#Engineering Failures

[electricpentacle]

How the hell is this fucker road legal?

$122,000. And the thing is so shodily designed that the accelerator can become that easily stuck. It isn't even all one piece.

$122,000. That's more than my entire household income, and we're 3 adults with full-time jobs.

If you gave that $122,000 to Feeding America, that would provide over 1 million meals.

That's $122,000 more than Tesla paid in taxes.

[sparkmantis]

The Truth Behind Japan’s Sinking Airport

Welcome to the Floating Airport That’s… Sinking Japan’s Kansai International Airport is a modern engineering marvel. Built on a man-made island in Osaka Bay, it was meant to be a symbol of innovation, resilience, and Japan’s ability to quite literally rise above the tides. But instead of floating high on national pride, it’s slowly sinking into the sea. Yes, you read that right: the airport is…

[frnwhcom]

The Dixon Bridge Disaster of 1873: Tragedy in Illinois

On May 4, 1873, the small town of Dixon, Illinois witnessed a tragedy that would change the course of public safety standards in America. Known as the Dixon Bridge Disaster, the collapse of the suspension bridge over the Rock River claimed the lives of 46 people and left dozens more injured. This disaster serves as a sobering reminder of the importance of engineering integrity and community…

[autohavenwreckerz]

Disco Elysium inspired Rusty portrait :*)

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Lincoln Versailles, 1977. A badge engineered version the US Ford Granada, the Versailles marked the first time since 1960 that Lincoln offered two sedan lines. It had been created both in response to the 1970s fuel crisis that had increased demand for smaller cars and to compete with Cadillac's Seville. Sales were hampered by its similarity to the cheaper Mercury and Ford stablemates and it was discontinued in 1980. Fun fact, the Versailles was the first North America series production car to offer halogen headlights.

[perplexingly]

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[white-hole-station]

[Headcanon]

The space program took a whole month off of development after Tektite's accident, so that Slate could have the time to perfect their leg. They'd already been working on articulated flaps for in-atmosphere steering for Feldspar's ship - conserves fuel to not use jets for that - and hey, an artificial ankle is just another type of flap to articulate, right?

Gossan wasn't so sure - especially with Slate's full-tilt approach to experimental engineering, at odds with Tektite's trepidation - but all of the founders agreed that the program could wait until their neighbour was back on their feet. And to Slate's credit, Gossan had never seen them show as much sheer methodical focus, before or since. This was somebody's limb here, after all: their ability to move of their own accord, their ability to get out and about in the community and do the things they love, their ability to still feel like their body is their own. Slate was hardly about to phone it in, or risk any wild experiments when it came to Tektite's comfort and requirements.

It took several iterations, and several difficult test walks around the town square gripping Slate's arm, but together the pair of them worked out a final model that's been serving Tektite well to this day.

(...Of course, the dedication and focus that so pleasantly surprised Gossan only made Slate's awkward avoidance of them after their own accident sting even more. Was it really that hard on their poor guilty conscience, to think about doing something similar for a friend, instead of darting their gaze away just short of Gossan's face?)

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Netflix, you've been markled & Meghan, math may be tough for you but rest assured, YOU FAILED!!!

Megha-Flop: Congratulations Meghan Markle Sussex on 383 & Harry Markle Sussex on 3,436

MEgain, THIS is FAILURE:

Adolescence 145 Million views

MEgain 5.3 Million views not even 4% of the top show's viewership

Sparry 500,000 views not even .5% of the top shows viewership

Imagine if WE weren't watching their crap...🙄😳

But one Netflix insider with links to the commercial arm of the streaming giant told MailOnline that the reviews have 'worried' the bosses. 

Meghan's own father Thomas gave a withering review and was upset by her dumping of the Markle surname for Sussex.

And a new season does not mean her Netflix contract has been renewed, MailOnline's source says.

'I know they filmed the shows back-to-back so in theory there is no second season it’s like with lots of Netflix shows it is already in the bag at the same time as the first one.

'What this does is allow edits to be made to the show from feedback from press and Netflix viewers. It’s clever and cost effective. So no the overall contract hasn’t been renewed yet.'

One Netflix star even launched an excoriating review of Meghan Markle's new show, calling it - and her - 'highly inauthentic', 'fake' and 'phony'.

Duchess of Sussex is no 'Martha f***ing Stewart'.

'I don't know what the f*** this show is'.

'She's an actress playing the part of a human being right now, and it's not working'

'The problem from minute one is that she's trying to be perfect all the time, and it reads as phony, as inauthentic and not fun.

Harry's Polo ranks at 3,436 with only a half million views

Netflix, you've been markled! "Badge Engineering"

[maxedes]

first we lost nowins & now noleads. man we really can‘t have shit

[quartzdecay]

I have a request for people with experience with wheelchairs, if you personally use/used them or have people in your life that do: PLEASE COMPLAIN ABOUT THEM TO ME! TELL ME ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN SUCK! IN GENERAL OR SPECIFICS!

I need this information for a project I'm doing in my design class, wherein my group is going to attempt to prototype a wheelchair with both offroad and indoor capabilities, per say, that is still reasonably light and inexpensive. I'm asking this of you all on tumblr because to begin our project, we need to familiarize ourselves with the nature of this problem. We want our solution to actually be made with the opinions of wheelchair users in mind. I would be incredibly grateful if anyone could reblog or comment with any gripes they have about wheelchairs, especially in relation to their maneuverability, but anything works! Thank you so much for your time!

[scuderia-hamilton]

i refuse to live in a world where Lando Norris won the Monaco Grand Prix someone shunt him off i’m so serious

[ieo-pio]

Draw your favorite characters from other games/shows as lombaxes, if you're willing to.

ohohohoho >:3 heres a few of my favorite characters, I was gonna add 2 more but I got headache blasted y_y

[orangesand-lemons-234]

stex...fanart...

[mgu-h]

Retromax 3/? • 2012 • KZ2 SKUSA SuperNationals (Las Vegas)

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

The Best of FYFD 2024

Welcome to another year and another look back at FYFD's most popular posts. (Image credits: dam - Practical Engineering, ants - C. Chen et al., supernova - NOIRLab, sprinkler - K. Wang et al., wave tank - L-P. Euvé et al., "Dew Point" - L. Clark, paint - M. Huisman et al., iceberg - D. Fox, flame trough - S. Mould, sign - B. Willen, comet - S. Li, light pillars - N. Liao, chair - MIT News, Faraday instability - G. Louis et al., prominence - A. Vanoni) Read the full article

[feketeribizli]

ok he had his first pit stop but marci will now start radioing in about something being off 💔