Top Stories
-
Kindle Fire HD Is Now Available For Australians
-
The Aston Martin CC100 Concept Is Motoring At Its Most Pornographic
-
Is The Xbox Durango Prankster About To Be Charged With Owning A 'Stun Gun'?
-
13 Facts You Won't Believe Are True
-
New Man Of Steel Trailer Shows General Zod Destroying Earth
-
Is The Xbox One Coming To Australia? We Guess So
Regulars
The World’s Longest Lego Railway Includes Almost 4 Kilometres Of Track
It’s not quite as exciting as free-falling from the edge of space, but a group of 80 Lego enthusiasts in Denmark, led by Henrik Ludvigsen, now hold the Guinness Record for the world’s longest plastic toy train track — an honour that will certainly look fantastic on a resume.
How To Dig Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Without Killing Anyone
According to a report out today, the Labor government is set to announce funding for Melbourne’s A$9 billion metro rail tunnel, in addition to the A$40 million it has already contributed towards getting the project “shovel-ready”. Sounds good? We’ll see. Before any shovels have broken earth, the rail tunnel is facing a series of engineering challenges. Here’s how to build it without killing anyone.
The Indestructible Touchscreen Kiosks That Will Take Over New York’s Subways
Over the last few weeks, you might have heard about the ultra-futuristic information kiosks recently developed for the New York City subway system. It’s sci-fi stuff, thoroughly modernising the arteries of an often creaky metropolis. We headed down to New York’s financial district to check out a working prototype for ourselves.
Woman Tries To Get Phone From Tracks, Almost Gets Run Over By Train
Holy freaking smokes, almost getting hit by a train doesn’t get closer than this. A young woman in Sao Paulo, Brazil, had apparently dropped her phone onto the metro tracks and foolishly jumped down to retrieve it. She couldn’t get back on the platform, the train was coming into the station fast, AND SHE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DIED.
Incredible Images Of The Massive New Tunnels Hollowing New York City
There is a 7m long, 180-tonne steel monster under Manhattan. Dead, resting deep somewhere under Grand Central Station and Park Avenue, this machine and her twin brother excavated the massive tunnels that you can see here, one of the largest public transportation works of our time.
Gizmodo Is Hiring a PHP Developer!
Take pride in writing clean code? We’re looking for an autonomous PHP developer to join our rapidly-growing team at Allure Media. Apply within.
