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NASA has taken the wraps off three concept designs for quiet, energy efficient aircraft that could potentially be ready to fly as soon as 2025. The designs come from Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and The Boeing Company. In the final months of 2010, each of these companies won a contract from NASA to research and test their concepts during 2011.Link to Original Source
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Dear readers, all of you might know very well how to make an omelette of the egg, but do you how to make omelette inside the egg shell? If no, read this post, you will definately able to make an omelette inside the eggshell.
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Google unveiled its first Chrome OS laptop, the “Cr-48”, which will initially be distributed to a limited number of users through its Chrome OS pilot program.
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A giant dust ball that cleans dust balls? The idea is too weird and too good. I’m sold. The motor inside doubles as the dust bin and drives the unit by rotating on 2 axes to generate enough force to move. When full, it automatically returns to its starting point and glows.
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The right pair of underpants will keep you comfortable — and maybe even save your life.
A British manufacturer has unveiled bombproof boxer shorts that it claims can save the lives of soldiers in Afghanistan by protecting their vital organs from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
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Some of these look like illustrations done by adolescent sci-fi/anime nerds. Totally unreal. A selection from National Geographic's best space pictures of 2010:
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Japan is pioneering robot technology to help make everyday life easier for people with disabilities. Pioneering inventions include a robot guide for the blind, and robotic legs which can help disabled people stand up and walk.
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In an effort to reduce his living expenditures in a city like Beijing, Daihai Fei, a 24-year-old Chinese student, has started living in a house that he crafted on a bamboo frame covered with various insulating materials topped with a layer of stitched bag. The bags are filled with sawdust and grass seeds, which the creator waters to enhance grass growth.