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Fastest steam-powered motorcycle in history tears up the 1/8th mile

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Loz Blain

Graham Sykes aboard the record-setting steam-powered Force of Nature

A husband-and-wife precision engineering team has set a new world record standing 1/8th mile time for steam-powered motorcycles. The Force of Nature is effectively a rocket on wheels, and the team says it should go much faster in the next attempt.

Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Steam Power, Motorcycle, Land+Speed+Records, World’s Fastest

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Steamy Hack Chat Vents Some High Pressure Wisdom

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Tom Nardi

Ask the average person about steam power and they’ll probably imagine a bygone era, a time when the sky was thick with smoke belched out by coal-burning locomotives and paddle-wheel …read more Continue reading Steamy Hack Chat Vents Some High Pressure Wisdom→

Energy-saving MIT tech boosts the boiling of water

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Ben Coxworth

Everyone knows that the application of heat is necessary to boil water, but thanks to new research, much less heat may soon be required. A novel surface treatment allows water to reach a boiling point more easily, thus requiring less energy to do so.Co… Continue reading Energy-saving MIT tech boosts the boiling of water→

How to Find Games That Are Compatible With the Steam Deck

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Saira Mueller

Not all games available on Steam play perfectly on Valve’s new console. Here’s how to tell which ones will work, and how well. Continue reading How to Find Games That Are Compatible With the Steam Deck→

Water-strider-inspired robot may one day clean up oil spills

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Ben Coxworth

It’s possible that someday in the future, sunlight-powered robots may be able to swim across marine oil spills, soaking up the oil as they go. A tiny functioning prototype has already been created, and it was inspired by both the steam engine and an in… Continue reading Water-strider-inspired robot may one day clean up oil spills→

Steam Bike Rocks It Old-School

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Lewin Day

Petrol engines dominate the world of the automobile, while electric propulsion races to take an ever larger market share. Despite this, some still hold a flame for steam power. Such aficionados would hold this build in high regard, from the recent past of 2014.

The bike is of a recumbent …read more

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Steam-Powered Raspberry Pi Zero Doesn’t Get Any More Steampunk

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Richard Baguley

Steampunk usually involves sticking a few old valves on your laptop and riding a penny farthing, but [Alexzpro] understands the real thing: he just created a steam powered Raspberry Pi Zero (translated).

His setup is a little lashed together, but works it’s a throwback to electricity generation of old and deserves the steampunk moniker. A steam boiler drives a steam turbine, which turns a motor, generating electrical power. This feeds into a regulator and a bank of capacitors that smooths the voltage out to a nice even 5 Volts, which powers the Pi.

It’s not exactly efficient, but running the …read more

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