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engineering
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You Gotta Love The Dutch – Fascinating Timelapse Of A 7 000-Bicycle Underwater Parking Garage Being Built [Video]
30 Jan 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
This Dutch underwater parking lot is straight out of Star Trek and will fit 7 000 bicycles.
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The Line In The Sand – Crazy Ambition Or Genius Idea?
23 Jan 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
If you build it, they will come.
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Okay, Humanoid Robots Are Getting A Bit Too Real Now [Video]
06 Dec 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Humanoid robot Ameca has an impressive range of facial expressions which is both interesting and a touch scary.
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New Walking, Flying Bot Drone Is Proof That The Robopocalypse Is Nigh [Video]
07 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
After seeing this creepy bot drone skateboard, go slacklining, walk and fly you’ll be pretty convinced too that human civilisation will go down because of robots.
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Behold, The World’s ‘Smallest-Ever Man-Made Flying Structure’ [Video]
23 Sep 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Scientists have created what they call a “microflier”, which is essentially an electronic, data-collecting microchip that can ride the breeze like an airborne seed, but better.
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It Took This Guy 12 Years To Build A Mini Jozi In His Backyard
18 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Mulalo Nego Negondeni’s mini replica of Johannesburg took 12 years to build, having begun with a desire to see the FNB Stadium.
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That Nine-Year-Old Engineering Prodigy Has Hit A Rough Patch
11 Dec 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Nine-year-old Laurent Simmons was supposed to graduate with a degree in engineering this year, but then his parents started fighting with his university.
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Annoying Genius Child Gets Electrical Engineering Degree Aged Nine
15 Nov 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Most parents think their child is a little genius, but with an IQ of 145, Laurent Simons’ parents have genuine bragging rights.
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Jeep’s New Bakkie Looks Very Cool
16 Apr 2019 by Jacqui / No Comments
Jeep’s next level offroad J6 is just a concept, but it looks pretty damn close to their new double cab bakkie, the Gladiator.
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Much Excitement As UCT Creates World’s First Human Urine Building Brick
25 Oct 2018 by Carrie / 2 Comments
The University of Cape Town’s Engineering department has unveiled the world’s first ‘bio brick’, made from ‘liquid gold’.
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UCT Lecturer In Hot Water After Truly Disturbing Facebook Posts
15 Aug 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Arthur Mabentsela is facing a disciplinary hearing at UCT, after he posted on Facebook that he has considered raping his two-year-old daughter.
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Chinese Company 3D Prints House
29 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Trust the Chinese to do something quicker, faster and more efficiently. Worker bees that they are. So what the industrious Orientals have managed to do this time, is literally build ten one-storey houses in a DAY by using 3D printing technology. The 3D printers in question are massive, being10 meters (33 feet) wide and 6.6 […]
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Of Course This 3D Printed Robotic Bass Guitar Rocks Hard [VIDEO]
02 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Some people think bassists are dispensable. Some bands, like the Black Keys for instance, don’t even have a bassist! Victoria University of Wellington engineering student, James McVay (no relation), may have put a lot of bassists out of work, thanks to his bachelor’s degree project, the MechBass, a four-string robotic bass guitar. Built with laser-cut 3D-printed […]
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Engineering Students Develop Defensive Lingerie Complete With GPS And Alarm
05 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Three Indian automobile engineering students at the SRM Institute of Science and Technology University in Chennai claim to have developed a sexual offences defence in India in the form of lingerie
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A Dry Niagra Falls
22 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
These photographs were shot in 1969, and were uncovered in some inocuous storage unit just last week. They’re a pretty fascinating documentary of a brief period in 1969 when the United States Army Engineer Corps dammed up the falls slightly upstream. It was the first time in thousands of years that the falls had run dry.
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