#DidYouKnow that the world's fastest elevator can take you to the top floor at 73.8 km/h?

The 121-storey, 632-metre tall Shanghai Tower in China holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest elevator - it whisks visitors to the top floor at a dizzying speed of 73.8 km/h.

Here are some other speed demons that will make your head spin.

PASSENGER TRAIN

The Shanghai Maglev is the fastest train in the world at the moment with a maximum operating speed of 431 km/h. Unlike regular trains, it uses electrically charged magnets to lift and move carriages above the rail tracks. It can reach its top speed from zero mph in four minutes. It operates between Long Yang Road and Pudong international airport in China. The passenger capacity of the train is 574 and it completes the 30 miles journey in seven minutes and 20 seconds.

POLICE CAR

If you happen to be in Dubai and break the traffic rules, don't try to evade the police. There's no point in engaging in a chase because the city police might be trailing you in a Bugatti Veyron speeding over 400 km/h. The 14-strong fleet of supercars are usually spotted around the Dubai Mall area and Jumeirah Beach Residence.

PRODUCTION DRONE


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If you are looking for sheer speed in a drone, the world's fastest consumer drone, Teal, is just around the corner. Teal can fly faster than 112 km/h and accelerate from 0-96 km/h in 1.1 seconds. It needs no out-of-thebox modifications and is able to withstand 40 mph gusts. Teal comes with an in-built tiny Nvidia computer that is capable of machine learning and image recognition.

CAMERA

A research group at Lund University in Sweden has developed a camera that can film at a rate equivalent to five trillion images per second, or events as short as 0.2 trillionths of a second. The camera, called FRAME (Frequency Recognition Algorithm for Multiple Exposures), is able to capture incredibly rapid processes in chemistry, physics, biology and biomedicine, which so far have not been caught on film.

SUPERYACHT


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Speed is serious business among yacht makers. And breaking all speed barriers is a luxury 42-metre superyacht, called the World is Not Enough, which claims a top speed of 70 knots. Propelled by two Paxman diesel engines and two Lycoming gas turbines, the superyacht produces a staggering 20,600 hp. It was built in 2005 by Millennium Superyachts.