The original Pong video game had no code and was built using hardware circuitry. Here's the original schematics from Atari1yr ⋅ Jedi_Lucky ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The steam turbine of France's newest nuclear reactor. At 70 meters long, it can produce enough electricity to power all of Paris.1yr ⋅ Nosudrum ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Streetlights that are designed to make changing lights a lot easier.1yr ⋅ deathakissaway ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Spider Board for recovering data from damaged Flash monoliths like SD cards2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Today I drove 12km under a mountain to find a huge roundabout in the middle of the tunnel. This level of engineering is breathtaking!2yr ⋅ pbl291 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Ship locks with five stages each at Three Gorges Dam. Transit time is around four hours.1yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
3D printed titanium break pedal, made for Ferrari's F1 cars. Each weighs just 30g3yr ⋅ Lost4468 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Automated floor transformation at Tobin Center for the Performing Arts2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Automatic train track gauge change in seconds from 1m to 1.43m in Switzerland1yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Rubber band-powered ornithopter (aircraft that flies by flapping its wings)2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Cross section of a 10 Gbps USB-C USB 3.x cable, potted in resin for photograph (by @EMSL on twitter)1yr ⋅ sjekx ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The only air-born image of a concord at mach two taken from a British fighter plane - the fighter plane could only fly at the same speed very briefly because it would run out of gas at that speed - the concord could fly for hours - truly incredible engineering!2yr ⋅ bsmith2123 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Soft robotic grippers and manipulators used in industrial automation and manufacturing1yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
How different combinations of coastal defences and wave and tide conditions affect overtopping and flood risk2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Railroad plow employed by retreating troops to render the lines unusable by enemy forces2yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
My sink sprayer has a tough spot remover. It shoots a high pressure stream down the middle that is surprisingly powerful, but a cone of water around it that blocks all the splashes9mo ⋅ cerrakin ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Bendix Central Air Data Computer: the brain that monitored the airspeed and altitude of a fighter plane in 1958 (F-101, F-111 fighters, and B-58 bomber)10mo ⋅ giuliomagnifico ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Boston Dynamics' robot dog (with custom software) autonomously inspects an unmanned hydroelectric power plant in Austria2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
A rare example where an engineer thought about the mechanic. (DAF-Domburg Diesel from 1949. Made in the Netherlands)1yr ⋅ MedinainMiami ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Just a single a single atom trapped between electrical fields.1yr ⋅ Your_Dead_Man ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
This is very cool. It’s also how the James Webb Telescope works.1yr ⋅ Any_Definition484 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Robot for deploying aerial fiber internet that winds fiber-optic cable around existing power lines instead of underground3yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The 2006 NASA ST5 spacecraft antenna. This complicated shape was found by an evolutionary computer design program to create the best radiation pattern. It is known as an evolved antenna.1yr ⋅ bubblysorted ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Before computers, we relied on t-squares, rulers & ink. Workers map Cambridge electrical system in 1950.1yr ⋅ balmybosom ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Pratt and Whitney F135 engine getting installed into an F35 fighter jet.1yr ⋅ _SP3CT3R ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Repairing the Hull of the Graf Zeppelin during the flight over the Atlantic, 1934.1yr ⋅ _SP3CT3R ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Nuclear Reactor containment shell being formed out of a single piece of rolled steel (as opposed to welding pieces together) Weighs 520 tons and withstands 2200 pounds per square inch pressure (psig)2yr ⋅ TrumpsBadHombres ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The Original Ice Cream Scoop, Sherman L. Kelly (1935). The dipper, made of cast aluminum, has fluid inside the handle. Its unique design transferred heat from the user’s hand, warming the fluid, which in turn defrosted the dipper. The original dipper is part of MoMA's permanent collection.1yr ⋅ _SP3CT3R ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
In 2005, a U.S. Navy Submarine Ran Into a Mountain and made it back on its own.1yr ⋅ Squarelyoppose87 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
My dad just sent me a picture of the worlds largest cast iron skillet. 12feet in diameter almost 7.5 tons1yr ⋅ EwokJuicer ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
A cutting-edge prototype of a hydraulic turbine designed for installation on the sea floor, aimed at harnessing the power of ocean currents to generate renewable energy.8mo ⋅ hommedefer ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Test flight of an ornithopter (aircraft that flies by flapping its wings)11mo ⋅ pocketGremlin ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Rolls Royce has officially began testing the F130 for the United States Air Force B-52 at Stennis Space Center9mo ⋅ _SP3CT3R ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Unique arched floodgates protect from typhoons and storm surges in Osaka, Japan2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Pressed glass technique was developed in 1820s and allowed for inexpensive mass-produced glassware1yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Rail tracks across rail tracks. Drawbridge-style crossing used by a sugar cane railway.2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
nothing sums up the sub better than this machine, the Large Hadron Collider3yr ⋅ MLPorsche ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
The glass beads used to reflect the paint on the roads at night. Also the reason that paint is slicker than ice when wet.1yr ⋅ lowGather ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Amsterdam: Queen Maxima just opened a 3D-printed bridge. It's the world's first 3D-printed metal bridge, made with 1.1km/4.5 tons of stainless steel wire.2yr ⋅ MeccIt ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Construction of world's largest solar park (BHADLA SOLAR PARK, India) over the years from space. It's total capacity is 2245 MW1yr ⋅ Low-Newt-180 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Company in Japan used balloons to decommission an old power line without blocking highway traffic3yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
USAF F-100D Super Sabre undergoing Zero-Length Launch trials in 19592yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Unique arched floodgates protect from typhoons and storm surges in Osaka, Japan1yr ⋅ timesuck47 ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Aviation Partners testing blended winglets on a 747-200 in 2000. The winglets were 14ft 6in and offered 6-7% fuel savings but never came to commercial fruition mainly due to high costs.1yr ⋅ _SP3CT3R ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage is the first planar mechanism capable of transforming rotary motion into perfect straight line (1864)1yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Prototype crawler with omni-directional wheels can move in any direction5yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
World's largest clutch-operated screw press has a screw diameter of 1,330 millimeters, a hard-on-hard blow force of 365 MN, a gross power of 27,000 kJ, and a weight of 2,900 tons.2yr ⋅ promieniowanie ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
Bending wire into various spring-like shapes results in different stiffness properties used in design of kinetic wire characters2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
I always love finding an elegant mechanism I'd never seen before. This latch is brilliant in its simplicity!4yr ⋅ Asmor ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
29 engines with plumbing and wiring of Starship Superheavy rocket booster. I have CAD nightmares watching this.2yr ⋅ ekhfarharris ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
