things that might make you go WOW!!!!! thread

[V8Druid]

RAI Institute on Instagram: "It was great to see our name amongst the other “AI Native” companies during @Nvidia’s #GTC keynote. NVIDIA Isaac™ Lab helps us train reinforcement learning policies that enable the UMV to drive, jump, flip, and hop like a

1M likes, 19K comments - robotics_and_ai_institute on March 19, 2026: "It was great to see our name amongst the other “AI Native” companies during @Nvidia’s #GTC keynote. NVIDIA Isaac™ Lab helps us train reinforcement learning policies that enable the UMV to drive, jump, flip, and hop like a pro!".

www.instagram.com

dunno WTF you'd use it for but it is a remarkable piece of robotic engineering

 

[V8Druid]

RAI Institute on Instagram: "It was great to see our name amongst the other “AI Native” companies during @Nvidia’s #GTC keynote. NVIDIA Isaac™ Lab helps us train reinforcement learning policies that enable the UMV to drive, jump, flip, and hop like a

1M likes, 19K comments - robotics_and_ai_institute on March 19, 2026: "It was great to see our name amongst the other “AI Native” companies during @Nvidia’s #GTC keynote. NVIDIA Isaac™ Lab helps us train reinforcement learning policies that enable the UMV to drive, jump, flip, and hop like a pro!".

www.instagram.com

dunno WTF you'd use it for but it is a remarkable piece of robotic engineering

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thanks Ross - brain fart last night on thread selection

 

[V8Druid]

SteelStructures & StorageTanks on Instagram: "Not everyone gets to see something like this. A Chinese shipyard is assembling the engine of a giant vessel. Don’t ask how big the engine is. The complete engine weighs nearly 2,000 tons. This crankshaft

336K likes, 2,481 comments - shandongboss001 on June 16, 2026: "Not everyone gets to see something like this. A Chinese shipyard is assembling the engine of a giant vessel. Don’t ask how big the engine is. The complete engine weighs nearly 2,000 tons. This crankshaft alone weighs almost 500...

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[Lancs Lad]

Horrific accident but what on earth must the cost of sorting that be??

#bedford | Network Rail

#Bedford We're four days on from the incident. Seven carriages have been safely lifted, two remaining. Once all are removed, we'll move to a full track renewal - to reopen the line as quickly and safely as possible. Mark Budden, East Midlands route director, provides an update.

www.linkedin.com

 

[Spurry]

Pesky moles in Norfolk.

 

[V8Druid]

Pesky moles in Norfolk.

obviously equipped with TBMs
I swear some round here are

 

[6feetdown]

COBOTICZ on Instagram: "WHEN TECHNOLOGY SERVES PEOPLE, EVERYONE BUILDS BETTER.#FloorScreedingcoboticz #screed #floorscreed #selfleveling #cementfloor #concretefloor #floorleveling #constructionwork #constructionlife"

24K likes, 260 comments - coboticzyarajing on June 24, 2026: "WHEN TECHNOLOGY SERVES PEOPLE, EVERYONE BUILDS BETTER.#FloorScreedingcoboticz #screed #floorscreed #selfleveling #cementfloor #concretefloor #floorleveling #constructionwork #constructionlife".

www.instagram.com

 

[bobthebuilder]

Horrific accident but what on earth must the cost of sorting that be??

#bedford | Network Rail

#Bedford We're four days on from the incident. Seven carriages have been safely lifted, two remaining. Once all are removed, we'll move to a full track renewal - to reopen the line as quickly and safely as possible. Mark Budden, East Midlands route director, provides an update.

www.linkedin.com

Ran a red light

 

[TiltyShaun]

Ran a red light

Don’t be hasty……there could still be more to come!!

 

[Lancs Lad]

Not a good day round here. Local to our yard.
Imagine the cops turning up at your work to tell you this had happened to your missus.
Hit me hard I'll tell you as had some involvement with the aftermath.

Train hits car at Hoghton level crossing, one dead, child in hospital

An eight-year-old girl is in hospital with critical injuries following the incident in Hoghton.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[6feetdown]

Not a good day round here. Local to our yard.
Imagine the cops turning up at your work to tell you this had happened to your missus.
Hit me hard I'll tell you as had some involvement with the aftermath.

Train hits car at Hoghton level crossing, one dead, child in hospital

An eight-year-old girl is in hospital with critical injuries following the incident in Hoghton.

www.bbc.co.uk

Awful

 

[V8Druid]

Not a good day round here. Local to our yard.
Imagine the cops turning up at your work to tell you this had happened to your missus.
Hit me hard I'll tell you as had some involvement with the aftermath.

Train hits car at Hoghton level crossing, one dead, child in hospital

An eight-year-old girl is in hospital with critical injuries following the incident in Hoghton.

www.bbc.co.uk

gated/barriered crossing ??

 

[Lancs Lad]

gated/barriered crossing ??

Yep.