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 American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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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 life boat was patented in 1845!
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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