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1956 Ferrari 290 MM  Posted on  10.30.2015 18:00  by  Ciprian Florea  +   As the FIA was preparing to gather the most important sports car, endurance, and road racing events in Europe and North America under the World Sportscar Championship banner,  Ferrari  shifted from using the Colombo-design V-12 engine in its smaller racers to a new family of four-cylinder units Aurelio Lampredi developed for  Formula One.  Thus the Ferrari Monza series was born, which included models such as the 625 TF,  500 TR,  and the 860 Monza. With the larger  340 MM,  375 MM,  and  375 Plus  backed by the Monzas, Ferrari was able to sweep the first two runnings of the World Sportscar Championship against competition from  Jaguar,  Aston Martin,  and  Lancia.  Things changed, however, in 1955, when Mercedes-Benz  introduced the  300 SLR  — the race car tha...

TOP 5 MODERN MOTORCYCLES It’s a widely held opinion that contemporary motorcycle design isn’t quite what it used to be. The sense of nostalgia that fuels the custom scene is often associated with the belief that motorcycling’s golden age preceded 1980. Bikes looked better, had more class and were built simpler, devoid of modern amenities such as fuel injection and ABS braking. But owning a vintage motorcycle isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. By modern standards, older bikes have poor brakes, soft suspension and require more maintenance—and not everyone has the skill or patience to address these issues. Thankfully, there are some manufacturers who still produce beautiful motorcycles—whether they are neo-classics, or modern designs that evoke emotion. Even better, major brands have begun to recognize the custom scene as a legitimate market, and have started supporting it. So here are five modern motorcycles that we love. These are bikes that look great right off the showroom floor...

Robot From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about mechanical robots. For software agents, see  Bot . For other uses of the term, see  Robot (disambiguation) . ASIMO  (2000) at the  Expo 2005 , a bipedal   humanoid robot . Articulated   welding robots  used in a factory, a type of  industrial robot . The  quadrupedal   military robot Cheetah , an evolution of  BigDog (pictured), was clocked as the world's fastest legged robot in 2012, beating the record set by an  MIT   bipedal  robot in 1989. [1] A  robot  is a mechanical or virtual artificial  agent , usually an  electro-mechanical machine  that is guided by a  computer program  or electronic circuitry . Robots can be  autonomous  or semi-autonomous and range from humanoids such as  Honda 's  Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility  ( ASIMO ) and  TOSY ...