Mechanical Elephant This incredible piece of engineering and art is situated in Nantes, France. Do you remember the Giant Spider build by the same two engineers/artists?
The Elephant is 12 metres high, 8 metres wide and 21 metres long; 48.4 tons of steel and wood (tulip. 450 horsepower motor. Spped 1 - 3 kmph. 60 cylinders (44 hydraulic, 6 pneumatic and 10 gas)
Located in the Warehouses of the shipyards that closed in 1987, Les Machines de L'ile is part of the Ile de Nantes urban renewal project.
Together with many other mechanical giant insects and many other touristic interests including watching the workers build for their next projects. You will see the Great Elephant in action, the Machine Gallery, Marine World Carousel, Workshop, Cafe, restaurant and gift shop.
The Great Elephant
Indian students have created a functional Iron Man suit This exoskeleton is the brainchild of final-year student, Vimal Govind Manikandan from the MES College of Engineering.
He says he was inspired by Hollywood movies, especially Avatar’s fictional AMP (Amplified Mobility Platform) suit.
Ditching expensive and complex software programs and sensors, Manikandan says his G2 prototype uses battery-powered pressurized air-chambers that help the giant robot move about and lift up to 150 kilograms. Developed with help from college authorities and students, the G2 uses a pneumatic compressor unit - or pressurized-air chamber system - and a control unit which combine to make the prototype workable.
The team of students designed and built the frame with local support.
Manikandan believes his robot can potentially be used in the military and industrial sectors which require the lifting and moving of heavy materials.
Though not as sleek as similar products on the market, like the recently unveiled range of exoskeleton suits by Panasonic, the G2 has one big advantage.
It cost just US$750 to build the prototype.
The Biggest Shiplift in The World This ship lift is on the Krasnoyarsk HPP. This is a huge bath on the rails, it first calls in on one side of the dam below the water level, is filled with water, and inside swims ship, the gateway is closed and the ship lift rises to the top, where there is a 180-degree turn and descend on the other side of the dam, where the gateway is opened and the ship floats out. Weight without water of 4000 tons of water and the vessel of 8000 tons, the velocity of 1.2 km / h. Officially, it is working since 1982. The video is shipping units for the power plant, which is located upstream of the Yenisei.
The dilemma of artificial intelligence "Now it's like getting on a plane, 50% of the engineers who designed it think there's a 10% chance it will disintegrate, would you get on that plane?"
A robot that doesn't like having its nose touched Someone attempts to interact with British company Engineered Arts' humanoid robot Ameca. He tries to touch his nose, but the robot doesn't like that and pushes the human hand away.
Why did you do this to me; Parents rub daughter's face and apply 'gas station za' TikTok filter to prank her. Looking at the phone screen, the girl discovers her disfigured face with the strange eye.
The machine that throws knives Quint from the Quint BUILDs channel, built a portable knife launcher with LIDAR laser targeting. The device measures the distance with the laser and fires the knives at a certain speed.
Man built a swimming pool in the shape of a pirate ship for his children, but the neighbors forced it to be demolished It took Toronto resident John Konstantinidis eight weeks to build a swimming pool on the property of his suburban home. The man wanted his children to have more fun during the lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. However, an unusual object in the form of a pirate ship had to be demolished after complaints from neighbors. Just a week after the completion of the work, Konstantinides was approached by representatives of local authorities with an order to dismantle the facility. As it turned out, they received an appeal from one of the man's neighbors, according to whom, the pool was built too close to the border of the site and the fence standing there. The municipality agreed with the complaint, pointing out to Konstantinidis that the construction of pools requires a special permit. In addition, for an object of this size, it is also necessary to draw up a special document regulating building codes and regulations. According to the father, the news of the demolition of the pirate ship was extremely upsetting for his two children. He was outraged by the attitude of the neighbors and claims that they could first express their grievances in a personal conversation. Nevertheless, the man dismantled the pool, received all the necessary documentation and built it again in accordance with all the requirements of the authorities. So in the end the story ended well.