Speed

The fastest (and most expensive) cars in the world

The $654,400 SSC Ultimate Aero features a twin-turbo V8 engine rated at 1183 horsepower, a top speed of 257 MPH and 0-60 in 2.7 seconds. Here are a few more of the fastest production cars in the world for 2010.Read More

A 48-core prototype processor is part of Intel's move from supercomputer-on-a-chip to data-center-on-a-chip

Chips that can simulate a supernova or predict a hurricane are yesterday’s goal if Intel’s recently unveiled 48-core research chip is any indication. Today’s goal is squeezing all the simple but extensive work of a data center onto a single 1.3-billion-transistor chip.Read More

Cigarette triggers a shut-down of the world's fastest bullet train

The world's fastest train hit its first speed bump in the form of a disobedient smoker less than a week after it began running in southern China.Read More

Named as one of TIME’s 50 Best Inventions of 2009, the British Steam Car is affectionately known as the "fastest kettle in the world."

The British Steam Car, driven by Charles Burnett III, smashed a record that had stood for a century: the land-speed record for a steam-powered car. Burnett drove his vehicle on a track at Edwards Air Force Base at an average of 139.843 mph, breaking a record set in 1906 by Fred Marriott, who drove his Stanley Steamer Rocket at 127.659 mph.Read More

The X-43A scram-jet is an unmanned experimental hypersonic aircraft meant to assess capabilities of a hypersonic flight; it was recognized for the worlds fastest flight set by a jet-powered aircraft.

The XB-70 Valkyrie was built by Los Angeles division of North American Aviation for the U.S Air Force. It was an experimental aircraft sketched out to test supersonic speeds devised with a delta-wing.Read More

Man attempts 100 mph speed record on a lawnmower

Project Runningblade aims to smash the current record set by Bob Cleveland from the United States of 80.792mph at Bonneville Salt Flats on July 4, 2006.Read More

Bloodhound SSC (SuperSonic Car) Aims To Be The World’s Fastest Car

The world's fastest car will run at over 1,000 mph. At least, that's what the British engineers behind the Bloodhound SSC (SuperSonic Car) are hoping for, as they commence work in building the powerful machine.Read More