This engineer left the company they worked for shortly after completing the installation of an important mystery machine (No, not the one from Scooby-Doo.) For some reason, the manager at the client's site kept their number and contacted them personally to come and rectify an error with the machine. They agreed that the engineer would come in on the weekend to complete contract work on the machine at twice their usual rate. Everything was going according to plan until the manager came in and to…

This female tech engineer often found herself being rolled out to recruiting events as the “token girl engineer” and when a young woman asked her what the diversity at the company was like she was honest with her answer. This honesty has landed her in a lot of hot water with her company, who didn't like her saying the quiet parts out loud. Thumbnail Image: ThisisEngineering RAEng

The An-225 is the largest cargo plane in the world, built by the Russian company Antonov Airlines. This one in particular landed at Rzeszów airport on a relatively foggy day, clearing a path through like a goddamn sky Roomba. Needless to say, there is something very Russian about building an aircraft so large it leaves a big fat trail of blue sky behind it.

It's, like a whole 'nother wheel, man. That just makes it one better than a regular vehicle with four wheels. It doesn't look like that fifth wheel has a whole lot of torque, but nonetheless it seems to work for stabilizing this thing on rocks. Being able to deploy a super special fifth wheel does sound like a fun feature, especially for those of us who mostly just have experience being third wheels.

Just in case anyone wants to engineer their own semi-functional bubble machine, all it takes is a fan, a coat hanger, an O-ring, some string, a cinder block, and something to strap it all together. It's one of those solid reminders that people can do literally anything they want to with their free time. But hey, it's not like we've engineered our own bubble machine, so points to this person for figuring it out.

Looks like it works.

The best ideas are the simplest ones.

It's not stupid if it works.

If it works, it might still be stupid.

What a marvel of engineering.

It's like guitar hero but with chickens.

The future is here and it is ripped.

Yeah that's awesome.

Alright that's pretty cool.

That contractor got their rightful comeuppance.

Get that mailbox a cape.