Trophy trucks have what might be the most marvelous suspension in motorsport. The result is impressive to watch, thanks to feet of travel and sometimes redundant shock absorbers (and some help from video stabilization) [read more: buff.ly/3xgWubm]

VIDEO FROM A HELICOPTER ON MARS! This reconstruction of images from the Ingenuity helicopter by Simeon Schmauß is the most incredible video you’ll see for a while Unbelievable views of the Perseverance backshell-turned-pancake on the Martian surface x.com/stim3on/status…

Why does increasing atmospheric CO₂ warm the planet? The greenhouse effect, duh. But do you know how that works? I can *almost* guarantee you that you don’t quite have the right picture in mind—in a way that actually matters. Interested? Here’s a new physics thread! 1/29

The Insane Study Routine of Sir Isaac Newton | “He worked seven days a week, 18 hours a day, and he pushed himself.” piggsboson.medium.com/the-insane-stu…

Huge congrats to Nick Sharp on the SGP Software Award for his 3D visualization package Polyscope. 🥳🎉🏆 Polyscope makes it trivial to insert rich visualization of 3D data as a "breakpoint" in the middle of any existing code. Try it out! (Python & C++). polyscope.run

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HAVE YOU SEEN THE BRENNAN CROSS REFERENCE WITH OVER 240,000 HYDRAULIC FITTINGS YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A FULL PART NUMBER YOU CAN SEARCH A PARTIAL PART NUMBER AND SAVE TIME AND MONEY: brennaninc.com/cross-referenc…

The involute gear profile is the most used system for gearing. The profiles of the teeth are involutes of a circle, or the spiraling curve traced by the end of an imaginary taut string unwinding itself from that stationary circle called the base circle ow.ly/e15i30n8Y1W

Sony was founded in 1946. Its first product was an electric rice cooker. Here are some early products from 11 other well known companies. 🧵👇

The pit lane speed limiter uses a wheel speed reading Each upright on the car has a sensor for this It connects to a hub interface unit, as well as sensors for brake wear/temperature, wheel force, pushrod load. The unit combines them & sends their signals to the ECU #F1 #TechTalk

All teams use these air venturi devices. They take a compressed air line and use it to pull lots more air through the venturi to blow on the driver or sidepods. Pics McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team

Matrix factorizations are the pinnacle results of linear algebra. From theory to applications, they are behind many theorems, algorithms, and methods. However, it is easy to get lost in the vast jungle of decompositions. This is how to make sense of them.

What happens if you roll a circle inside a circle that’s 4, 3 and 2 times as big? You get an astroid, a deltoid and... A straight line! [read more: bit.ly/2pkEhs1]

Would you believe us if we told you that this is an electric car, and that it was manufactured in 1915? It's true! Learn more about the early history of EVs right here: asme.org/topics-resourc…

Joukowsky conformal map: solving airfoil design in the pre-computer era. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joukowsky…

A pair of fabulous diagrams, representing the front and rear tyre/suspension forces and moments of the Lotus 79 in a steady-state condition, at 150mph, on the Ricard short circuit. They were produced by Cranfield Institute after post-processing data logging from the car.

This independent Physics study tool from MIT looks terrific. Could be useful to point keen students to 🤔scripts.mit.edu/~srayyan/PERwi…

The Globus INK (1967) is a remarkable piece of Soviet spacecraft equipment. Its rotating globe showed cosmonauts the position of their Soyuz spacecraft. An electromechanical analog computer, it used gears, cams, and differentials to compute the position. Let's look inside 🧵

Angles, arcs, secants, tangents and chords in a Circle (Relationships Compilation) #sharingisthenewlearning

PRO-TIP: If you want to be a mechanical engineer, read old stuff. Its usually far better for learning because 50 years ago people actually wrote things with a view that the content be useful, and clear to others. Its VERY hard to find such writing now, principally because