A lot of people apparently think they have what it takes to impress Elon Musk. Musk’s Hyperloop pod competition has received more than 700 entries since the contest was announced last Monday. The ...

In 1884, Irishman Frank Ebrington, a trainee engineer, became the fastest man in the world. He boarded an empty train at Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire). Seventy-five seconds later, he had travelled ...