Speed

The fastest any human has ever run on record was Usain Bolt. He was clocked at a ridiculously quick 27.79 mph (44.72 km/h) when he ran a 9.58-second 100-meter dash. Two-legged robots can run even faster, and it looks really weird.

Aided by titanium shoes and a slightly modified Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX, motorcycle stunt rider Jonny Davies has added another Guinness World Record to his accomplishments for what's got to be one of the more thrilling events included in the compendium.

A Mitsubishi Electric robot that normally positions wires in motors for appliances like air conditioners has solved the Rubik’s Cube puzzle at a blistering speed, setting a new Guinness World Record in the process.

Responses to AI chat prompts not snappy enough? California-based generative AI company Groq has a super quick solution in its LPU Inference Engine, which has recently outperformed all contenders in public benchmarks.

MIT's mini cheetah robot has reached its fastest speed yet, hitting 8.72 mph thanks to a new model-free reinforcement learning system that allows the robot to figure out on its own the best way to run and allows it to adapt to different terrain.

Volvo has followed through on its plans to introduce a 112-mph (180-km/h) speed limit across its entire model lineup, today announcing that every one of its vehicles to roll off the production line will now feature this functionality built in.

Porsche unleashes its 590-hp Taycan at Nürburgring and leaves fellow four-door EVs in its wake.

After experiencing a false start of sorts at Bonneville Speed Week last month, Volkswagen has now returned to the famous salt flats and gone home with a world record in tow with a modified 2019 Jetta zipping past the land speed record for its class.

It can be tricky to keep track of road signs on the move, especially in heavy traffic or poor conditions. The Volkswagen Dynamic Road Sign Display makes it easier to check how fast you should be going, flashing an image of new speed signs in front of the driver.

​​Judging by the recent success of Omata's One, a lot of cyclists like the idea of a speedometer that combines an analog display with electronic guts. The Moskito, however, not only serves as an analog/digital bicycle speedometer, but it can also be taken off the bike and worn as a smartwatch.​

We're very used to writing about cars with names like "Ferrari" and "McLaren" blowing past the 200-mph (322-km/h) mark, but this month, it's the more everyday names of Volkswagen and Honda. Both automakers drove specially prepared land speed record cars to over 200 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

​​Using archival data from ESA's XMM-Newton orbital telescope, a team of astronomers from the University of Michigan has calculated the speed of the vast halo composed of incredibly hot gas that surrounds the Milky Way.