DARPA continues push toward high-speed aircraft with new Integrated Hypersonics program

DARPA continues push toward high-speed aircraft with new Integrated Hypersonics program: "DARPA has repeatedly indicated an interest in developing hypersonic aircraft and weapons systems which are capable of Mach-20 speeds and thus able to reach any region of the planet within an hour. To this end, the agency has announced its new Integrated Hypersonics (IH) program, which draws upon previous research and aims to create a hypersonic X-plane (HX) ready for testing by 2016."

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Climblock Rotor wall offers perpetual rock climbing

Climblock Rotor wall offers perpetual rock climbing: "Indoor climbing gyms have brought the sport of rock climbing into the indoor spaces of dense, boulder-less cities, where traditional rock climbing would be impossible. The next generation of indoor climbing seems to be focused on cramming climbing equipment into even smaller spaces. The case in point is the Rotor dynamic wall from Climblock, which replaces the vertical wall with a rotating drum."

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Ultra-efficient 4,000 mph vacuum-tube trains – why aren't they being built?

Ultra-efficient 4,000 mph vacuum-tube trains – why aren't they being built?: "In the 1800s, when pneumatic tubes shot telegrams and small items all around buildings and sometimes small cities, the future of mass transit seemed clear: we'd be firing people around through these sealed tubes at high speeds."

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Cool facts about people

Cool facts 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."

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Kindle Phone? Amazon Developing Kindle Smartphone « Kindle Review – Kindle Fire Review, Kindle 4 Review

Kindle Phone? Amazon Developing Kindle Smartphone « Kindle Review – Kindle Fire Review, Kindle 4 Review: "Reports that originally surfaced last year are starting to take shape regarding Amazon’s development of a smartphone (Kindle Phone perhaps? Bonfire? Firecracker? "

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner struts its stuff at Farnborough International Airshow

Boeing 787 Dreamliner struts its stuff at Farnborough International Airshow: "Qatar Airways unveiled its brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner today at the Farnborough Airshow in the U.K. as the aircraft took to the skies for the first time in a flying display. The impressive demonstration of the plane's maneuverability was marked by steep climbs, tight banking and a "touch-and-go" landing, but perhaps the most striking feature of the 787 in flight (after an afternoon filled with the roar of jet fighters) was just how quiet it is"

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Space flights for everyone

Space flights for everyone: "Richard Branson’s Virgin airlines unveiled the vehicle that will bring to the market, space travel for average, rich, people."

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Top 10 Sweet Corn Recipes - Bean Corn Tomato Pasta Recipe

Top 10 Sweet Corn Recipes - Bean Corn Tomato Pasta Recipe: "Use fresh sweet corn kernels in this easy, fresh summer pasta dish. Feel free to add basil, chile, cilantro or other summer flavorings to suit your taste in this Bean, Corn, and Tomato Pasta."

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Jeep revisits its past with the Mighty FC concept

Jeep revisits its past with the Mighty FC concept: "Between the years 1956 and 1965, Willys (and subsequently Kaiser Jeep) built a vehicle called the Jeep Forward Control. Its cab-over design allowed it to have a full-length cargo bed, while keeping its overall length to a minimum – this made it more maneuverable than would otherwise be possible. Jeep and Mopar have now teamed up to revisit the Forward Control, in the form of the Jeep Mighty FC concept."

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Savage Rivale has an interesting way of getting a convertible's top off

Savage Rivale has an interesting way of getting a convertible's top off: "Savage Rivale is in the process of building its anomalous Roadyacht GTS, a four-door, four-seat convertible supercar. Not only is the layout of the car a bit unconventional, but the Netherlands-based company gives us a new take on the retractable hardtop."

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Tomorrow's carbon fiber could be made from plastic bags

Tomorrow's carbon fiber could be made from plastic bags: "Thanks to research currently being conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, our unwanted plastic bags may one day be recycled into carbon fiber. Not only that, but the properties of the fibers themselves could be fine-tuned, allowing different types of carbon fiber to be created for specific applications."

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World's largest paper airplane flies over desert

World's largest paper airplane flies over desert: "At a length of 45 feet (13.7 meters), a wingspan of 24 feet (7.3 m), and a weight of 800 pounds (363 kg), Arturo’s Desert Eagle is claimed to be the largest paper airplane ever made. Its design was based on that of a much smaller paper airplane, created by 12 year-old Arturo Valdenegro of Tucson, Arizona. Valdenegro was the winner of a contest held by the Pima Air & Space Museum, in which children competed to see whose airplane could fly the farthest. A team of engineers proceeded to recreate his winning plane on a grand scale, and last week managed to fly it after releasing it from a helicopter over the Arizona desert."

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