All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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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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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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