Tag: transportation

April 17, 2017 at 1:20 pm

These Students Powered a Tricycle with a Chainsaw to Ride Around Campus

These Students Powered a Tricycle with a Chainsaw to Ride Around Campus

Well there’s two things I never thought I’d mention in the same sentence

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February 4, 2017 at 2:16 pm

This Is Why You Never Load the Heavy Stuff at the Back of the Trailer

This Is Why You Never Load the Heavy Stuff at the Back of the Trailer

For the safest towing experience, load 60% of your weight to the front of the trailer and 40% to the back.

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January 19, 2017 at 11:07 am

This Guy Shipped Glass Boxes Inside FedEx Packages and Exhibited the Results

This Guy Shipped Glass Boxes Inside FedEx Packages and Exhibited the Results

Walead Beshty ships laminated glass boxes—constructed to the exact (and proprietary) dimensions of FedEx boxes—and displays the results

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November 24, 2016 at 10:01 am

There Was a Huge Traffic Jam in LA This Week and It Looks Insane

There Was a Huge Traffic Jam in LA This Week and It Looks Insane

This is my nightmare

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October 25, 2016 at 12:39 pm

An Interactive Map of Every Cargo Ship in the World in 2012

An Interactive Map of Every Cargo Ship in the World in 2012

The heavy lifters of the global economy in motion

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October 18, 2016 at 8:52 pm

Giant Cargo Ship Politely Responds to Little Girl’s Honk Request

Giant Cargo Ship Politely Responds to Little Girl's Honk Request

Ask and ye shall receive

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August 31, 2016 at 4:39 pm

How Bad Drivers Create Traffic

How Bad Drivers Create Traffic

I’m looking at you tailgaters, sudden stoppers and aggressive lane changers

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May 30, 2016 at 4:02 pm

Built in 1962, the World’s Smallest Car has One Door, One Headlight and Manual Reverse

Built in 1962, the World's Smallest Car has One Door, One Headlight and Manual Reverse

Meaning you literally pick it up by a handle it turn it around. At 54″ long and 41″ wide, the Peel P50 is the ‘World’s Smallest Car’

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March 15, 2016 at 3:50 pm

Watch 6 Microbots Weighing 100 Grams Work Together to Pull an 1800 kg Car

Watch 6 Microbots Weighing 100 Grams Work Together to Pull an 1800 kg Car

Inspired by ants’ ability to transport objects far larger than themselves, researchers at Stanford used 6 microbots weighing only 100 grams to pull a car

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March 14, 2016 at 1:22 pm

Picture of the Day: Reinventing the Wheel

Picture of the Day: Reinventing the Wheel

At this year’s Geneva International Motor Show, Goodyear unveiled a concept tire dubbed the Eagle-360. The spherical, 3-D printed tire is aimed at the long-term future when autonomous driving is expected to be more mainstream, allowing for what they call ‘ultimate manoeuvrability’

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