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Recycling Revolution: Machine That Makes Oil From Plastic

An iPad is not a revolution.. this is a revolution

This rather unassuming machine looks a little like a coffee maker, but it’s actually a device that could one day rid the planet’s landfills of countless tons of plastic. This is a plastic-to-oil converter: a small but powerful machine that takes used plastic and [...]

Robotic Arm Makes Killer Formula 1 Racing Simulator

The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics – is playing with robots and creating real-life video games. No fair!

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A group of researchers at the Max Planck Institute wanted to study the way humans perceive motion, and they figured the best way to do that would be to create a realistic F1 racing [...]

The belly of the beast

Marvel at the incredible engineering that goes into aircraft landing gear.

This is a neat video of a camera mounted facing backwards looking at the undercarriage of a large passenger airplane

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Disappearing swimming pool

A Homebuilt Russian Hummer

The vehicle in these photos depicts a rather unique vehicle. It will go anywhere and do practically anything and it is homemade. The guy who built it also has a very different idea when it came to how to warm its occupants from that nasty Russian weather. Very cool, I want to build one now [...]

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