Most Amazing Vehicles Ever Made

2

Discover the biggest, the fastest, the largest and the most deadly vehicles made in the last 100 years

The World Fastest Car
Thrust SSC
1997 Great Britain
The thrust SC was like a rocket with wheels.It was powered by two jet engines and driven by an RAF fighter pilot.it reached 763mph while racing in the Nevada desert




The World's Deadliest Helicopter
Boeing Ah-64 Apache
1986 United States of America
The apache is armed with guns and rockets and 16 HellFire missiles for blowing up tanks, it can fight enemies on the land and the air, it is so advanced that it needs two pilots to fly


The Biggest ship in the world
The Titanic
1912 Great Britain
When the Titanic was built,it was the biggest in the world,it weighted as much as 250 blue whales and could hold over 2,000 people.It was sold to be unsinkable but it sank on its first voyage when it hit an iceberg.


The Biggest plane in the sky
Antonov An-225 Mriya
1988 Ukraine
This giant plane is powered by six engines and has the worlds longest wingspan,it can carry up to 250 tons of cargo,which is the same as 50 adult elephants.


The First reusable space vehicle
Space Shuttle Columbia
1981 United States of America
The Columbia carried astronauts back and forth into space.Shuttles orbited the Earth and were used to carry out experiments,repair satellites and help build the International space station.

The Jet flies faster than the speed of light
Concorde
1976 Great Britain/France
This sleek jet fly 100 passengers from London to New York in three hours, That is a half the time of other aeroplanes, It was travelled twice the speed of sound.


Top Nuclear Attack Submarine
HMS Astute
2007 Great Britain
HMS Astute is the largest attack submarine in the royal navy at almost 100 meters long, and its nuclear reactor engine means it doesn't have to be refuelled for 25 years.

Read More »

ROBOT EXOSKELETON:Helping the paralysed to walk again

0

The 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony
 was one of the most spectacular of all time, when a young paraplegic Brazilian strode across the pitch and took the opening kick of the competition. This miraculous act was possible thanks to a mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton, which has been made by the Walk Again Project, a collaboration of universities including Duke University in the US and the Technical University of Munich. sensors in the feet of the suit that trick the brain into thinking the signals came from the real foot. Knowing that millions of people around the world will be watching these first steps, the makers of the suit have been perfecting the device’s balance. They hope to advance the technology to a stage that wheelchairs will eventually be replaced with exoskeletons, helping the paralysed to walk again.The operator wears a cap that is linked to a computer in the backpack of the suit. The cap picks up brain signals that are created when the user thinks of walking and a computer then converts this information into electrical commands, which then move hydraulic legs. The whole setup is stabilised by gyroscopes and is powered by a battery that sits in the backpack. When the user kicks the football, they’ll be able to actually feel it, thanks to

Read More »

10 Cool things you must know before 2015

1

World population on the rise 

The world population is predicted to reach 12.3 billion by 2100. Previous claims had stated that population growth would stabilize and the number of people on Earth would plateau by 2100,but new research has stated that increased fertility rates and life expectancy, particularly in Africa, is the reason for the rise.As a result, renewed population policies may have to be proposed.



Renewable energy gets a boost

A new type of battery has been made that could be invaluable to future renewable energy production. The lithium-antimony-lead liquid metal battery has the ability to store vast amounts of electricity. Utilising a negative electrode, the battery has a much lower operating temperature than previous designs and will maintain around 85 per cent of its original efficiency even after a decade of daily use.

Scientists create a shape-shifting metal 

Scientists have created a new type of liquid metal. Formed from an alloy of gallium and indium, the material has a bright future and is being predicted to self-repair electronic structures and circuits. A liquid at room temperature, the alloy is the shape of a ball, but goes flat when exposed to voltage

New truck will save lives 

Senior lecturers from Lough borough University have designed a new type of lorry that could save cyclist and pedestrian lives. The new-look cab will eliminate blind spots and increase the driver’s fi eld of vision. The model created by the team will have a cab that is 80 centimetres (31.5 inches) longer with a more rounded front. The emphasis will be on sight with a smaller dashboard but larger and more windows.

There’s a new treatment to regenerate bones 

Osteoporosis a condition that weakens bones–could be combated by an injection of calcium phosphate. This paste will contain stem cells encased in microspheres. Stem cells of ten struggle to survive when entering the body,but the casing will aim to safely transport the cells to the bones.

All-electric Formula E begins 

Electric racing cars took to the streets of Beijing as the first-ever Formula E Championship began.The first of its kind, the competition will look to provide the same thrill ride as Formula 1, but without the carbon emissions. It will run until June 2015.

Brains have their own (free) ‘calorie counters’

Our brains naturally works out the calorie content of different foods when we look at a menu. That’s according to neuro imaging research, which sought to determine how our awareness of calories infl uenced the brain. The study found that although calorie estimations were off the mark, people were willing to pay high prices for high-calorie food, showing their desire to consume it.

There are three types of Europeans

New research has suggested that the European  different peoples:blue-eyed hunters,brown-eyed farmers and an in flux of groups from Siberia.The findings were discovered by analysing genomes and shows that Europe was originally an area of blue-eyed hunter-gatherers before the arrival of brown-eyed farming communities from the east around 7,500 years ago.

We could build a lift to space 

A real stairway to heaven could be made in the future using the extraordinary properties of diamond nano threads. The new material was developed by researchers at Penn State University, USA and is composed of a string of carbon atoms. Created under extreme pressure, the nano thread is extremely tough and one of the main hopes for the breakthrough is to create a space-lift system.

There’s a new trip to Mars 

The latest NASA mission to Mars is named MAVEN and took ten months to reach Martian orbit. The satellite’s task will be to monitor the planet’s atmosphere in an attempt to find out why it is so devoid of air. MAVEN will look to find out what effects the Sun has had on the Red Planet’s climate throughout history and why Mars has lost all of its water.

Read More »

The 10 Busiest Airport

0

10 Hong Kong International Airport

 Chek Lap Kok,  Hong Kong 61,287,045 passengers in 2012

09 Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, USA

61,408,414 passengers in 2012

08 Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France

62,974,437 passengers in 2012

07 O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, USA

68,007,716 passengers in 2013

06 Los Angeles International Airport, USA

68,373,700 passengers in 2012

05 Dubai International Airport, UAe

68,915,702 passengers in 2014

04 Tokyo International Airport

70,366,151 passengers in 2014

03 London Heathrow Airport

72,968,534 passengers in 2014

02 Beijing Capital International Airport, China

84,178,434 passengers in 2014

01 Atlanta International Airport, USA

94,630,445 passengers in 2014

Read More »

The Wonders of Engineering in Modern World

0

Jiaozhou Bay Bridge Qingdao, China
Length: 26,707m
The bridge across China’s Jiaozhou Bay is the main section of a complex comprising a 41.58km roadway connecting the districts of Qingdao and Huangdao. Opened in 2011, the world’s longest bridge over water cost  £5.5bn to build; its construction required 10,000 workers, 4,50,000 tonnes of  steel and 2.3 million m³ of concrete.

Trans-Siberian  railroad Russia
Length: 9,289km
construction on the world’s longest railway line began in 1891 and, by 1916, had successfully connected moscow in the west with Vladivostock on russia’s east coast, 9,289km away.

Burj Khalifa United Arab Emirates
Height: 828m
the current tallest building in the world (boasting a full 163 storeys), this iconic skyscraper took 3,30,000 cubic metres of concrete and 39,000 tones of steel to build.  the tower also boasts more than 24,000 windows.
Akashi  Kaikyo bridge Japan
Length: 3,911m
Almost half of the entire length of this incredible structure, which boasts the longest central  span of any suspension bridge in the world, is suspended over the waters of the Akashi strait and carries a six-lane highway.

Panama Canal Panama

Length: 77.1km 

This man-made channel connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans opened in 1914. some 42,000 workers excavated the canal, digging enough earth to bury manhattan island. today, more than 14,500 vessels use the waterway every year.

Gotthard base tunnel Switzerland 

Length: 57km 

Running underneath the swiss Alps, when completed this will be the world’s longest rail tunnel. Due to open in 2016, this will eclipse  both the 53.85km- long seikan tunnel  in Japan and the 50km-long channel tunnel. 

Millau Viaduct France

Length: 2,460m Height: 343m 

The world’s tallest bridge spans the valley of the river tarn, carrying a four- lane highway 270m above the valley floor. Higher than the eiffel tower, the bridge was completed in 2004 after three years of construction at a cost of €400m

Bailong  elevator China 

Height: 330m 

Built into a cliff face in Zhangjiajie national forest Park, the Bailong elevator (aka the ‘Hundred Dragons elevator’) is the world’s highest outdoor lift. the 330m ascent takes around a minute  in one of three  glass cabins.

Three Gorges Dam China 

Height: 180m 

The barrier on china’s yangtze river is far from the biggest dam in the world, but is a crucial part of the world’s largest hydroelectric power station with a generating capacity  of 22,500mW. to make way for the reservoir, three cities had to  be flooded.

Large Hadron Collider France/ Switzerland 

Length/ circumference: 27km Buried 100m below france and switzerland 

Is the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, designed to recreate the conditions that existed shortly after the Big Bang. it weighs more than 38,000 tonnes

Read More »

Ancient Engineering Achivement

0

The Colleseum 
Where: Rome 
Date built:  aD 70–80 It took an estimated 100,000m3 of travertine stone to build the largest amphitheatre in the Roman empire, accommodating 50,000 spectators.

Saqsaywaman
Where: Peru
Date built:  15th century Ad Scientists still don’t know how the Inca transported the massive boulders used to construct this huge walled complex in Cusco. 

Aqueduct  of Segovia 
Where: Spain
 Date built:  1st century aD it may have been constructed by the romans 2,000 years ago, but this 167- arch masterpiece still carries water from the river Frio to  the town of  Segovia today


Great pyramid  of Giza
Where: egypt
Date built:  c 2500BC the tallest  man-made structure on earth for 3,800 years, construction of the pyramid of Khufu took 100,000 workmen up to  20 years.


Stonehenge
Where: england
Date built:  From c 2500BC Our prehistoric ancestors may have transported 82 huge stones more than 200km from the Preseli Mountains of west Wales to this giant astrological observatory

Mohenjo-daro
Where: Pakistan
Date built: 2600bc this city boasted thousands of mortared brick buildings, a street plan designed to a grid and sewage systems that wouldn’t be matched in many parts of europe until the 20th century


Great Wall  of china
Where: China
Date built: Begun in  c 220bc At nearly 9,000km long – and, at points, rising to almost 1km above sea level – it’s little wonder that the Great Wall of China is arguably the most iconic of all man- made constructions.

Teotihuacan

 Where: Mexico 

Date built: 100BC–Ad 250 This Aztec metropolis was, for centuries, the largest city in the americas, and home to the third-tallest pyramid in the world, the pyramid of  the sun.

Leshan Giant Buddha

Where: China 

Date built: Begun in  aD 713 It took thousands of workers more than 90 years to complete this, the largest carved stone  buddhist in the world, standing  some 71m tall.

Antikythera Mechanism

Where: Greece 

Date built:  2nd century bc Arguably the most complex device from the ancient world, the Antikythera Mechanism is a mechanical ‘computer’ that tracks the cycles of the solar system

Read More »

Battle of the bridges

0

LONGEST SUSPENSION
1. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge At 3,900 metres long, this masterwork of Japanese engineering can survive an earthquake up to 8.5 on the Richter scale.

BIGGEST ARCH

2. Dubai’s Mile- Long Bridge Leave it to boomtown Dubai to dream up a fantastically futuristic proposal for a mile- long double arch bridge spanning 12 lanes of traffic 

BRIDGE OF THE FUTURE

3. Bering Strait Bridge The proposed 88.5km (55mi) bridge linking North America and Asia would carry vehicle traffic, a high-speed train and pipelines for natural gas and oil

Read More »