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Justin Knapp is probably the hardest working man on the internet after becoming the first person to pass the million-edit-mark on Wikipedia. Since 2005, he's made around 385 amendments per day, each one taking him around four minutes [Citation Needed]. Founder Jimmy Wales congratulated the 30-year-old on his personal feed and Mr. Knapp's been awarded the site's Special Barnstar medal and Golden Wiki award for his achievement. He took the news with a good dose of self-deprecating humor, saying that "being suddenly and involuntarily unemployed will do that to you." Hopefully there's a certificate wining its way in the post from the Guinness people.

Hardest working man on the internet passes one million Wikipedia edits originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Swimming robots break wave-powered distance record, don't even stop for high-fives originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Gathering 2012 to bring world's fastest internet to Norway, leave Swedish laundry out to dry originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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German scientists shoot world's fastest movie: gone in 50 femtoseconds originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We're told that it was during a preview of the company's latency reducing Auto Commit Memory (ACM) extension, part of the Fusion ioMemory subsystem, and that it's "rethinking how to provide powerful modern CPUs with the data they need through sophisticated software architectures." The demo utilized eight HP ProLiant DL370 servers, each equipped with eight ioDrive2 Duos, to break the one billion IOP barrier when transferring 64 byte data packets. 'Course, that'd probably cost you a few dozen years of work if you were to buy such a setup yourself, but hey -- at least someone's working to eliminate the mechanical drive sooner rather than later, right?

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What does a legion of Swedish LAN party-goers and a 120Gbps internet connection look like? Something like this. Dreamhack, officially (according to the Guinness Book of Records) the world's largest LAN party, offered up all sorts of gaming thrills along the lines of StarCraft II and Counter-Strike to the 12,000 attendees. It looks like the air was thick with excitement, perspiration -- and hopefully a little air freshener.

Visualized: Sweden's Dreamhack in pictures originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If the Swedes can dry a load of laundry on a 40Gbps internet connection, just imagine what they could do with 120Gbps. Melt polar caps? Solve the debt crisis? Dry three loads of laundry? The possibilities may be limitless, but we'll all find out soon enough, because Cisco and Telia are aiming to break the 120Gbps barrier by the end of this weekend. It's all part of this week's DreamHack, a Swedish digital festival that the Guinness Book recognizes as the "world's largest LAN party." This year, the two companies will attempt to set up a 300 kilometer-long connection from Jönköping to Stockholm, designed to serve (in theory, anyway) up to 750,000 people at blazing speeds -- of course, only 20,000 or so will be at DreamHack. The project has been in the works since last summer, with Telia constructing the fiber network, and Cisco handling hardware duties with a pair of power-packed CRS-3 routers (scalable to a total capacity of up to 322Tbps!). The companies say that the connection, if successful, would set a record for network "capacity utilization," allowing all 750K users to stream music simultaneously and to download an entire movie in just .047 seconds. It'll take us a lot longer to pick up our jaws from the ground.

Cisco, Telia to activate 'world's fastest internet connection' at 120Gbps, sounds pretty Swede originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wave Glider robots set out to explore the seven seas, break the Guinness record originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There you have it, folks. Floating over this text is the CPU-Z record that proves it: four days after Andre Yang broke the chip speed overclocking record with AMD's Bulldozer, he's done it again. The chip maker was eerily prescient when it said it expected others to beat the record and that unnatural confidence in the silicon has paid off. Last time, Yang managed to push only 30MHz over the previous record, this time he's found a further 123.3MHz -- making the total chip speed 8.58GHz. The secret to his success was in increasing his chip voltage (2.076v compared to 1.992 last time) and over-liberal use of liquid nitrogen. Maybe he could convince Sunnyvale to loan him a massive vat of liquid helium to get ever closer to the goal of 9GHz -- just make sure you don't pick up the check for the shipping and handling, okay?

Bulldozer world record re-broken by Andre Yang with a 8.58GHz victory lap originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Are you entertaining dreams of launching your own private spacecraft? All you need is about 30 grand in your bank account, and lots of spare time. Last weekend, a company called JP Aerospace sent its unmanned Tandem airship 95,085 feet above the ground -- a height that, according to the company, establishes a new record for remotely controlled airships. In fact, JP Aerospace says this altitude is a full four miles higher than any other airship has ever flown. To pull this off, the team strapped its 30-foot-long aircraft with two balloons, and packed it with a pair of electric motors that manipulated the Tandem's specially designed propellers. It's a relatively simple method, and one that didn't exactly break the bank, either. All told, it took about five years and some $30,000 to launch the aircraft, as part of the company's Airship to Orbit project. The long-term goal is to use the Tandem or similar airships as a launch pad for rockets or other interstellar aircraft. No word yet on when that could happen, but you can float past the break for a brief video on the Tandem, coupled with a brief PR.

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DIY unmanned airship soars 95,000 feet above Earth, lays claim to new record (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Czech electric scooter company covers 706 miles in 24-hours, claims world record originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia N8 used to shoot world's largest stop-motion film, 'Gulps' up the competition (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A few years ago, engineers at Cornell were rejoicing when their Ranger robot set an unofficial world record by walking for 5.6 miles without stopping. Since then, the 22-pound bot has only built up its endurance, to the point where it can now chug along for a full 40.5 miles without a single battery recharge, or an ounce of human assistance. The Ranger pulled off the feat last week, when it completed nearly 308 laps around the university's Barton Hall running track, over the course of more than 30 hours. Engineers say that their bot's stamina has a lot to do with its energy efficiency. The Ranger runs on about 16 watts and uses them more sparingly than most of its mechanized brethren. It also saves juice by swinging its legs more liberally than most bipedal walkers, essentially allowing its limbs to fall freely before re-stabilizing itself. The robot's next challenge, apparently, will be to incorporate automatic steering into its gait, since walking in circles can get understandably dull, after a while. Gallop past the break for the full PR and a video of the Ranger's latest achievement.

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Microsoft Kinect shatters hyper-specific Guinness world record originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Guinness World Record attempt will take place at:
o. 6pm UK Saturday 23/04
o. 7pm CET Saturday 23/04
o. 10am PDT Saturday 23/04
o. 1pm EDT Saturday 23/04

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China has built the longest bridge in the world... so you don't have to dig that hole originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Chinese passenger train reaches 302mph, claims speed record for unmodified trains originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, Fabrice]

World's longest railway tunnel sees completion, should be zipping beneath the Alps in 2017 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>alpsGotthardinternationalrailrailwayswitzerlandtraintransportationtunnelworld recordWorldRecordFri, 15 Oct 2010 19:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Bobby Cleveland goes 96mph on a lawnmower, mows down world record (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/02/bobby-cleveland-goes-96mph-on-a-lawnmower-mows-down-world-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/02/bobby-cleveland-goes-96mph-on-a-lawnmower-mows-down-world-recor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/02/bobby-cleveland-goes-96mph-on-a-lawnmower-mows-down-world-recor/#comments In the world of motorsport there are many legends, and American driver Bobby Cleveland has just cemented his place among them. Bobby Cleveland is the world's fastest lawnmower driver, achieving an average speed at the Bonneville Salt Flats of 96.529mph. That's on a riding mower that, from a distance at least, still looks like something you might find at Sears next to the tents and bikes. And yes, it will still cut grass, though we have doubts about its efficiency at that task. The team behind this beast had hoped to hit 104mph to correspond with a sponsoring octane booster of the same name, but didn't quite manage to crest the century mark. Still, 96 was more than enough to break the existing record of 87.833mph. Why engage in such frivolous behaviors? If you have to ask you'll never understand.

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Nokia pairs N8 with world's largest cinema screen originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IBM claims world's fastest processor with 5.2GHz z196 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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 Ohio State's Buckeye Bullet 2 has just set a new battery-powered vehicle record after hitting a speed of 291 mph averaged over two separate runs done back-to-back in opposite directions. Yes, it's technically slower than the two-way land speed record of 300.992 mph the original Bullet set back in 2009, but that car was powered by hydrogen fuel cells. This year's model instead was developed in partnership with boutique Monaco-based electric car manufacturer Venturi and replaced the fuel cells with lithium-ion batteries from A123 Systems. It's also apparently a testing prototype for a new car that's coming in 2011. Will that car hit these kind of world record speeds? Probably not, but we're not letting that dash our newly formed geek fantasy of seeing it drag against a Tesla.

OSU Buckeye Bullet 2 sets new battery-powered speed record originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pi counted to 5 trillionth digit, 90 days and one spec'd out custom rig later originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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China's maglev trains to hit 1,000km/h in three years, Doc Brown to finally get 1985 squared away originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nonstop gaming world record has been shattered, victors sleep right through their parade originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gallery: Modu official press pics

Gallery: Modu hands-on

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Modu, world's lightest cellphone, lands in UK originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: The momentous first protonic collisions at 7 TeV have just taken place, at just past 1PM CET. Now the time comes for researchers to parse all the incoming raw data, pore over it, analyze it, etc. We'll leave that to them, it's not like you can expect the God Particle to be discovered instantly. To fill the time, we invite you to come past the break for our blow-by-blow updating adventure from this morning plus video of the big moment.

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Sure, there are viable commercial options for taking photos in three dimensions, but if you really want to capture 3D images (and you happen to be attached to a major university) you can always go the route of Associate Professor Ishino Youzirou and company. The camera that they developed at the Nagoya Institute of Technology sports 158 lenses arranged on an 18.5-inch aluminum arc frame. The school's combustion engineers will use it to study irregular flames -- all the while content in the knowledge that they've entered the Guinness Book of World Records for building the camera with the most lenses. This is certainly safer than Youzirou's other attempt to enter the Guinness book, Most Live Rattlesnakes Held in the Mouth (the record for that, by the way, is ten).

3D camera breaks world record with 158 lenses originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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P.S. - We didn't Photoshop this image, this is seriously Active Media Products' pitch for this product.

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Mmm, sexy. To be honest, we're still trying to shake the butterflies we felt when we touched Dell's 16-inch Latitude Z yesterday, and if you'd care to join us, you can place your order right now. The base package gets going at $1,799 after a $200 instant rebate, and that'll net you a 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo SU9400 CPU, 64GB SSD, Intel's GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics, 2GB of RAM, a 4-cell battery, 8x slot-loading DVD burner, 802.11a/g/n WiFi and a 3-year warranty. So, who's putting a dent in their credit card tonight? Be honest -- we're all friends here.

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It's hard to say if boffins at Oxford University got their inspiration from Nimoy and Co., but one thing's for sure: they aren't joking about the creation of transparent aluminum. In what can only be described as a breakthrough for the ages, a team of mad scientists across the way have created "a completely new state of matter nobody has seen before" by blasting aluminum walls (around one-inch thick) with brief pulses of soft X-ray light, each of which is "more powerful than the output of a power plant that provides electricity to a whole city." For approximately 40 femtoseconds, an "invisible effect" is seen, giving the gurus hope that their experiment could lead to new studies in exotic states of matter. For a taste of exactly what we mean, feel free to voice command your PC to jump past the break. Or use the keyboard, if you're feeling quaint.

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After being snubbed by Hitachi in the race to push out the industry's first 1TB desktop hard drive, Western Digital made darn sure it was first to ship a 2TB version. Now, the company is raising its fists in celebration once more with the introduction of the sector's first 2.5-inch 1TB mobile hard drive. 'Course, this isn't the first 1TB drive of any kind in this size, as that honor goes to none other than pureSilicon and its ultra-spacious 1TB SSD. Still, we recall thinking that a drive of this capacity wouldn't hit until 2010 at best, so we're steadfastly elated to hear that the Scorpio Blue 1TB (and Scorpio Blue 750GB) are shipping now to retailers. Of course, we can't help but gripe that both of these boast unorthodox 12.5mm form factors, which dwarfs the standard 9.5mm-height slot found in most laptops, but hey, progress is progress -- right? With that in mind, it's easy to see why both of these are being marketed hard in the external HDD market, with each unit slated to ship within a My Passport SE for $189.99 (750GB) or $249.99 (1TB). The full release is after the break.

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