The Falkirk Wheel, Uniquely Scottish
Scotland is a land that has been linked to a mystical past. Druids, Nessie and men in skirts – you never know what they’ll do next. Scotland also gave us Sean Connery, the best James…
Engineering
UK’s $8.3 Billion Aircraft Carrier: Precision Engineering Re-energizing Economy
HMS Queen Elizabeth, one of Europe’s largest and most interesting manufacturing projects, has a price tag of $8.3 billion and is about 50% complete. When it is christened in 2017 the carrier will be as…
Concept eCycle: Aesthetics, Ergonomics and Efficiency
According to automotive and industrial designer Milos Jovanovic, a native of Serbia and winner of a “Sitting Green” award in design by Belgrade Design Week, the eCycle concept springs from the notion that existing electronic…
Cleaner and Meaner ATVs
Supercar, futuristic, luxury kidde, amphibious, tank-like, urbanized, hipster, and self inflating: these are just a few of the ATV (All-Terrain Vehicles) styles available these days. A small but growing number of ATV manufacturers have begun…
High Speed Rail (HSR): 220 MPH and 17,000 Miles of Track
One of the darlings of the industrial revolution, the railroad, helped move people and goods cheaply over long distances. But railroads have morphed into a super high technology where moving people at high rates of…
New Norway Sky Bridge, Longer than Golden Gate Bridge
Norway Sky Bridge or The Hardanger Bridge? This Hardanger Bridge has been given a new name by the hordes of Internet comments calling it the Norway Sky Bridge. The new name was born after seeing…
Tires Turn Orange When Worn
The average tire lasts for 20,000 kilometers before it needs to be changed but let’s be honest, not every driver is keeping a precise count of the kilometers they’ve traveled since they last changed their car’s tires The Discolor Tyre addresses this issue with…
Viral Video Leads to 3D Printed “Robohand” Prosthesis
An amateur mechanical engineer, Ivan Owen, built a huge mechanical hand and posted a video of it on Youtube where it went viral. Richard Van As, of South Africa, who lost the fingers of his…
Afghanistan Deployed Palm-Sized Nano-Copter
Palm-sized nano copter micro-machines are now being used to collect intelligence in Afghanistan. These devices , weighing just 16 grams and 4 inches in length with two helicopter blades, are the world’s smallest military spy…
Taking to the skies and seas with Flying Yacht
Is it a boat? Is it a plane? It’s both in a sense. The simply named Flying Yacht is an ambitious design undertaken by manufacturer Aerocoché and aircraft interior designer Yelken Octuri. The Flying Yacht…
