Jonathon Keats

11.26.09

Tune in Tomorrow

Couch potatoes, rejoice! From the racetrack to the gridiron, one company is completely changing how you watch sports on TV

By Jonathon Keats Posted 08.06.2008 at 10:39 am 0 Comments

The roar of the engines is deafening. Directly in front of me, I’ve got the No. 1 car, more than 3,000 pounds of hot steel, locked in my sights. I’m right on my rival driver’s rear bumper, a supermodel-thin distance between us as my 760-horsepower Chevy bears down at 184 mph. As we go into the last turn, No. 1 offers the tiniest of openings to the inside. I go low for the pass, giving my ride everything it’s got left to pull ahead in the final straightaway . . .

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How It Works: The $150,000 Watch

Porsche´s latest chronograph is the first watch with a digital display that´s driven by springs and gears. Here´s a look at a few of its 800 parts

By Jonathon Keats Posted 03.13.2006 at 2:00 am 1 Comment

TIMEKEEPING

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Japan's Record-Breaking Commuter Train

For Japan's new 250mph commuter train, slowing down is every bit as important as speeding up

By Jonathon Keats Posted 09.20.2005 at 1:00 am 0 Comments

At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, no sprinter could compete for attention, let alone swiftness, with the newly opened Shinkansen, or "bullet train," which ran between Tokyo and Osaka at 125 miles an hour. A worldwide race to increase train speeds has been on ever since. France´s record-setting TGV operates at a top speed of 218 mph, but with the Fastech 360, East Japan Railway stands to become to railroads what Jesse Owens was to footraces.

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