The World’s Largest Working Water Wheel

The most important factor for engineers is to be cost-effective and to come up with solutions which are feasible yet not expensive. This isn’t something new; it always has been this way! What you see in the picture is known as The Laxey Wheel and it is located at the village of Laxey in the Isle of Man. This small island is located in the Irish Sea surrounded by islands of Ireland and Great Britain. The wheel is quite huge; 22.2 meters in diameter...

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Gateshead Millennium Bridge – A Bridge That Rotates

So what happens when you combine Engineering  and limitations? Engineers are usually accustomed to thinking out of the box but every once in a while they tend to come up with something quite magnificent and legendary, such as; The Gateshead Millennium Bridge. The Bridge has been constructed upon River Tyne in England and is different from other bridges in a very unique way. We have Gateshead’s Quays arts quarter at the south bank while Quayside...

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Russia To Open A Hotel In Space by 2016

The rich and famous look for the most exotic places to spend their vacations. Orbital Technologies, a Russian company, has announced plans to make one of the most exotic hotel ever. Their idea to create a space hotel for commercial use is both metaphorically and literally out of this world.The hotel, officially called Commercial Space Station, will be able to accommodate seven guests in four cabins. It will orbit the earth at a height of 350 kilometers...

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World’s Largest And Most Powerful Diesel Engine

Have your first look at Wärtsilä RT-flex96C, the world’s largest and most powerful diesel engine in the world todayYes, isn’t it awe inspiring and amazing? Manufactured by a Finnish company known as Wärtsilä, this engine is capable of producing 80080 KW power, enough to charge an entire suburban town. The magnificent engine weighs an astounding 23,000 tons. It is a two-stroke turbo charges low speed engine.Are you wondering where exactly will this...

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15 Year Old Teen Invents A Revolutionary New Method Of Cancer Detection

Many a times we see breakthroughs being achieved not by some renowned scientist but by a common man. It is as they say, sometimes the answer is right before us but we are not looking and then comes along the common man and finds it for us. Meet Jack Andraka, a 15 year old teen, who lost a close family friend because of pancreatic cancerThis loss motivated Jack to carry out research online and that led to his discovery. During his research he found...

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The Band-Aid Has Been Reinvented

It was in 1920 that the revolutionary Band-Aid was invented. Since then, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say, the Band-Aid has been saving thousands of lives by preventing infections of all sizes and shapes of wounds. It has saved people’s money by providing immediate treatment. It is the constant companion of handbags, purses, first-aid kits and tourist packs.However, while we are not ungrateful of the thousands of instances when the Band-Aid...

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Scientists Invent the World Thinnest Circuit Board

Remember when we started from room sized computers and spacious data storage equipment? Today, we pocket gigabytes of information and the entire computers as sleek, handy devices weighing no more than a few pounds. Technology is racing today at a breakneck speed. Every now and then, the world of IT is witnessing mind-boggling inventions.One similar astonishing invention in the world of IT is the thinnest and lightest electronic circuit! It wouldn’t...

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