9 Incredible Aerial Pics Of London, Seen From A Police Helicopter

9 Incredible Aerial Pics Of London, Seen From A Police Helicopter

London looks cool from street-level. London looks really, really cool from a helicopter—specifically from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Air Support Unit, a fleet of three that flies around providing support to the ground-bound team below. In between felony-fighting duties, the officers manage to take some truly incredible urban shots.

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Crave Ep. 152: App lets you make music with a full symphony

App lets you make music with a full symphony, Ep. 152

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How fast can you solve a Rubik’s cube? Probably not as fast as the CubeStormer 3 Lego robot, which just set a new world record. We jam with Cadenza, an app out of Harvard that lets you play along with a full orchestra, and we get Superman’s POV using a drone, a green screen, and some really creative video. All that and more on this week’s Crave show.

Crave stories:

– Lego robot sets new Rubik’s Cube world record

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Gadget Lab Podcast: Everything’s Coming Up Wearable

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Mat and Mike are back to talk about the future of wearables and health-tracking devices. And fluids, of course.

    



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