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Trams have long ceased to be just a means of transport. Increasingly, they become attractions in cities, complementing urban landscapes and often becoming the main highlight of entire streets. As a result, tram cars are often uniquely designed, evoking greetings from the past or echoes of a fantasti...
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the BMW Museum and the Welt exhibition center in Munich. In addition to a large number of BMW cars, there are also motorcycles on display, and you can sit on almost all models of modern and fast motorcycles. As always, new impressions mean a new top list. Top...
First of all, it should be noted that robotization or automation differs in the level of autonomy from humans. Such degrees of automation are distinguished: GoA2, GoA3, GoA4. The highest degree of automation is provided by level GoA4, where personnel are not required for safe operation. Train moveme...
By 2020, every major automaker acquired an electric car in their model lineup. This type of transportation has been around for quite some time, but advancements in batteries and computers have made electric cars truly efficient, capable of covering significant distances on a single charge. Among all...
The first sketches of helicopters appeared in China around 400 AD, and the works of Leonardo da Vinci are also known. However, the first flight took place only in 1907. The helicopter built by the brothers Louis and Jacques Breguet rose only 50 centimeters into the air, but it marked the beginning o...
With this publication, I will start a new section called “Top 10 Looks,” and I will prepare a series of publications on how similar objects, structures, cultural phenomena, people, and workers appear in different countries. In today’s publication, we will talk about trams. Currentl...
A quad bike is a mix of a motorcycle, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), and a buggy, designed for riding on mud and impassable terrain. Quad bikes are very popular worldwide as off-road vehicles, technical transport for utility workers, rescuers, police, and also as a means of transportation for active...
People have been building boats and ships for a long time, and there is research that suggests that Vikings visited America by sea before the Spanish. In colloquial language, the term “ship” is the same as “vessel.” During the era of sailing fleets, a ship was defined as a ve...