From swords into plowshares; from external fuel tanks into speedboats. USAF fighter jets jettisoned thousands of external fuel tanks over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, and a significant number have been re-purposed into some of the sleekest speedboats ever to bomb down a river!
The good news is, Frito-Lay Japan’s Doritos Gourmet Bacon & Mustard tortilla chips hit store shelves on April 21st. The bad news is they’re only available in Japan or in your wildest dreams.
Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has perfected the manufacture and distribution of steel railroad rails 150 meters (492 ft) long. Casting rails well over a football field in length is one thing; shipping them to distant customers is another but NSSMC has got that angle covered too.
Shutter the door and make it snappy! This curious camera-shaped public toilet in Chongqing, China perfectly fits the computer and electronics focused vibe of the neighborhood. Bonus: there’s no better place to butt-dial a selfie.
Developed to aid the brave men and women of our fire department, the C-Thru Smoke Diving Helmet harnesses a vast array of technologies to help aid rescuers when combating a blaze — including augmented reality, noise cancellation, improved communications, and a thermal-optic camera.
The idea of closing surgical incisions without a needle and thread is a revolutionary concept. Out of Israel comes the brainchild for a brilliant innovation that utilizes cold plasma technology to close surgical wounds. Read on and…be amazed.
The critically acclaimed 1996 dark comedy film Fargo, written and directed by The Coen Brothers is coming
to the small screen. That’s right, the hilarious yodeling accent made
famous by actress Frances McDorman in the classic flick also featuring
Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy has cast equal star power for a TV
version about to kick-off on the FX network this week. But that’s not
the only reason Fargo’s in the news these days. . .
Imagine scientists shooting solar panels in to space – enough to span 9
football fields – for the sole purpose of being assembled by robots, in
order to construct an object capable of capturing solar power. Then,
having the harnessed energy being beamed back to Earth through the use
of radio waves – allowing a vehicle fitted with a solar receiver to
capture enough energy to move about on land. The U.S. Navy is hoping to introduce such a device, and it may just cure our energy woes.
Is there a way to tell if food has gone bad without experiencing that unpleasant attack on the nostrils by opening the container? Read all about the innovative Chinese research team that devised a smart tag to eliminate all that and possibly revolutionize the food and beverage industry.
Doormats get a bad rap. They take all the dirt we can wipe off on them,
withstand tremendous weight, let our dogs urinate on them. And when
doormats get very dirty or very old, their owners don’t even bother to
clean them; they throw them away and lay new ones out. But a South
Carolinian inventor, Andrew Clark, has created a doormat you won’t want
to throw away… because it’s very very smart.
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