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The Maybach Exelero is one of those vehicle that if you don’t see with your own two eyes you have a hard time beleiveing that it is real. But have no fear it is very real and very expensive |
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Sunday 5 August, 2007 09:51 AM |
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If you were to take a hot-selling bicycle line and ask its dealers what they wanted for the next year, the obvious answer would be, 'more of the same'. After all, why mess with a good thing, right? However, after years of playing it safe on the road with level top tube geometries, round carbon tubing, and conservative layouts and graphics, Trek found itself in disturbingly unfamiliar territory after the retirement of its one-man marketing juggernaut, Lance Armstrong. The public stopped buying once the 'Lance factor' wore off, and Trek was left peddling its Madone lineup for what it was: an extremely competent racing-specific platform that unfortunately had little sex appeal on the showroom floor as compared to its more progressive competition.
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Friday 3 August, 2007 11:35 AM |
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Shimano’s computer (on left) is what shifts the bicycle gears automatically . There’s an actual computer chip inside, plus flash memory and software. |
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Friday 3 August, 2007 11:16 AM |
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Here are details Automotive DesignLine has obtained on Toyota's Supra HV-R hybrid racer that won the Tokachi 24-Hour Race in mid-July. Last year a Lexus hybrid finished 17th, so the technology (and racing prowess) has come a long way. |
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Tuesday 31 July, 2007 01:29 AM |
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Peace of mind is invaluable when you are buying any used car – but especially so when the model you’re considering has the kind of price tag which makes most showroom-fresh vehicles look cheap. That’s why Rolls-Royce has introduced its first-ever approved second-hand programme. |
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Friday 27 July, 2007 11:50 AM |
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Fibrecore™ is a lightweight, high stiffness metallic sandwich material, designed as a drop-in sheet metal replacement. Fabricated entirely from stainless steel, with thin faceplates and a novel melt spun fibre core, it has an areal density below that of a titanium sheet of the same thickness. |
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Thursday 26 July, 2007 12:31 PM |
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BAE Systems will develop and test a key component of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Multiple Kill Vehicle payload system.
The company will produce, test, and integrate the system’s carrier vehicle seeker for the captive carry testbed under a two-year, $6.3 million contract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. |
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Thursday 26 July, 2007 12:17 PM |
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Zeitlauf is offering a new gearhead that the company says could spell the end of the worm gear in certain applications. The Etacrown delivers high torque in a small-profile gearmotor, is almost silent and has high efficiency.
Key benefits of the new gearmotors are the compact size, high torque and near-silent running. Furthermore, they can be flush-mounted, making them useful for applications such as door actuation, and they will also find many applications in the medical industry and other applications. |
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Wednesday 25 July, 2007 01:10 PM |
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Bombardier Transportation , a global major based in Canada, has bagged a contract worth $590 million for supplying 340 coaches for the second phase of Delhi Metro operations.The company will start delivering the world-class coaches to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) from the last quarter of 2008 with completion in 2010 "to provide effective public transport during the Commonwealth Games". |
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Tuesday 24 July, 2007 10:58 AM |
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All of us know the effects of the mysterious force called gravity. However, the question 'what is gravity' is not easy to answer at all. The reason is that we don't really understand what this force actually is (if it is a force at all). This non-technical article answers the question up to the current well-proven classical understanding of the physics behind gravity. It deals with the evolution of classical gravity theory by Kepler, Newton and Einstein, but stops short of the current developments in quantum gravity. |
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Monday 23 July, 2007 04:29 AM |
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The most advanced warship in the world to date, HMS Daring, has departed from BAE Systems’ shipyard in Scotstoun on her maiden voyage down the River Clyde to begin sea trials off the west coast of Scotland.
Launched by HRH the Countess of Wessex in February 2006, HMS Daring is the first of six Daring class Type 45 destroyers being built for the Royal Navy. They will provide the British fleet and her allies with an unparalleled level of anti-air warfare capability through to the middle of the 21st century and will be the most capable warships of their type ever built. |
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Sunday 22 July, 2007 09:02 AM |
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The governments of the UK and Germany signed a contract in November 1999 for the collaborative development and initial production of the family of next generation armoured utility vehicles.
The programme is known as the MRAV Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV) in the UK, the Gepanzertes Transport-Kraftfahrzeug (GTK) in Germany. |
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Tuesday 17 July, 2007 10:13 AM |
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Something was rumbling at Virgin Galactic — Sir Richard Branson’s public spaceliner enterprise
The curtain has now been lifted. Pratt & Whitney Canada has been picked to provide their PW308 turbofan engine to power the suborbital spaceship launcher . Pratt & Whitney Canada is a United Technologies company. |
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Tuesday 17 July, 2007 10:05 AM |
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Life Cycle Costing (LCC) has long been used in planning for reliability and maintenance for complex engineering systems in defence, airline, railway, offshore platform, power station, and other applications.
A basic attribute of stainless steel is the ability to provide long-term performance with a minimum of downtime and cost associated with maintenance. As a result LCC is of particular importance to the stainless industry. |
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Monday 16 July, 2007 12:44 PM |
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The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) expects global stainless crude steel production for 2007 to reach 29,8-million tons, the organisation said this week.
The forecasted growth, which represented a 5,1 % increase over 2006 production, took into account the high level of supply that occurred in many countries during 2006 and caused a significant build-up of stainless steel stock. |
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Monday 16 July, 2007 10:45 AM |
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In 1964, the Mariner IV spacecraft, nearing Mars, was about to give NASA scientists their first ever glimpse of the red planet at close range. What they hadn't counted on was that the image data would arrive first at the Deep Space Station in South Australia. Doug Rickard and the team at Woomera couldn't resist a great opportunity.
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Tuesday 3 July, 2007 01:21 PM |
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A selection of Engineering quotations. I'm not sure if these are enough to get the "fire in the belly" stirred up, but give them a go. Can you do any better
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Tuesday 3 July, 2007 01:00 PM |
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Wednesday 27 June, 2007 01:06 PM |
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Aviation titans Boeing and Airbus dominated the news coming from this year’s recently concluded Paris Air Show. China
Aviation Industry Corp. (AVIC I), with a nod from the country’s Cabinet
earlier this year, is in the process of building a large commercial
jet, expected to be complete in 2020.
Hands up all those comfortable flying the China Option - Personnaly, I'm not convinced, but who knows......
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Wednesday 27 June, 2007 12:54 PM |
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If you want the performance of a big engine and the fuel efficiency
of a small engine, VW's turbocharged/supercharged TSI thinks it has the
answer. JEZ SPINKS finds out how it works.
Volkswagen has doubled the typical outputs of a 1.4-litre engine with its 125kW/240Nm TSI that powers the new Golf GT. |
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Sunday 3 June, 2007 03:54 PM |
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