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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 18h
Universal wrench
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 1d
A ´ton´ can refer to 3 different units of mass.

A metric ton equals 1000kg.

A short ton used in the US equals 2000 lb (907 kg).

A long ton used in the UK equals 2240 lb (1016 kg).
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 1d
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 1d
Gare Montparnasse in Paris, France, made headlines worldwide on October 22, 1895, when the Granville Express, a few minutes late, pulled into the station too fast and crashed through the station wall. A woman was killed by falling masonry; the driver sentenced to two months in prison and a fine.
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 1d
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 3d
No "K" in Kinder according to google AI
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 4d
Now that’s a cut
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 4d
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 4d
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 5d
"We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles" - Thomas Edison
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 6d
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 6d
Coin operated television chairs at airports
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 6d
A very interesting place in Romania
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 7d
In 1999, a 15-year-old named Jonathan James hacked into NASA’s computers, accessed source code used for the International Space Station, and forced NASA to shut down parts of its systems for 21 days
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 8d
This Fibonacci joke is as bad as the last two you heard combined!
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 9d
Interesting 🧐
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 9d
Groundbreaking study shows how solar panels age after 30 years of use: 'It's an important message to the photovoltaic industry'. Astudy of six, 30-year-old arrays in Switzerland found them to still be working well, retaining more than 80% of their initial power.
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 10d
Riveting
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 10d
Who was the third guy?
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 10d
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 11d
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 11d
The first fully automated guided missile used in combat was deployed by the US in 1945.

It was successfully used against Japanese ships. The ASM-N-2 Bat used active miniaturized RADAR, created before the age of transistors. It was developed by The Bureau of Standards, Bell Labs, and MIT.
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 11d
NASA confirms a giant dam shifted Earth's axis and made days shorter
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 12d
Someone bought a domain just to do this
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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · 12d
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