Video: Flight testing the Seabreacher X – the 300 horsepower bionic shark

Video: Flight testing the Seabreacher X – the 300 horsepower bionic shark: "The Seabreacher X is biomimicry at its finest. It takes the shape of man's most feared predator, gives it more horsepower than a MotoGP bike, and makes it so light that it has the power-to-weight ratio of a Bugatti Veyron – that's the Seabreacher X. Its semi-pressurized hull enables it to tickle your adrenalin glands both above and below the waves, and it rates as the most outrageous boy's toy I have ever sampled."

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Icona's magma-laden Vulcano hybrid sets Shanghai on fire

Icona's magma-laden Vulcano hybrid sets Shanghai on fire: "After weeks of teasing by boutique Chinese/Italian auto designer Icona, the high performance, hyper-red Vulcano hybrid has finally been unveiled (in front of a snack bar) at the Shanghai Auto Show. Based on initial images and performance specs, the one-off GT seems to live up to its magma-inspired moniker."

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Nitecore "Tiny Monster" flashlight belts out 3,500 lumens

Nitecore "Tiny Monster" flashlight belts out 3,500 lumens: "When it comes to electronic gadgets, consumers like to see more power packed into a smaller device. With that in mind, all the flashlight geeks out there should be fans of Nitecore’s new Tiny Monster TM26 – it’s billed as the world’s smallest 3,500-lumen flashlight."

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Porsche ups the ante with new Panamera S E-Hybrid

Porsche ups the ante with new Panamera S E-Hybrid: "Making its debut at the Shanghai Auto Show, Porsche's new Panamera S E-Hybrid stood front and center, metaphorically at least, among its Panamera siblings: a now nine-strong lineup, refreshed for 2014. The Panamera S E-Hybrid differentiates itself from its predecessor, the plain 'ol Panamera S Hybrid, with a much-improved battery and electric motor. Performance-wise, the S E-Hybrid is no slouch, hitting 60 mph (97 km/h) from a standstill in 5.2 seconds, and nudging 167 mph (269 km/h) at top speed."

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Successful first launch of Antares rocket

Successful first launch of Antares rocket: "Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket lifted off Sunday at 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 GMT) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA”s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch was the first from the pad at Wallops and also the first flight of Antares, which carried a "mass simulated payload" equivalent to the mass of a spacecraft into Earth orbit."

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Nissan Terra SUV - CNET Reviews

Nissan Terra SUV - CNET Reviews: "Nissan's Terra SUV appeared at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, and was easily the most interesting -- and least likely to ever enter production -- of the concept cars unveiled during the auto shows this season. Nissan said the Terra SUV, following a compact crossover style, would use motors to drive its wheels, getting electricity from a fuel cell stack."

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Photoshop update to let people fix photo blur | Crave - CNET

Photoshop update to let people fix photo blur | Crave - CNET: "Adobe Systems is building technology into Photoshop to take the blur out of photos.
The company demonstrated the upcoming Photoshop deblurring filter in a video today to promote its upcoming Adobe Max conference in May, where the company no doubt will announce the feature and others."

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TomTom unveils multi-sport GPS fitness watches

TomTom unveils multi-sport GPS fitness watches: "TomTom is a name that sometimes gets lost in the GPS market amidst the Garmins and Magellans. The company is hoping that it will stand out against those names in a new segment of the market: fitness watches. Its new range of GPS-powered fitness monitors is designed to provide a sleeker look and fit while giving athletes all the information they need to perfect their training."

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AKA-DM1 – a Sony Action Cam harness for your dog

AKA-DM1 – a Sony Action Cam harness for your dog: "With integrated Wi-Fi, various slo-mo modes and a waterproof casing, the Sony Action Cam is a worthy opponent to the GoPro. What's clearly lacking, however, is a harness allowing owners to mount the Action Cam to their dogs. Until now."

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Lamborghini's Aventador LP 720-4 50° Anniversario Edition

Lamborghini's Aventador LP 720-4 50° Anniversario Edition: "As part of Lamborghini’s 50th Anniversary celebrations the company has set aside some special editions for a select few. First off came the outrageous, fire spitting Veneno. Given only three Venenos were made at US$4 million a piece, your disappointment in not acquiring one is understandable."

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Glock 17 Explosive Ammo! - YouTube

Glock 17 Explosive Ammo! - YouTube: ""

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Vacuum Cannon drives ping pong ball at supersonic speed

Vacuum Cannon drives ping pong ball at supersonic speed: "Here I will describe a cannon that can drive ping pong balls fast enough to go through plywood and aluminum cans. This "vacuum cannon" has been demonstrated in college physics classes, since it involves many basic physics concepts such as Newton's laws of motion, air pressure, and particle dynamics. There are some great videos online of these college class demonstrations, but details of construction are a bit sketchy. Some sources claim achieving a ping pong ball speed well over the speed of sound (340 m/s, or 760 mph), but others perform a mathematical analysis that indicates a limiting speed of about 280 m/s ( 625 mph). I made a ballistic pendulum and conducted many speed measurement tests, my average speed was 378 m/s (845 mph). So I am going to claim supersonic speed, and admit there is some controversy."

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Norwegian soda company sets world's largest message in a bottle adrift

Norwegian soda company sets world's largest message in a bottle adrift: "Sending messages in bottles has been around since at least the Ancient Greeks, but it's doubtful that anyone back then sent out a bottle quite like this. As part of a promotional campaign, Solo, a soft drink company based in Norway, recently built an 8-meter (26-foot) tall replica soda bottle outfitted with solar panels, a camera, and tracking technology and set it adrift in the ocean."

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And the world's fastest car is ... the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (again)

And the world's fastest car is ... the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (again): "After having its world record for fastest production car thrown into question by a competitor and put under review by Guinness, Bugatti is back on top. Its record set back in 2010 is official all over again after a reconfirmation by Guinness."

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Tardigrades toughest creature alive

Tardigrades toughest creature alive: "The toughest creature on earth is likely one that you have never heard of, it’s called a Tardigrade, also commonly referred to as a water bear, or moss piglet. This creature is about .039 of an inch long full when full grown, it's small but tough. Tardigrades live in freshwater or saltwater, and in most other damp areas. You can in fact find them in almost any damp mossy area. "

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What is the Highest Point on Earth?

What is the Highest Point on Earth?: "If you ask people what is the highest point on Earth, the answer from most would be Mount Everest. Depending on how you measure the highest point, Everest is not right if you measure from the center of the Earth, and not from sea level."

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Things about people

Things about people: "There are many things you do in life that you rarely think about because you do them often, so often that you don't even realize how often you do them. The average number of times you do certain things, and use certain things in a lifetime is amazing. Some of the things are weird, some of them are unbelievable, some of them are bizarre, all of them are interesting."

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“Rapid Deployment Module” shelter assembles in 25 minutes, no tools required

“Rapid Deployment Module” shelter assembles in 25 minutes, no tools required: "Massachusetts company Visible Good has developed a new emergency shelter design that could prove useful during a humanitarian crisis. Dubbed “Rapid Deployment Module” (RDM), the shelter is portable, reusable, and can be assembled in around 25 minutes by just two people, no tools required."

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New Citation X rolls out of the hangar to claim world's fastest business jet crown

New Citation X rolls out of the hangar to claim world's fastest business jet crown: "Cessna began development of the Citation X in 1990 and after its introduction in 1996, it quickly set numerous speed records to claim the title of the fastest operational business jet in the world. With the Gulfstream G650 receiving its type certificate from the FAA in September 2012, Cessna lost that crown, but is set to reclaim it with the first production “new Citation X” rolling out the hangar door this week."

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