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Insane Austrian Daredevil Will Attempt to Break Sound Barrier with No Aircraft
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An Austrian daredevil named Felix Baumgartner plans to attempt to break the speed of sound without actually being inside of an airplane. If he is successful, he will become the first parachutist to manage that feat. If he is unsuccessful, he could be the first person to splatter on the… |
February 9th, 2012
China Working on High-Speed Train That Can Hit 310 MPH… on Rails
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The fastest train that I’ve been in is Taiwan’s High Speed Rail and it went about 190 mph. That’s pretty fast for a land-based vehicle if you ask me. You can basically get from one end of the island to the other in about 90 minutes. Now, China is testing… |
January 1st, 2012
Darpa FastRunner Robot: Who’s the Fastest of Them All?
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Did you ever think that people would make a robot inspired by an ostrich? Well DARPA has those kinds of people and they think that their ‘bot will beat all others in terms of speed and stability, thanks to some high-tech wizardry.… |
November 28th, 2011
Min7 Micromouse Robot Solves Maze Under 4 Seconds, Real Mice out of a Job
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Are you geek enough to realize that there is actually an annual Micromouse Robot Competition? It’s where a bunch of small robots face off against each other not in the ring, but in a labyrinth. The goal is to solve the maze as quickly as possible.… |
November 22nd, 2011
Jet-Powered Harley Sold on eBay: Hell Yeah!
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This is the ultimate motorcycle if you ask me. I have wanted a jet bike since I was a kid when that Battlestar Galactica… TV Movie had Starbuck and Apollo flying around on jet bikes. This jet bike doesn’t fly, but it is something special – a 1929 style Harley |
November 11th, 2011
World’s Fastest Couch Hits 101 Miles Per Hour
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Most people sit back on their couches to relax and unwind. Some plop onto their couches and watch television or play video games for hours on end, while others enjoy curling up with a good book or magazine to read for the night. And some others build engines into their… |
October 11th, 2011
Fusion-io Unveils ioDrive2 SSD Card with Insane Data Speeds
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If you are the sort that has to have whatever the fastest storage is on the market – be it in the business setting or at home, the ioDrive2 is among the fastest you will find. This is a little PCIe slot SSD that has new specifications to make a… |
October 4th, 2011
DIDO Promises Games Streamed from the Cloud with Less Latency than Local
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Now this is one cool invention for gamers. You may be familiar with the cloud game service that streamed the games to your TV or computer called OnLive. The bane of any online gamer’s existence is lag and if you have played online games you surely know what a drag… |
July 30th, 2011
LEGO Folding Farm Does Medical Research
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While it may not be the first time I’ve seen a computer made from LEGO bricks, if you are going to make one, it would be nice to know that it was being put to good use. |
July 16th, 2011
Hypermach SonicStar: Fly from New York to London in 2 Hours (Someday)
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Like many people, I was saddened to see the Concorde retired, but it looks like there will be an even faster alternative available for those with deep pockets: it’s called the Hypermach SonicStar, and it’s supposed to get you from Toronto to London in 2 hours.… |
July 6th, 2011
