Watch This Deck Turn Into A Pool | Incredible Things

Watch This Deck Turn Into A Pool | Incredible Things: "and then back into a deck! And then into a pool again. I just keep pushing the button. This is a slick, wooden deck by Agor that lowers, revealing a swimming pool. How does it work? Magic. Just kidding, it’s a water-based hydraulic system."



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Make it so: VTT and Rolls-Royce imagine the ship's bridge of 2025

Make it so: VTT and Rolls-Royce imagine the ship's bridge of 2025: "Horatio Hornblower meets Jean-Luc Picard on the ship’s bridge of 2025 as Finnish applied research organization VTT and Rolls-Royce present their vision of seafaring ten years from now. Presented in 3D animation videos that projects current technology to the near future, the study shows a world where ship captains call on heads-up displays and high-tech workstations turn the bridge into an augmented reality command and control system."



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Arash debuts the 550-hp AF8

Arash debuts the 550-hp AF8: "Thanks to the Geneva Motor Show, "supercars," including the Koenigsegg One:1 and Pagani Zonda Revolucion, have been a major focus of automotive news this month. But one supercar that debuted just prior to the show and didn't make an appearance in Geneva is the Arash AF8 – a light, lithe British exotic sports car with a big 7.0-liter engine."



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See Awesome Behind-the-Scenes Video of a Marine Corps Fly-By Photo Shoot | Video | TheBlaze.com

See Awesome Behind-the-Scenes Video of a Marine Corps Fly-By Photo Shoot | Video | TheBlaze.com: "The Marine Corps Silent Drill team showcases the precision and professionalism of the Corps, but they don’t typically perform on runways with planes flying just a few feet overhead.

This video shows the behind-the-scenes footage from a marketing photo shoot March 4, with the Marines’ showcase unit and Blue Angels, Marine Corps’ C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as “Fat Albert."



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18 things about Arnold Palmer

18 things about Arnold Palmer: "Nobody knows the PGA TOUR pros better than their wives. PGATOUR.COM has asked several TOUR wives to provide 18 things we should know about their husbands. This installment was written by Kit Palmer, wife of World Golf Hall of Famer Arnold Palmer."



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Phenomenally Long Proximity Wingsuit Flights in the Swiss Alps | HeliBASE 74, Ep. 3 - YouTube

Phenomenally Long Proximity Wingsuit Flights in the Swiss Alps | HeliBASE 74, Ep. 3 - YouTube: ""



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Audi Online traffic light system helps drivers hit the green lights

Audi Online traffic light system helps drivers hit the green lights: "One of life's small but satisfying pleasures is hitting the sweet spot while driving across town and catching all the green lights. At the moment, having that happen is a matter of luck, but Audi is developing a system that will make never getting caught by a red light an everyday thing as a way of speeding up traffic while improving fuel efficiency and cutting emissions"



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Gallium nitride transistors promise brighter future for LEDs

Gallium nitride transistors promise brighter future for LEDs: "New advances in transistor technology could make the light-emitting diode (LED) the commercial light source of the future.

Although known for long life and low energy consumption, the LED uses a DC power supply, or driver, to overcome its sensitivity to current fluctuations, and it’s the high-frequency, high-speed switching transistors in this driver that’s made the LED so costly for use in large-scale commercial applications dominated by fluorescent and incandescent lighting."



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Wireless electricity? It's here - CNN.com

Wireless electricity? It's here - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- Katie Hall was shocked the second she saw it: a light-bulb glowing in the middle of a room with no wires attached.
Looking back, it was a crude experiment, she remembers: a tiny room filled with gigantic copper refrigerator coils -- the kind you'd see if you cracked open the back of your freezer."



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Prepare to Smile: You'd Never Guess This is The #1 Source of Happiness - The Daily Positive

Prepare to Smile: You'd Never Guess This is The #1 Source of Happiness - The Daily Positive: " would have never imagined such a simple action could solve what we all work so hard to find? You will catch the layout in the first 30 seconds, but keep watching, I promise it’s worth your time. An incredible moment (I teared up) at 4:25, and the proof that happiness is far easier to achieve than we all imagined at 6:25."



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Flashback Friday: Farts: an underappreciated threat to astronauts. - Seriously, Science? | DiscoverMagazine.com

Flashback Friday: Farts: an underappreciated threat to astronauts. - Seriously, Science? | DiscoverMagazine.com: "On Earth, farts are typically no big deal — smelly, harmless, and they quickly dissipate. But if you’re an astronaut, every fart is a ticking time bomb. The gases in farts are flammable, which can quickly become a problem in a tiny pressurized capsule in the middle of space where your fart gases have no where to go"



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Speed-Riding Down The Eiger - YouTube

Speed-Riding Down The Eiger - YouTube: ""



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Barn Storming with Jeb Corliss - YouTube

Barn Storming with Jeb Corliss - YouTube: ""



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Eating food off the floor may be OK, scientist says | Technically Incorrect - CNET News

Eating food off the floor may be OK, scientist says | Technically Incorrect - CNET News: "A microbiologist experiments with dropping food on various surfaces to see how much bacteria they pick up. Carpet is, apparently, not bad at all. And the five-second rule might be just right."



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Five Brain Fitness Tips

Five Brain Fitness Tips: "Imperial, California (NAPSI) - Here’s an idea to think about: To stay mentally sharp, sustained effort is key. It takes work to keep a complicated organ such as your brain in optimum condition.

Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be complicated. You can follow these five simple steps to keep your mind bright:"



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Pace of health exchange enrollment slows in February, figures show - The Washington Post

Pace of health exchange enrollment slows in February, figures show - The Washington Post: "The pace at which Americans signed up for health plans slowed last month in the fledgling federal and state insurance marketplaces, according to new government figures showing that slightly fewer than 1 million people enrolled in February."



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World's first 3D acoustic cloaking device created

World's first 3D acoustic cloaking device created: "Metamaterials are already being used to create invisibility cloaks and "temporal cloaks," but now engineers from Duke University have turned metamaterials to the task of creating a 3D acoustic cloak. In the same way that invisibility cloaks use metamaterials to reroute light around an object, the acoustic cloaking device interacts with sound waves to make it appear as if the device and anything hidden beneath it isn't there."



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Alfa Romeo previews 4C Spider, production slated for 2015

Alfa Romeo previews 4C Spider, production slated for 2015: "Ever since we first laid eyes on the Alfa Romeo 4C, we've been thinking that the top just needs to come down. The ultralight two-seater looks made to drive with the air rushing through your hair, and a convertible version is finally on the way. Alfa Romeo revealed the 4C Spider last week at the Geneva Motor Show."



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New toys for land and sea in 2014

New toys for land and sea in 2014: "In January, Gizmag traveled around Germany to the Boot Dusseldorf and ISPO Munich shows to take a look at the latest in everything from monolithic yachts to tiny sports sensors. We've already covered many of our finds, but both shows were so filled with new gear and innovation, we've combined some of the remaining ones into one big gallery. Here is some of the latest, most interesting hardware for enjoying water and land."



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