Three-wheeled cars are not for everyone. While some people love their captivating "Is it a car, or is it a motorcycle?" vibe, others simply are too trepidatious about their safety and often unorthodox ...

King Henry VIII built the English Royal Navy around his favorite warship, the ‘Mary Rose,’ which sank under mysterious circumstances in 1545.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This model has a metal mechanism at ...

This paper presents a novel MR-compatible 3-DOF cardiac catheter steering mechanism. The catheter's steerable structure is tendon driven and consists of miniature deflectable, helical segments created ...

A four-wheeled wooden carriage, the first of its kind found in China, discovered in a passage of a tomb that is part of the Qinshihuang mausoleum complex in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. [Photo provided to ...

How D'Ieteren created Belgium's €10 billion empire From a modest Brussels workshop founded in 1805, the D’Ieteren family has grown its enterprise into a global powerhouse valued at over €10 billion.

William Morrison, creator of the first practical electric car in 1890, may be Des Moines’ most underappreciated inventor. His battery technology work was widely heralded at the time, and the dozen ...