It's almost time to send your kids back to school, and if your child has an interest in mechanical engineering or model building, there are several model engine kits to help them get started with ...

Making an electric-powered styrofoam boat isn’t as hard as it sounds, apparently. To create the toy boat, Jacensson carves the base out of styrofoam. He then cuts two pieces of a rubbish antenna into ...

Back in 2012, Gizmag looked at LiquidPiston’s X2 rotary engine. The compact, low-vibration, high-efficiency 70 bhp and 40 bhp compression ignition engine was something of a sensation. Now the company ...

Retro tech is back in style, from classically styled motorcycles like the Janus Halcyon 450 and Kawasaki W800 to Atari's re-release of "Save Mary," which was a game discontinued in 1990. Holiday ...

Engineers have made a tiny engine a few micrometers wide, or roughly the size of a water droplet found in fog. The device is both confined and powered by a "trap" of laser light, and it sputters a bit ...

Steve from Australia built himself a Honda VTEC-powered classic Mini a few years back and was proud of the job he’d done. However, it was a bit of a torque-steering monster and wasn’t great to drive.

The Jiayang mini steam train running in Qianwei county, Sichuan province, has attracted tourists to the area. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] Amid the chugging and whistling sounds, a mini steam train ...