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This Concept Drone Would Hunt Other Drones Using Bits Of String
Got a pesky personal UAV hovering about your home, just out of broom-swipe reach? Well, before you try to burn it out of the sky, consider a slightly less treasonous option: knocking it out of the sky with the help of an autonomous air wolf, the Rapere.
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Monster Machines: The Golden Gate Bridge Gets The Massive Median Mover It Needed
After a marathon weekend installation, the Golden Gate Bridge has finally gotten the $US30 million movable median barrier system that it so desperately needs. These are the oversized mechanical zipper pulls that will be in charge of changing lanes (quite literally) twice a day to keep traffic flowing smoothly.
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Monster Machines: The US Army’s Biggest Tug Boat Can Haul An Entire Aircraft Carrier
Parking a 173m guided missile cruiser is tougher than it sounds. So when the US Army’s largest ocean-going vessels need a helping hand squeezing into foreign ports, they call on the biggest and baddest tugboats in the armed forces: the MGen. Nathanael Greene-class large coastal tugs.
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Giz Explains: Why Your Next TV Could (And Should) Be Stuffed With Quantum Dots
It’s no secret that OLED televisions produce the best quality HDTV images on the market today. It’s also no secret that OLED sets are ludicrously, obscenely expensive compared to conventional LEDs. But what if there were a way to produce OLED-quality images at a fraction of their current price? Oh hey, there is.