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Watch That Tiny $74 1.5GHz Android-Powered Thumb-Puter In Action Many a revolutionary technology has grown beyond its original, intended use; the internet, the steam engine and the spiral-cut glazed ham, to name a few. This week’s excerpt looks at some of the more… unconventional… uses of the 18th century’s newly developed “balloon”.
Kites? Kites aren’t that cool. You know what’s cool? Kites with freaking LED lights and fireworks attached to them—that’s cool! And that’s what’s in this video: a bunch of cool kites with cool lights and fireworks galore. Enjoy.
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Any time a plane goes down, the black box recorder, once again, becomes a mythical machine whispered about in the back alleys of news broadcasts. So Wired assembled a technological rundown on the device.
You know how some jerk in a water gun fight always cheats by grabbing the hose? Well, this pilot could totally beat that guy at his own game.
Sorry Superman, but at least you still have X-ray vision. See the wonders of flight and other meaningless super powers (like 99% Opacity Man) over at the Superuseless Superpowers blog. [SS via about:blank]
The BBC commissioned a flight-sim reproduction of the last week’s near-miraculous US Airways incident. So, in case you were wondering, this is what it looks like to pilot a commercial jet onto a river.
