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ShareThe X-Flex wallpaper system, which may see service in Iraq and Afghanistan, offers a new way to protect existing construction from explosions. From PopSci: X-Flex bonds so tightly, it helps walls keep their shape after blast waves. Two layers are strong enough to stop a blunt object, like a...
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A Wisconsin homeowner was left with a very damaged 640-lb fake elk and plenty of deer meat after a buck took exception to the presence of the life-like statue in its territory....
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Can a microwave oven be used to power a radio controlled helicopter? That is the question that Bang Goes The Theory’s Jem set out to answer, and answer it he did....
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It takes all of three seconds for a forklift driver to turn the contents of this Russian warehouse into an expensive game of boozy dominoes. The contents were about $250,000 worth of vodka. Both drivers that were in the warehouse at the time escaped without injury....
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The SMARTHAND is a little different to a regular inanimate prosthesis: it is connected to nerves in the arm. The hand’s owner can feel the robotic prosthesis and use it much like one would use a natural hand....
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By turning a set of stairs into a piano, a Volkswagen-sponsored group in Stockholm, Sweden tested the theory that if they could make stairs more fun then less people would use escalators....
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If you blink, you just might miss the moment that Dean Gardener, 19, and Jason Fender, 22, find themselves knocked to the ground after attacking a man dressed as a woman, who just happened to be a cage fighter out for a fancy dress party....
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A British homeowner showed remarkable patience when he encountered a rude, loud and aggressive thug on his own doorstep; until said thug decided to kick over his trashcan....
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The pilot and cabin crew of Air India flight IC-884 have been suspended pending an inquiry after the pilot, co-pilot and two flight attendants (one male and one female) became involved in a physical altercation during a flight....