Rick Van Anken, who blows the snow from some of the 250 miles of sidewalks in Bloomington, Minn., used to worry about being injured if his vehicle hit a quarter-inch irregularity in the sidewalk and ...

An underwater ship -- A siphon for raising water -- Lifting weights by water, and a portable siphon -- Construction of sluices to raise ships to any height -- A machine worked by fire which can throw ...

Almost half of the carbon dioxide produced on the planet is consumed by the oceans, living organisms, and plants. At the same ...

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Few mechanical inventions inspire the same devotion as the bicycle derailleur — a small but ingenious device that has shaped cycling performance for more than a century. In The Dérailleur Project ...

During a one-on-one interview at the igus booth at Hannover Messe, Frank Blase expressed contentment with a debriefing he held the night before with various product units. “Whether it was [a customer ...