1+ hour, 12+ min ago  (598+ words) This 97-year-old experiment proves a solid can flow. Some science experiments last a few minutes. Some take years. And then there is the Pitch Drop Experiment, which has been running for nearly a century and is still not finished. The…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (527+ words) When renewable energy infrastructure grows taller, the machines building it have to grow even faster. As wind turbines continue to grow taller and more powerful, the challenge of installing them has become an engineering problem in its own right. Chinese…...

2+ hour, 37+ min ago  (108+ words) Interesting Engineering Japan's Upside-Down Train That Hangs From the Track The Shonan Monorail in Japan runs suspended beneath its elevated rail " a hanging transit system that defies gravity through city streets, and one of the few suspended monorails still in…...

2+ hour, 35+ min ago  (89+ words) Interesting Engineering How Gunsmiths Test Firearms Before They Leave the Shop Before any firearm is sold or returned to a customer, gunsmiths fire it point-blank into a sealed ballistic trap " a compact steel chamber that safely captures rounds and confirms…...

2+ hour, 39+ min ago  (81+ words) Interesting Engineering The Wearable Airbag That Deploys When You Crash Developed over 20 years, the Cocoon airbag suit inflates on impact to shield motorcyclists from life-altering injuries the moment they hit the ground. Cordless Rebar Tying Machine Man vs. Robot Just…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (779+ words) Donut Lab used self-validated technology and promises of 10x returns to raise $25 million from over 1, 300 mostly small, crowdfunding investors. After months of investigation, more than 20 independent battery experts have found that the battery technology promoted by Finnish startup Donut Lab is…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago  (842+ words) Buildings where ambition came with a billion-dollar bill. Buildings are often judged by height, beauty, engineering complexity, or cultural importance. But there is another way to measure ambition: cost. The world's most expensive buildings are not just oversized construction projects....

5+ hour, 36+ min ago  (463+ words) Penn State researchers have built a human-eye-inspired device to prevent self-driving cars from going blind in changing light conditions." "Self-driving cars are exposed to a mixture of light levels in use " imagine the contrast of the dark sky with the…...

15+ hour, 14+ min ago  (521+ words) UK unveils "1. 1 B ($1. 47 B) compute plan including supercomputer, chip funding, and sovereign computing push. UK has unveiled a "1. 1 billion ($1. 47 billion) plan to build domestic artificial intelligence computing capacity, including a national AI supercomputer and major funding for homegrown chip development, as…...

16+ hour, 23+ min ago  (504+ words) Open AI files confidential IPO with SEC as AI giants race toward trillion-dollar public market valuations. Open AI has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the U. S. , joining a growing wave of artificial intelligence companies preparing for public market…...