![This Was Once the Most Preposterous Vehicle Known to Man [Popular Mechanics]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e326029de4bb5b97cfb852/1585086248448-6IFCTYG25X0KK175N6UW/Helica1921_Marcel_Leyat.jpg)
This Was Once the Most Preposterous Vehicle Known to Man [Popular Mechanics]
For one fleeting moment, the Hélica—a plane without wings and an “unsteerable murder machine”—looked like the future of transportation. Good thing it wasn’t.
Lynne Peskoe-Yang is a freelance science and science fiction writer.
For one fleeting moment, the Hélica—a plane without wings and an “unsteerable murder machine”—looked like the future of transportation. Good thing it wasn’t.
![The fine art of bearings lubrication [TLT Magazine]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e326029de4bb5b97cfb852/1588463625655-JTZJYWTFI5ZMCAAJE36D/bearings%2Blubrication.jpg)
![New Photonics Engine Promises Low-Loss, Energy-Efficient Data Capacity for Hyperscale Data Centers [IEEE Spectrum]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e326029de4bb5b97cfb852/1585021352363-VNE8SY3HKQZEQF27JCI7/Intel%2B1.6T%2Bphotonic%2Bengine%2Band%2B100G%2BCWDM4%25281%2529.jpg)