up
Aliaksei Zholner built this incredibly small, single-cylinder engine entirely out of paper and it works!
Nov 16, 2016
Monster Sinkhole in Japan Repaired in 48 Hours
A sinkhole roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool opens up in Fukuoka, Japan and is repaired in an amazing 48 hours
