The Montreal Olympic Sports Centre has a 20m (65ft) diving board. That’s twice the Olympic height. Why would anyone need that?
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Surely water simulation can be done with computers now? Well, not quite. At the University of Sherbrooke, there’s an artificial …
The Udbyhøj Cable Ferry across Randers Fjord in Denmark is electric-powered: but rather than batteries, it’s plugged into mains …
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There’s a lot of articles written about how tap water in Warsaw is constantly tested by a small team of clams. It felt like a hoax to …
The Headington Shark, in Oxford, UK, is a local icon: but it was protest art, put up without permission. Now, the local government …
At the Swiss Military Museum in Full, there’s the last remaining example of a 1970s tank-driving simulator. But there’s no virtual …
The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland is 57km long: and I think its greatest piece of safety equipment is nowhere near the …
The Doppelmayr Garaventa Monorack is a decades-old product. I’ve no idea how I missed it before. But for the third video in the …
The treadwheel crane, or treadmill crane, sounds like something from Astérix or the Flintstones. But at Guédelon in France, not …
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The Aéroplume, in France, is a helium blimp sized for one person. €60 gets you half an hour’s flight. I had to try it. □ More about …
The @Royal Albert Hall is 150 years old; the roof is 600 tonnes of glass and steel. And it turns out that there’s a terrifying …
The “T-Rex” is the University of Texas’ large mobile shaker, and I got to see it in action. □ More about the shakers: …
The Chicago and Sanitary Ship Canal is the path that invasive carp would take to reach the Great Lakes. So to stop them, the US …
On Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, there’s a summer tradition: “mail jumping”. It’s a bit dangerous, a bit ridiculous, and would never be …
At the Remote Encoding Center in Salt Lake City, keyers process 1.2 billion images of mail every year. It’s a more difficult job than …
In Soda Springs, Idaho, there’s a geyser that fires carbonated water into the air, on the hour, every hour. I paid a visit. □ Thanks to …