Inspiration (racehorse)

Inspiration (Chinese: 創惑) is a Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse.

In the season of 2008-2009, Inspiration catapulted himself from Class 2 winner in September at Happy Valley to shock 68-1 winner of the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint (G1-1200m) in December.. In February 2009, he lands a second career Group One in the Centenary Sprint Cup (1000m). Inspiration also is one of the nominees of Hong Kong Horse of the Year.

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Country :  Australia

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Inspiration (sculpture)

Inspiration is a public artwork by American artist Ethan Kerber, located at a commercial building at the intersection of 5th St NW & K St NW in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. "Inspiration" was created through DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

Description

This metal sculpture is placed on an air intake vent on the facade of the CityVista building just north of Busboys and Poets. At 25 feet by 25 feet; it consists of five panels which are made up of 80 custom CNC plasma cut metal sheets. It weighs about 3,500 pounds. Painted in shades of blue, the design represents exhaled breath on a cold day.

Artist

A Masters student at San Francisco State University, Ethan Kerber was raised in New York City. Working primarily with metal his work is inspired by the street art that he saw throughout the city as a youth. Kerber describes his art as "a reflection in metal of the urban environment around us." His work is seen also at the Oakland Zoo. He works under the name Midnight Metal Works Inc.

Inspiration (car)

Inspiration is a British-designed and -built steam-propelled car designed by Glynne Bowsher and developed by the BSCC (British Steam Car Challenge) team.

Inspiration holds the World Land Speed Record for a steam-powered vehicle, set on August 26, 2009, when it achieved a speed of 148.308 mph (239 km/h). This improved on the record set the previous day which broke the oldest standing land speed record set in 1906 by Fred Marriott in the Stanley Steamer.

The car was driven by Charles Burnett III at the Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. It is 7.6 m long, 1.7 m wide and weighs 3 tons. It is powered by a two-stage turbine driven by superheated steam from 12 boilers containing distilled water. The boilers are heated by burners which burn Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) to produce 3 Megawatts (MW) of heat. The steam produced is at a temperature of 400 °C and a pressure of 4000 kN/m² (40 bar). The engine is capable of developing 288 kW (360 hp) and consumes around 40 litres of water per minute).