10. France (29,901 km)
9. South Africa (31,000 km)
8. Argentina (35,897 km)
7. Germany (37,679 km)
6. Australia (38,445 km)
5. Canada (46,552 km)
4. India (65,000 km)
3. China (98,000 km)
2. Russia (128,000 km)
1. United States (226,427 km)
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Top 10 Countries With Longest Rail Transport
Here's the 10 to 1 countdown of Top 10 Countries With Longest Rail Transport
10. France (29,901 km)
9. South Africa (31,000 km)
8. Argentina (35,897 km)
7. Germany (37,679 km)
6. Australia (38,445 km)
5. Canada (46,552 km)
4. India (65,000 km)
3. China (98,000 km)
2. Russia (128,000 km)
1. United States (226,427 km)
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10. France (29,901 km)
9. South Africa (31,000 km)
8. Argentina (35,897 km)
7. Germany (37,679 km)
6. Australia (38,445 km)
5. Canada (46,552 km)
4. India (65,000 km)
3. China (98,000 km)
2. Russia (128,000 km)
1. United States (226,427 km)
Top 10 World's Fastest Cars 2013
10. Lamborghini Aventador: 217 mph
V12 Engine with 700 hp, base price is $379,700. According to Lamborghini, Aventador is the name of a Bull that entered into battle at the Saragossa Arena on October 1993. This is the fastest bull in the world!
9. Noble M600: 223 mph
Twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 Engine with 650 hp. Base price is $330,000. The Noble M600 also happens to be a very cool car. Its inconspicuous design sports a slender and contoured body which does not scream out for attention at every second of the day.
8. Gumpert Apollo: 224 mph
4.2 liter V8 Engine that houses 650 hp. Base price: $450,000. Gumpert claims that the Apollo was designed such that it could drive upside-down in a tunnel with speeds at 190 mph or above. Of course, no one has tested this yet.
7. McLaren F1: 240 mph
BMW S70/2 60 Degree V12 Engine with 627 hp, base price is $970,000. The fastest car in the 20th century with doors that looks like bat wings. Maybe Batman needs to order one and paint it black
6. Koenigsegg CCX: 245 mph
90 Degree V8 Engine 806 hp, base price is $545,568. Made in Sweden, it is the older brother of the Agera R, only losing to 4 other supercars in the world.
5. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo: 248 mph
Twin Turbo All Aluminum V8 Engine with 750 hp, base price is $555,000. Smooth and bad-ass. It will make you want to show it off non-stop.
4. SSC Ultimate Aero: 257 mph
Twin-Turbo V8 Engine with 1183 hp, base price is $654,400. Tested in March 2007 by Guinness World Records, The SSC Ultimate Aero was the fastest car in the world from March 2007 to July 2010. On March 2011, the Koenigsegg Agera R also surpassed it, forcing this American made car to the #3 spot. Shelby SuperCars will continue their quest to reclaim the fastest car title, and their new SSC Tuatura might do the job (we'll just have to wait).
3. Koenigsegg Agera R: 260 mph
5.0-liter V8 Engine with twin turbo’s, housing 1099 hp. Base price is $1,600,000. If you're into snow sports, the Agera R can be fitted with a Ski Box as well as winter tires, not that I would take one on a ski trip or anything like that. While the Agera R has a massive theoretical top speed, the current tested top speed is 260 mph. Expect this snow car to be the Bugatti's arch enemy for the next 5 years.
2. Hennessey Venom GT: 261 mph
6.2-liter LS9 Turbocharged V8 Twin Turbo V8 Engine producing 1200 hp, has a price tag of $950,000. The Venom GT has yet to be tested and proven, but could possibly hit a top speed of 275 mph. This might just be the Veyron Super Sport's closest competitor!
1. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: 267 mph
Aluminum, Narrow Angle 8 Liter W16 Engine with 1200 hp, base price is $2,400,000. Although the Bugatti Veyron lost the title to SSC Ultimate Aero on March 2007, Bugatti challenge the record in Germany on July 10, 2010 with the new 2010 Super Sport Version and the Veyron once again claims the title of the fastest car in the world at 267 mph. The original Bugatti Veyron has a top speed of 253 mph, priced at $1,700,000 and equipped with 1001 hp.
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V12 Engine with 700 hp, base price is $379,700. According to Lamborghini, Aventador is the name of a Bull that entered into battle at the Saragossa Arena on October 1993. This is the fastest bull in the world!
9. Noble M600: 223 mph
Twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 Engine with 650 hp. Base price is $330,000. The Noble M600 also happens to be a very cool car. Its inconspicuous design sports a slender and contoured body which does not scream out for attention at every second of the day.
8. Gumpert Apollo: 224 mph
4.2 liter V8 Engine that houses 650 hp. Base price: $450,000. Gumpert claims that the Apollo was designed such that it could drive upside-down in a tunnel with speeds at 190 mph or above. Of course, no one has tested this yet.
7. McLaren F1: 240 mph
BMW S70/2 60 Degree V12 Engine with 627 hp, base price is $970,000. The fastest car in the 20th century with doors that looks like bat wings. Maybe Batman needs to order one and paint it black
6. Koenigsegg CCX: 245 mph
90 Degree V8 Engine 806 hp, base price is $545,568. Made in Sweden, it is the older brother of the Agera R, only losing to 4 other supercars in the world.
5. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo: 248 mph
Twin Turbo All Aluminum V8 Engine with 750 hp, base price is $555,000. Smooth and bad-ass. It will make you want to show it off non-stop.
4. SSC Ultimate Aero: 257 mph
Twin-Turbo V8 Engine with 1183 hp, base price is $654,400. Tested in March 2007 by Guinness World Records, The SSC Ultimate Aero was the fastest car in the world from March 2007 to July 2010. On March 2011, the Koenigsegg Agera R also surpassed it, forcing this American made car to the #3 spot. Shelby SuperCars will continue their quest to reclaim the fastest car title, and their new SSC Tuatura might do the job (we'll just have to wait).
3. Koenigsegg Agera R: 260 mph
5.0-liter V8 Engine with twin turbo’s, housing 1099 hp. Base price is $1,600,000. If you're into snow sports, the Agera R can be fitted with a Ski Box as well as winter tires, not that I would take one on a ski trip or anything like that. While the Agera R has a massive theoretical top speed, the current tested top speed is 260 mph. Expect this snow car to be the Bugatti's arch enemy for the next 5 years.
2. Hennessey Venom GT: 261 mph
6.2-liter LS9 Turbocharged V8 Twin Turbo V8 Engine producing 1200 hp, has a price tag of $950,000. The Venom GT has yet to be tested and proven, but could possibly hit a top speed of 275 mph. This might just be the Veyron Super Sport's closest competitor!
1. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: 267 mph
Aluminum, Narrow Angle 8 Liter W16 Engine with 1200 hp, base price is $2,400,000. Although the Bugatti Veyron lost the title to SSC Ultimate Aero on March 2007, Bugatti challenge the record in Germany on July 10, 2010 with the new 2010 Super Sport Version and the Veyron once again claims the title of the fastest car in the world at 267 mph. The original Bugatti Veyron has a top speed of 253 mph, priced at $1,700,000 and equipped with 1001 hp.
Top 10 Best Inventions of the Year 2012
Here's the countdown of Top 10 Best Inventions of the Year 2012
10. A Drifting Fish Farm
Kampachi Farms, a mariculture company in Hawaii, is devising a way to meet our insatiable desire for sushi with a farming method that has near zero environmental impact. By filling 100-ft. (30 m) copper-alloy mesh cages with fingerlings and letting them drift, tracked by GPS, in deepwater ocean, the company hopes to harvest thousands of tons of sustainable sashimi-grade kampachi. In 2011 it tested 20-ft. (6 m) pens 3 to 75 miles (5 to 120 km) off Hawaii. After six months, they yielded 10,000 lb. (4,500 kg) of kampachi, which grew twice as fast as expected.
9. Nike Flyknit Racer
By knitting thread into a single layer to fit around your foot—instead of cutting and sewing together multiple materials—engineers at Nike not only made this sneaker lighter (just 5.6 oz., or 160 g) but also gave it a precision fit: the weave alternately grips and gives despite the absence of liners or reinforcements. Plus, it’s eco-friendly, with less waste left on the factory floor.
8. Indoor Clouds
That’s not Photoshop. The Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde has developed a way to create a small, perfect white cloud in the middle of a room. It requires meticulous planning: the temperature, humidity and lighting all have to be just so. Once everything is ready, Smilde summons the cloud out of the air using a fog machine. It lasts only moments, but the effect is dramatic and strangely moving. It evokes both the surrealism of Magritte and the classical beauty of the old masters while reminding us of the ephemerality of art and nature.
7. The Motion-Activated Screwdriver
The sensors found in smart phones and Nintendo Wii controllers have migrated into Black & Decker’s cordless 4v MAX Gyro, billed as the world’s first motion-activated screwdriver. Tilt it right by a mere quarter of an inch and it screws clockwise to tighten; left, and it turns counterclockwise—all thanks to an internal gyroscope that senses wrist motions, which are measured by a small microprocessor that turns those movements into changes in the drill’s speed and direction.
6. LiquiGlide
Five MIT students and their professor Kripa Varanasi have come up with a way to make a surface that anything will slide off—from ketchup out of bottles to ice off airplane wings. The plant-based product adds a microscopic slippery coating to almost any material—glass, ceramic, metal or plastic.
5. OraQuick Home HIV Test
With just a swab of saliva and 20 minutes, OraQuick can identify the antibodies that signal HIV infection. It’s the first DIY test for HIV—the same one that health professionals use but without the trip to a doctor’s office or the need to wait days for results. The kit includes a 24-hour help line and resources for dealing with a positive result.
4. Techpet
Remember Tamagotchi? A new toy from Bandai, the company that gave us that classic virtual pet, goes even further. Download the TechPet app, dock an iPhone in the robotic doggy frame, and turn your phone into the cartoon face of a canine that’s eager to be fed via touchscreen. This puppy even recognizes gestures and verbal commands via the phone’s camera and microphone.
3. Self-inflating Tires
As soon as the pressure in these Goodyear tires (which don’t have an official retail price yet) gets too low, they know it. An internal pressure regulator opens to allow air to flow into a pumping tube, and as the wheel turns, the flattened part helps squeeze air from the tube through an inlet valve into the tire. Once the air pressure hits an optimal level, the regulator closes—all without the driver’s realizing anything was wrong.
2. Sony RX100 Digital Camera
Digital cameras have been getting smaller and more capable every year, but that trend took a huge leap forward in 2012 with the Sony RX100, which bridges the gap between point-and-shoots and pro-quality digital SLRs. Sony’s innovative design and 1-in. (2.5 cm) sensor allow the camera to take flawless photos even though it’s 20% slimmer than your average digital SLR—small enough to fit in your pocket.
1. Google Glass
Glass is, simply put, a computer built into the frame of a pair of glasses, and it’s the device that will make augmented reality part of our daily lives. With the half-inch (1.3 cm) display, which comes into focus when you look up and to the right, users will be able to take and share photos, video-chat, check appointments and access maps and the Web. Consumers should be able to buy Google Glass by 2014.
Top 10 Fastest Trains In The World
Remember the third installment of Back to the Future, that Michael J. Fox movie that featured time travel. Aside from the Delorean, Marty Mcfly and Emmett Brown also made use of a train to allow them to break through the space and time continuum. How cool would it be if we have trains that can go that fast?
10. HSL-1, Belgium – 186 miles per hour
The HSL-1 connects the Belgian capital of Brussels with the LGV Nord at the country’s border with France. Operations started in 1997, with the trains running on 55 miles of combined dedicated and modernized tracks.
9. ETR 500, Italy – 190 miles per hour
It stands for Elettro Treno Rapido, this train has been in service since 1993. It was built by Ferrovie dello Stato, and is run by TrenItalia. It services passengers traveling from Milan to Bologna
8. Eurostar, UK, Belgium and France – 199 miles per hour
This service connects London with Paris and Brussels. The train runs through the Channel Tunnel. Eurostar International Limited owns this train service.
7. AVE S-102, Spain – 205 miles per hour
Also called the Talgo 350, the train is operated by RENFE. It is actually the first train to break the 200 mile per hour barrier, attaining that speed in a trip from Madrid to Barcelona.
6. THSR 700T, Taiwan – 208 miles per hour
The Taiwan High Speed Rail, or THSR, operates the 700T. it is a high-speed train that was developed based on the Shinkansen bullet trains of Japan. The Japanese companies Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo and Hitachi Ltd built the train, the first time such trains were exported.
5. KTX Sancheon, South Korea – 219 miles per hour
The Sancheon was previously known as the KTX II. It is part of the high-rail system of South Korea and is operated by Korail. The technology was based on the TGV/LGV train systems of France, though the South Koreans were able to improve it on its own. The KTX Sancheon actually runs on the HSR-350x, a technology that was developed locally.
4. SNCF TGV Reseau, France – 236 miles per hour
The SNCF TGV Reseau, or TGV-R, was introduced in 1993 by Alstom, with the design based on the TGV Atlantique series. The train is pressure sealed to address the complaints of passengers who felt a noticeable and uncomfortable change in pressure when the old trains would enter tunnels. Cruising speed is 199 miles per hour, though it has recorded a top speed of 236 miles per hour.
3. Shinkansen, Japan – 275 miles per hour
This is the bullet train that started it all. Four companies under the Japan Railways Group operate the Shinkansen. The first one, the Tokaido Shinkansen, began in 1964. It covers up to 1,483.6 miles worth of lines. The iconic train features a unique nose, thus earning for it the nickname of the Duck-Billed Platypus.
2. Transrapid TR-09, Germany – 279 miles per hour
The Transrapid TR-09 was built by the Transrapid International GmbH & Co., KG, a partnership between German giants Siemens and Thyssen Krupp. The train works on the Longstator linear motor principle. It is used to transport both passengers and cargo goods. Technically, the Transrapid TR-09 is a monorail that uses magnetically levitating technology.
1. CRH 380A, China – 302 miles per hour
The CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company Limited made the CRH 380A. The Chinese used to depend a lot on foreign technology for its high-speed rails, even in the CRH 30A’s predecessor, the CRH 2-350. The CRH 380A was made with Chinese engineers and inventors, and it markedly improved the top speed. The fastest speed it ever recorded was at 302 miles per hour. In normal operations, the cruising speed of the CRH 380A is 217 miles per hour, and the train maxes out at 258.9 miles per hour
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