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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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 blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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