Leonardo da Vinci inventions and studies that changed the world
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Tag: engineering
This is what 109,000 horsepower looks like — meet the biggest and most powerful engine in the world
This jaw dropper is the Wärtsilä RT-flex96C, the world’s largest and most powerful diesel engine in the world today.
Self-healing concrete for sewage pipes could save billions in repair costs every year
The approach could save $1.4 billion in Australia alone.
US plumbing codes are based on century-old data
This is not good for water quality, researchers warn.
World’s first genetically-engineered moths released in the wild
This could revolutionize the field of crop protection.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine launches website about vaccine facts
"Our work has validated that the science is clear—vaccines are extremely safe,"
A brief look at how the idea of elevators came up
They really are an underappreciated invention -- it took a lot of work!
12 Perfect Gifts for Engineers on Valentine’s Day
Gifts that will keep the gears of love well oiled.
Aviation 101 : Flight Dynamics
To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.
Thought 4K was impressive? New tech can triple the sharpness of TVs and other displays while reducing power demand
The resolution density of today's displays is nearing its limits but a novel technology could change all that.
Science in Africa is making steps forward, but it needs leaps
Over the past few years there has been much talk about the importance of scientific development in Africa. With the ...
Solar Hourglass might power 1,000 Danish Homes while inspiring Climate Change Action
Every year, the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) in Copenhagen welcomes renowned designers and engineers to submit designs that integrates ...
Engineers create the first unstealable bike
Image via Yerka. Depending on where you live, bike stealing can be a distant threat or a constant worry, but ...
Who’s got the most efficient muscle engine : the tuna or the grey whale?
Photo: Wikimedia Commons The humongous grey whale and the skipjack tuna, though of contradicting sizes, both employ similar propelling mechanisms ...
3-D printing an entire house in less than 20 hours – is this the future?
A computer model of the Contour Crafting Robotic Construction System. Basically, huge 3-D printers and tools would automatically build civil ...
How to build Beijng’s Forbidden City with 100-tonne stone blocks tens of miles away
(c) Wiki Commons This "How to" may not be that relevant in modern times, but in the XIV and XV ...
Peruvian engineers create water out of thin air through billboards
The Peruvian capital of Lima, along with its outskirts, is plagued by a vicious drought, which coupled with pollution and ...
NASA’s moon gravity mapping to come to a crashing end
As I was telling you in a previous article, researchers from NASA have created a high-res gravity map for the ...
Self-braking system for cars could save countless lives
There were 5.4 million automobile crashes on U.S. roads in 2010, killing 33 000 people and injuring more than 2.2 ...
New polymer aerogels might become the wonder insulating material
Since they were first invented in 1931, aerogels have become widely used in the industry, mostly for insulation purposes, thanks ...
The world’s tallest building to be built in only 90 days [!]
According to biblical account, the Tower of Babel was an enormous tower whose top was intended to reach for the ...
Toy-inspired “Buckliball” paves the way towards a new class of engineering structures
Scientists at MIT and Harvard University teamed up to figure out what would be the simplest 3-D structure capable of ...
Supersonic biplane design cancels sonic boom effect
The now retired Concorde turbojets were the fastest civilian airliners in the world, capable of carrying passengers from Paris to ...
Going WAY Up? Japanese corporation wants to build space elevator by 2050
This is the kind of engineering feat that sounds so preposterous, so crazy, so ... foolish, that it might actually ...
Orion spacecraft mock-up tests successfully for Pacific landing
Yesterday NASA tested a 18,000 pound mock-up of the ambitious Orion spacecraft in a water basin, to simulate how it ...
Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower: the world’s soon to be tallest building [amazing photos]
UAE might harbor in its Dubai oasis the world's current tallest building, its Burj tower, but neighboring Saudi Arabia isn't ...
Another Star Wars dream come true – the hoverbike
An Australian engineer boosts that he has successfully managed to build a working hover bike, one, he claims, that you ...
Fire ants building life-saving rafts against floods [amazing photos]
In what can only be described as an incredible natural engineering feat, fire ants in times of floods have the ...
Oil Company will build the longest vessel ever
Well despite what you may think, the oil industry is doing better than ever. With a length of 468 meters, ...
Dr. Russell Blaylock about “The Rockefellers & Social engineering”
The term "social engineering" is often misunderstood; what it refers to is the act of manipulating people (or masses of ...
7 wonders of modern engineering
In a previous article you had the chance to read about the seven wonders of the ancient world, which remained ...
System To Build Transplant Tissue Created
Organ transplants are no longer a novelty, but transplants could help save a lot of lives of people who ...