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Monster Machines: UK Sending Fleet Of Supersonic Tornadoes To Take On ISIS
The US has already conducted more 150 airstrikes against ISIS since September 10th and governments from around the world are gearing up to join in. The UK’s Royal Air Force is just brought their contribution to the table with a fleet of low-flying penetrators.
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Monster Machines: NASA’s New Recoverable Telescope Will Float Above The Clouds By Balloon
Both terrestrial telescopes and their orbital counterparts have some pretty significant limitations — ground based observatories must deal with the obscuring effects of the Earth’s atmosphere and space telescopes are incredibly expensive to launch. But NASA’s newest telescope will deliver space-quality observations at a Earth-bound ‘scope price.
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Monster Machines: This 3D Camera Rig Records Renewed Life On A Canadian Reef
Unless samples and specimens are brought up from the seafloor, or researchers hop aboard a submersible, a significant portion of underwater exploration is done in 2D, but that could soon change thanks to the recent installation of a revolutionary new scientific camera rig. We’ll never look at the ocean’s depths the same way again.
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Watching A Boeing 787 Dreamliner Come Together Never Gets Old
With her maiden flight just a few short weeks away, the newest 787 — and the first for Virgin Atlantic — is all set to take to the skies. And to honour this momentous machine, Virgin has just released this stunning time lapse video of its construction.