Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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