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Motorcycle Jumps Airplane: 20 Stupid Things You Should Never Do
There’s a well-known list of “Stupid Things You should Never Do,” and amazingly this video incorporates two of the top ten items on that list. Flying a biplane 6 feet from the ground and jumping a 40 foot gap on…
MoreAdam Savage’s Lifelike Robot Spider!
You know Adam Savage as one of the key members of the Mythbusters team. They test stories, myths and legends to see if they have any truth to them. One way or another, they always manage to spectacularly blow things…
MoreSmallest Car in the World the Peel P50
You thought your Honda was small. Nope. Thought your Mini was…mini? It’s huge, and your Prius is a land-yacht. The Peel P50 makes your riding lawnmower look like a flippin’ limousine! Watch the 6’5” Jeremy Clarkson fold himself into this…
MoreThe World's Fastest R/C Car Will Leave Your Ride in the Dust
99.99% of us will never have the opportunity to participate in a land speed run at El Mirage or Bonneville. Most of us won’t even get to take a ride in a car capable of 200 mph, like a Ferrari…
More3D Printed Car: Germans Can Print Cars While the Rest of Us are Using Duct Tape and Staples
It’s a known fact that the Germans pretty much set the curve for innovation in the automobile industry. The Mercedes S-Class alone was the first with dozens of innovations, never before seen on any other car, most of which are…
MoreEngineering Hall of Fame: The Volkswagen “W” Engine and the Bugatti W16
You’ve probably heard of the “W” engine before, but maybe never gave it a second thought. Even if you haven’t heard of the engine design, you’ve surely heard of the vehicles housing these amazing power plants. W-powered cars include: VW…
MoreSupersonic Speed Check – Tales from the SR-71 Blackbird
Some Stories Were Meant to Soar. There have been some cool jets at different times in world history, the Wright Flyer, the P-51 Mustang, an F-16 or F-18 is always a head turner. Maybe it’s because I grew up in…
MoreEngineering the World’s Largest Swiss Army Knife the Wenger Giant
The $1,300 Wenger Giant Swiss Army knife sets the world record for the largest multi-tool The Swiss Army knife is an essential “everyday carry” for millions of men and women around the world. Every engineer, camper, tinkerer and DIY’er knows…
MoreEngineering Students Create a Robotic Arm to help a Friend in Need
Rice University students use their skills to design and build a robotic arm These engineering students have done one of the coolest good-deeds we have ever seen. What began as an engineering assignment for a class, became much more when…
MoreEngineering a Hot Lap with Ken Block!
This post could have just as easily been called “How to ruin your clutch, brakes and tires in less than 5 minutes” but “Engineering A Hot Lap” will have to do. You think you know the best driver on…
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