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Record Breaking: Magnetic Levitating Turntable Lets Vinyl Defy Gravity

Cool and clever trump common sense and normal physics in this levitating record turntable, which aims to bring a vintage technology into the future. Mag-Lev Audio wants to push audio ...

Spiraling Skyscrapers: Rounding Up the World’s Tallest Twisting Towers

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an organization responsible for world records in architecture, has announced its definitive list of the world's highest twisting ...

Volcanic Architecture: World’s Largest 3D-Printed Structure

Inspired by the complex organic shape of a volcanic eruption, this 1,086-piece pavilion in Beijing has just been awarded a Guinness Book of World Records distinction for the largest ...

World’s Littlest Skyscraper Scam: Con Man Used Inches, Not Feet

Perhaps the greatest cons of all time are those that manage to hold up in court, like the case of the world's smallest skyscraper, a building sold to investors at 480 inches tall on a blueprint ...

Mini Sky City: 57-Story Chinese Skyscraper Built in 19 Days

The world's tallest prefab building has just been constructed at a rate of 3 stories per day, showcasing the power of modular design and industrial prefabrication operating at scale. Located in ...

World’s Smallest Park: 2-Foot Circle in the Middle of a Street

Originally designed to house a lamp post, this unassuming spot in Portland, Oregon, was left empty until a local journalist took it upon himself to declare it a park, naming it Mill Ends after ...

20 Million Sq Ft: World’s Biggest Building Opens in China

Night never comes to this massive complex newly constructed in China. Complete with its own artificial sun (as well as beaches and waves), the world's largest structure is not a skyscraper but a ...

Laser-Cut Record: Music Etched Onto Slices of Wood

We already know what kind of music trees make when left to their own devices, and now we can make them sound the way we want. After developing a method for converting digital files into 3D ...

Smallest & Smaller: 22 Miniatures, Because Big Gets Boring

Everyone always says bigger is better, but sometimes it's nice to flip expectations on their head and give small a chance. When big gets boring, these are the awesome miniature inventions you ...

You Name It: Some of the Biggest [Blanks] in the World!

Bigger is better and biggest is best! Some people take size very seriously and when it comes down to being the biggest in the world, there's no playing around. Here's a variety of the world's ...

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