Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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