A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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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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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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