DARPA, the Pentagon’s research division, just revealed a speed demon quadcopter that flies at over 70 kilometres per hour — it’s like a cheetah drone. I can’t stop watching glorious footage of this glorious cheetah drone.
The shinkansen — Japan’s bullet train that brought high-speed rail to the world in 1963 — is as symbolic for the nation as sushi and cherry blossoms. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to export it across the world. And so far, he seems to be doing just that.
It’s probably true that every generation thinks it will be the last — I mean, the Doomsday Clock has been ticking since 1947. And though I accused us millennials earlier today of being the “generation that cried apocalypse”, I fully admit there are some damn legit reasons for that cry…