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A clear tunnel in the world’s deepest...
Who thinks its a good idea to add a clear tunnel inside a pool? Deepspot thinks so. Located near Warsaw, Poland, Deepspot, a diving...
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Nepal’s First Tunnel Boring Machine Makes Fantastic...
In international tunneling news, Nepal’s first ever tunnel boring machine (TBM, for short) is already raising eyebrows with the impressive amount of progress it...
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The Boring Company Selected to Construct and...
In a huge win for Elon Musks’ latest venture - the Boring Company has been chosen to construct, operate, and maintain Chicago’s O’Hare Express...
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TutorPerini $410 Million Tunneling Contract for Extension...
Woo! LA natives can rejoice knowing the metro is slowly but surely coming along, and their days of soul sucking traffic may be numbered....
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700 mph from city to city in...
OK, so if you've been reading TI, you've likely came across more and more of our Hyperloop articles. With Elon Musk's ideas...
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Journey of a Tunnel Boring Machine on...
Watch how all the TBM pieces, a feat of modern engineering, are assembled, tested, pulled apart then re-assembled before digging the 9.3 miles (15km) twin...
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Elon Musk’s Fix for LA Traffic on...
“You know, it’s just a hole in the ground...”, said Boring Company Founder and CEO Elon Musk in response to a question about the...
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A Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Breaking Through...
This video shows the break-through of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for Tunnel "A" of the East Side Access project in Long Island City,...
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The Boring Company Model X Test Run...
Tesla Model X tunnel test by The Boring Company in Hawthorn California at Space X.
What do you think that video was shot on? A...
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Norway Plans To Build A Tunnel Only...
Norway is considering building the worlds' first full-scale ship tunnel this size.
The proposition is a 5,577 feet (1,700-metre) passageway burrowed through a piece of...
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The Longest Railway Tunnel on Earth
Besides delicious chocolate, tall mountains with awesome skiing conditions and cool knifes, Switzerland is also known for having the longest railway tunnel in the...
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Closer look at the longest and deepest...
A closer look at the longest and deepest railway tunnel in the world, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) through the Alps in Switzerland, beats...
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Are Tunnels the Future of Public Transportation?
Lately, more and more news outlets and websites have been covering stories about how tunnels could play a significant role in the future of...
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What is Quantum Tunneling?
If you've taken physics before or are a math wizard, chances are that you've heard of Quantum Tunneling, or the Schrödinger equation. But...
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Hyperloop system explained by the B1M (video)
Check out this YouTube video by B1M showcasing the Hyperloop which represents the greatest leap in transport infrastructure for generations.
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Experience the Boring Company’s loop system (video)
You've probably heard all of the hype about Elon Musk's and Boring Company's loop system, now you can actually see it in...
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The 2020 Hyperloop competition will be in...
Listen up everyone! Word on Twitter is that Elon Musk plans on changing up the game for next years Hyperloop student engineering completion. The...
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John had 2 quarters, 4 dimes, 3...
John went to the hardware store to buy a strip of LEDs to light-up a small tunneling project he’s working on.
He had 2 quarters,...
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A TBM needs to bore a 500...
A tunnel boring machine can only move forward 8 times in increments of 4’s to successfully bore a 500-foot tunnel before the cutter-head needs...
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A structural engineer asks girl out
Tim, an incredibly smart and presentable structural engineer needs a date to his company's Christmas Party. He's been locking eyes with a girl that...
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A TBM was built and certified for...
A tunnel boring machine was built and certified for tunneling service in 2007 and then in 2014, it was decertified for tunneling service because...