These 2 cables can carry the same maximum amount of electricity(12500 amps). The reason one of them is much smaller is because it's made from a material known as a superconductor, enabling it to experience 0 heating when electrified.6mo ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Average number of lightning strikes per year per square kilometer, data collected from 1998-2003 by NASA1yr ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MapPorn
Photo of HTRE-3, an experimental jet engine from the 1950s using a nuclear reactor as a heat source.1yr ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
Technicians standing next to a broken f35 jet. They were using the jet for practicing things they would do in case an F35 crashed. [5568 × 3712]7mo ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/WarplanePorn
NS Savannah, one of the only 4 nuclear-powered cargo ships ever built, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge.2yr ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
[OS] Diagram of the Lockheed CL-1201, a design study for a massive, nuclear-powered airplane that was intended to serve as a flying aircraft carrier. It only existed on paper, but this is what it would have looked like.2yr ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
ASML's latest chipmaking machine, weighs as much as two Airbus A320s and costs $380 million2mo ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
Drawing of the Aerotrain, a high-speed train developed in France during the 1960s that was powered by jet engines. Sadly, it never went into service.2yr ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
Huge electric motor found at the National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum, a museum in the US (image source in the comments)2yr ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
In my neighborhood, there is a sidewalk with a stain that looks like a map of the americas7mo ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Technicians standing next to a broken f35 jet. They were using the jet to practice things they would do in case of an F35 actually crashed.7mo ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
The General Electric GE4. Largest turbojet engine ever made producing up to 32,000 kg (65,000 lbs). Only 3 were ever made before the Boeing 2707 supersonic passenger plane project, the engine's application, was cancelled2yr ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
These 2 cables can both carry 12500 amps of electric current. However, one is much smaller because it's made from a superconductive material. That superconductive wire thus has the ability to conduct electricity at 0 resistance given the right temperature.6mo ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/ElectricalEngineering
3 phase induction motor from Tesla car. I never expected the rotor to be red7mo ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
T-34 Tank chassis with 2 Tumansky R-25 jet engines mounted onto it. It's designed for extinguishing oil well fires and was developed during the Gulf War for that purpose. Image source in the comments.2yr ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
Pump impeller and turbine for the M-1 rocket engine, the largest rocket engine ever tested. The rocket engine could produce 1.5 million lbs(700,000 kg) of thrust2yr ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/MachinePorn
11 days ago, a school bus with the word WAT printed on it was parked at my local school7mo ⋅ bb-wa ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
