A small airplane can fly backwards.
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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 life boat was patented in 1845!
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
7
There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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