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The first live webcam stream was of a coffee pot at Cambridge Uni. It meant researchers wouldn’t waste a journey to an empty pot. 📷Quentin Stafford-Fraser Things have improved slightly since then and there are now 6 episodes of QI to stream on iPlayer! https://t.co/1wPwylngGX https://t.co/S3Nr5PqGMy

These futuristic tires will challenge what you know about tires. 🛺 #engineering https://t.co/2znotmnxoK

The project just earned a $650,000 prize from KidneyX for its first-ever demonstration of a functional prototype. 🧐 #engineering https://t.co/dcU5uUmzm8

Cryptocurrency was stolen from 6,000 people and accounts were emptied. 🐱‍💻 #engineering https://t.co/BoPvjDazVU

The houses were constructed to be earthquake-resilient. 🏠 #engineering https://t.co/ZpclEuevsx

The strait of Hormuz is small but its location makes it mighty. 🤯 #engineering https://t.co/npZXw4gh4t

When he died in 1955, Dewey Beard (Wasú Máza) was the last known Native American survivor of both the Battle of the Little Big Horn (1876), and the massacre at Wounded Knee (1890). https://t.co/wkuPiFaaqL

It's small but it can travel 70 km/h! 🚴‍♂️ 🎥 PINOY DIY Builds / Facebook #engineering https://t.co/5LEGrXdXYv

And you don't even need a pilot's license to fly it. 🛩️ #engineering https://t.co/JdfcFTZjzw

In 1952, the Kray twins became the last people to be held in the Tower of London (for failing to report for national service). https://t.co/y3dYLJWfwV

There may be no independent physical substance constituting our reality. 🧐 #engineering https://t.co/MdC2GCOhLv

The Ordnance Survey has its origins in maps of the Highlands created in the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion made to track down and arrest its leaders.

The 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica stated that if a soldier was caught on enemy territory with the intent to collect information, he was not a spy unless wearing a disguise.

A floating cockpit and air-spring suspension system allow for a surprisingly smooth ride through rough terrains. 🚙 #engineering https://t.co/sNKEMOLvCo

'Frontal stimulation affects a wider network and improves memory formation'. 🤓 #engineering https://t.co/Mynd7rl4Qw