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Guinness strips Billy ‘King of Kong’ Mitchell’s world records
Well, that was fast. When Twin Galaxies announced it'd stripped Billy "King of Kong" Mitchell's high scores from its forums yesterday, the gaming record-keeping outfit said it'd notified Guinness World Records of such. Today, Kotaku reports that Guin...
Top Gear Tractor Sets a Guinness World Record of Fastest Speed at 87 MPH
It is a rather surreal record yet it has been set and that in itself is quite an accomplishment. The stunt involved the world’s fastest tractor. It was modified to achieve the feat.BBC’s Top Gear is...
Top Gear Tractor Sets a Guinness World Record of Fastest Speed at 87 MPH
It is a rather surreal record yet it has been set and that in itself is quite an accomplishment. The stunt involved the world’s fastest tractor. It was modified to achieve the feat.BBC’s Top Gear is...
Porsche Cayenne Sets New Guinness World Record by Towing Airbus A380
Toyota engaged in a shenanigan a few years back where its Tundra pulled a space shuttle behind it for a record distance of 12 miles. Porsche is a car brand that has decided to do the same thing with...
Chevrolet Sets Guinness World Records Title With 2017 Silverado HD
Chevrolet successfully made the attempt of pulling the largest flag ever by a moving vehicle. This flag of US was pulled by the 2017 Silverado HD. The car was able to pull it forward as it has been...
Land Rover Discovery Breaks Guinness Record by Making Debut on World’s Largest LEGO Tower Bridge
The new Land Rover Discovery was unveiled by a special event by company along with a Guinness world record of LEGO bricks. A London Tower Bridge was made by LEGO bricks while the crossover was...
Jet-powered hoverboard shatters world record
When footage of a flying hoverboard first emerged last month, many thought it was fake, because the relatively tiny device appears to be breaking the laws of physics. But the "Flyboard Air" from inventor Franky Zapata is real, spectacular and just se...
ICYMI: Robot news round-up, 3D hand scanner and more
Today on In Case You Missed It: iRobot sold its line of military robots to a US-based firm to focus on Roomba and a new chameleon robot changes color to blend in; a student built a 3D scanner with cameras and Raspberry Pi that is much cheaper than...
Megacopter Sets Guinness World Record for Lifting Heaviest Payload
A couple of weeks ago we checked out a drone designed to carry a person across considerable distances. The Megacopter had a more modest goal, but it’s already accomplished it.
Built by Henning Pedersen and students from the University of Oslo, the Megacopter recently won the Guinness World Record title for “Heaviest payload lifted by a remote-controlled multicopter” by lifting 134lb and 7.6oz (excluding its weight). To be specific, Guinness defines “lifting” as being at least 1m (3.3ft) above the ground for at least 30s. Here’s the record-setting attempt:
As much as I’d like drones to deliver items and people, I wouldn’t want to live in a world where all I can hear is a high-pitched buzz.
[via Guinness World Records]