Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 12:27pm
You call that a hedge trimmer? Now, this is a hedge trimmer. Well, it's actually a riding mower suspended by a crane, but it works just as well. Apparently, it was all actually a joke by two men in the...
industrial equipment stories
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 4:38am
The ScanRobot, by German robotics firm Treventus Mechatronics, is able to scan entire books without any help from a human — not even to turn the page. It cradles books so that they remain open at a 60° angle,...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 3:51pm
The Shooter is a conceptual fire extinguisher thought up by designers Eunjung Kim, Yangwoo Kim and Junyi Heo. It makes putting out a fire as easy as aiming and pulling the trigger, which will send a cannon round full...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 2:58pm
Belgian artist Wim Delvoye's gothic construction vehicle sculptures show what a world after the industrial revolution could have looked like if it was shaped by the same minds that put gargoyles atop imposing spires and buttresses in European architecture....
Monday, July 28, 2008 - 1:38pm
Calling the Valtra RoboTrac a tractor is a bit deceptive. That's because it's also a robot, and it's much smaller than its industrious cousins. It's a fully programmable, automated farmhand that is designed to round out a farm team...
Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 1:16pm
The welder is probably my favorite member of a construction team. Not only do they get sweet helmets and send a lot of sparks flying, but I've often marveled at welders I've seen hanging upside-down like ninjas as they...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 4:36am
Click on the video above to find out, but have some tissues ready. If only these guys knew about Ebay. Shredding Systems, Inc. out of Portland, Oregon has been tearing up everything from a boat's hull to a pile...
