Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

The diesel engine took the automotive world by storm, powering everything from cars to industrial machinery. Who invented it?

Are you tired of doing things the efficient way ... Here are some engine hacks where regular internal combustion engines have been modified to work on steam or compressed air.

Mark Miodownik shows a working model of a steam engine originally ... portable and efficient. This clip is from the series The Genius of Invention. This clip would be ideally suited to showing ...