8 Biggest, Fastest & Longest Achievements Of Engineering

There are many hundreds, if not thousands, of  engineering feats that inspire admiration and awe. We have picked 8 videos that we think represent some of the best. What do you think? Do you have your own favourites? Are our choices still the ultimate in their field? Leave your comments below…

1. The Largest Self Propelled Man Made Object

The Jahre Viking (also known at various times as Seawise Giant, Happy Giant and Knock Nevis) is believed to be the largest self propelled mad made object. She was also the longest and heaviest ship ever built. This video is from Jeremy Clarkson’s Extreme Machines series.

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10 Sites That Every Engineer Should Know About

Here’s another post inspired by an office discussion. We were discussing our favourite engineering based websites and realised the results would make a great blog post. So after a rummage through our bookmarks and a little further debate we’ve come up with our top ten sites. We tried to keep the list balanced so you’ll find a few resource sites, a little bit of fun and one or two sites that aren’t purely engineering sites, but contain valuable knowledge for engineers. Do you have a favourite site that we haven’t included? Why not add a comment below and give your favourites a plug.

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