Submarines are very interesting watercrafts. They have the ability to dive underwater, they can see what’s going on above surface as well in their general surroundings, and they are just generally neat to look at it. But there is one submarine that takes the interest level of submarines to a whole new level. The smallest… Continue reading World’s Smallest Submarine

Where else would you go but Germany at the The Nürburgring – Nordschleife race track, commonly referred to as the Green Hell (Grüne Hölle). The track winds it way through the Eifel region in Germany measuring 14.2 miles or 20.8 km per lap. The track is open to the public every day except race days,… Continue reading World’s Longest Race Track

Air travel can present an efficiency dilemma. Trips that wouldn’t be possible by any other means because of time or distance are suddenly viable – though when it comes to manufacturing and fuel resources, airplanes admittedly aren’t the most efficient mode of transportation. But Boeing’s newest passenger jet, the 787 Dreamliner, aims to take a… Continue reading Boeing 787: Most Efficient Airliner

TruckTyreSaver is billed as the world’s smallest truck tyre filling unit. TruckTyreSaver is a compact, self-contained, nitrogen generator based tyre inflation system designed for filling large vehicle tyres with nitrogen, supplying the purity required to keep tyres at constant pressure. The TruckTyreSaver will enable truck owners and drivers to take advantage of the acknowledged benefits… Continue reading World’s Smallest Large Tyre Nitrogen Filling Unit

Those of us who’ve been dreaming of cheap personal air travel in the Buck Rogers, sci-fi jet-pack mode should turn their eyes towards Vinci, Italy on May 25. That’s when Gennai Yanagisawa, inventor of the tiny GEN H-4 personal helicopter, will be taking his lightweight 165-pound whirly-gig on a demonstration flight. Why Vinci? According to… Continue reading World’s Smallest Helicopter

What happens when you take the trailer off a prime hauler, do a bit of remodelling of the cab, and turn it into a pick-up truck? International did just that and created a crew cab with enough room to seat five sumo wrestlers without them touching plus a big enough tray to carry a jet… Continue reading World’s Largest Pick Truck Spawns an Entire Family

The Peel P50 is a three-wheeled microcar manufactured in 1962 and 1965 by the Manx Peel Engineering Company. It retailed for £199 when new, and currently holds the record for the smallest-ever automobile to go into production. Designed as a city car, it was advertised as capable of seating “one adult and a shopping bag.”… Continue reading World’s Smallest Car: Peel 50

ENGINE: 1. 500 bhp (372 kW) @ 5600 rpm (60.4 bhp/liter); 525 lb.-ft. (712 Nm) @ 4200 rpm 2. 10-cylinder 90-degree V-type, liquid-cooled, 505 cubic inches (8277 cc) 3. 356-T6 aluminum alloy block with cast-iron liners, aluminum alloy cylinder heads 4. Bore x Stroke: 4.03 inches x 3.96 inches (102.4 x 100.6) 5. Two pushrod-actuated… Continue reading World’s Fastest Motorcycle

East Hampton, US–William Meyer Jr. of Amagansett and Florida and Margaret Waltz of Pennsylvania had arrived safely after flying through several time zones and over the North Atlantic, setting a record time of 15 hours, 23 minutes. Margaret Waltz, left, and William Meyer next to the TBM 850 they flew The team took off from… Continue reading Fastest Single-Turbine Engine Plane Set World Record Over Atlantic

We like cool engineering. To help celebrate the achievements of the wider construction world, we’ve assembled a list of the projects we think constitute the greatest engineering achievements of the last decade. You might not agree with all the entries, or their ranking, but the ingenuity behind each of these projects is undeniable. Each one… Continue reading The 10 Greatest Engineering Feats of the Decade