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Qantas Just Sent its Last Boeing 747 into Retirement, Signalling the End of an Era for the Iconic Planes
Australia’s largest airline is officially through with the iconic Boeing 747, after sending the last one halfway around the world. At 2 pm on Wednesday Qantas sent its last one packing on its final flight from Sydney, headed to Los Angeles with a full cargo of freight. CEO Alan Joyce said the retirement marked the…
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Uber’s Latest Australian Safety Feature Wants To Prevent You Annihilating Cyclists With Your Car Door
Uber has unveiled a new safety feature in Australia to stop passengers “˜dooring’ cyclists.
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We Now Have The Technology To Build A Star Trek Shuttle
Planes that fly with no moving parts are now a reality. You might have seen them on Star Trek, gliding through space silently on ionic winds. MIT associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics Steven Barrett saw them when he was a kid. And now he’s developed the ionic wind-powered plane of his childhood dreams.
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This Smart Speaker Pays The Artists It Plays, And A Sydney Blockchain Startup Is Powering It
A crowd-funded smart speaker which hosts cryptocurrency payments? Anyone with a passing financial familiarity with both crowd-funded speakers and cryptocurrency might be excused for running a mile in the opposite direction.