Mortal Engines movie - Wired magazine looks at the science

[scottdave]

If you've seen a recent movie trailer with the entire city of London on some treads and able to move around - that is Mortal Engines. Wired magazine takes a look at the science that goes along with that, and even has a few "homework" problems to work out.

https://www.wired.com/story/lets-do-the-physics-of-the-giant-driving-cities-in-mortal-engines/

 

[lewando]

Almost as incredulous as the Crimson Permanent Assurance !

 

[BillTre]

Almost as incredulous as the Crimson Permanent Assurance !

One of my favorite Python sequences!

 

[scottdave]

Almost as incredulous as the Crimson Permanent Assurance !

Ha. It's been years since I'd thought about that one. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[MikeNerd]

Thats a cool post for any mortal engines fan
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpz0Qo-ANcb/

 

[BWV]

Am I the only one who thinks about How Erg the Self-Inducting Slew a Paleface?

(From the Stanislaw Lem book of the same name)

 

[diogenesNY]

BWV--

I _just_ (re)read that this past week! :)

diogenesNY