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NASA’s Futuristic X-Plane Will be Able to Supersonic Speeds, But Without the Sonic Boom

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NASA X-Plane

NASA has teamed up with Lockheed Martin to build the X-Plane, a Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) aircraft that will be able to exceed the speed of sound, but without the sonic boom. Once completed, passengers will be able to fly from New York to Paris in just 3.5-hours. “A sonic boom happens because the air doesn’t know the airplane is coming,” said Peter Coen, manager for the Commercial Supersonic Technology Project in NASA’s aeronautics mission directorate. The agency expects the first delivery by the end of 2021. Click here for the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for the five most popular viral videos today, including one of 6 drink chiller gadgets being put to the test.

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Tweezers of Legend is Not a Toy Sword, Just the Coolest-Looking Tweezers Yet

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Tweezers of Legend

Multi-tools are great for your everyday carry, but let’s face it, most are not aesthetically pleasing. “Tweezers of Legend” aims to break that tradition with a sword-shaped design that looks to be straight from a cartoon. They were originally made of stainless steel, but the company now offers it in titanium, as well as in a slew of new designs, like miniature lances and staves. How are they made? Wire electric discharge machining. “In this way wire electric discharge machining can cut metal vertically with high precision. This is the feature that is necessary to increase the accuracy of tweezers. The tip of the tweezers works by matching two flat faces. If there is only a slight distortion on that side, a gap will be formed and you will not be able to grab the thin hair. Tweezers of Legend made with wire electric discharge machining has high precision so that you can grasp the fibers of tissue paper,” said a company representative. Continue reading for more pictures and information.

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Photographer Captures Stunning Image of 65ft Lava Dome Spewing from a Volcano

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Lava Dome Volcano

Photo credit: J.B. Judd/USGS via Peta Pixel

Volcanic eruption may be common, but it’s not everyday that you see a 65-foot tall bubble spewing from one. A United States Geological Survey photographer captured this stunning photo between October 10 and 13 in 1969 during the eruption of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. It’s officially called a “dome fountain,” with symmetrical formations like this one being extremely rare. Continue reading to see how large an adult human would look standing in front of this, along with a bonus video.

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Forget Posters, the Scribit Robot Can Print or Draw Directly on Your Wall

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Scribit Wall Robot

Forget posters, the Scribit, an innovative printer robot, can print directly on walls, whiteboards, pieces of glass, or plastered drywall. Simply hang it from the corner, and the robot will automatically track coordinates and create works of art (or just text) using CMYK markers. If placed on a whiteboard, the markers’ ink can also be erased and replaced with new ones, making them ideal for menus, advertisements, etc. Continue reading for more pictures, another video and additional information.

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Kira Camera Robot Might be the Best Tool For Capturing Breathtaking Shots

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Kira Camera Robot

Sometimes, even the best cinematographers / photographers with great equipment aren’t able to perfectly shoot an extreme sports scene or crazy commercial, and that’s where “Kira” comes in. This all-metal device features two fully-articulating axes, capable of extending up to 9-feet tall. It can move up to 9-feet per second in any direction, all the while carrying a 40-pound camera securely. Continue reading for another video and more information.

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This Isn’t a Prop from an Upcoming Sci-Fi Movie, Just the World’s First 3D-Printed Stainless Steel Bridge

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3D-Printed Steel Bridge

Photo credit: Joris Laarman Lab

This isn’t a prop from an upcoming science fiction movie, just the world’s first 3D-printed stainless steel bridge by Dutch company MX3D. What made it all possible? Well, it took the company four robots, almost 10,000-pounds of stainless steel, 684-miles of wire, and 6-months of printing. It was designed by Joris Laarman Lab, and measures approximately 41 feet by 20 feet, fabricated from a new kind of steel, as 3D-printing created a ribbed surface since robots added layers upon layers. The bridge will be installed over the Oudezijds Achterburgwal canal in Amsterdam some time in 2019. Click here for the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for the five most popular viral videos today, including one of sculptures that disappear into thin air.

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Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 (Mi Mix 2S) Has Notch-less OLED Display, Could Give iPhone X Competition

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Xiaomi Mi Mix 3

Whether it be called the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 or Mi Mix 2S, this smartphone will be an upgrade to its predecessor, complete with an AI-enhanced camera, improved performance, wireless charging and more. In addition to its noch-less 6.2″ OLED display with an in-display fingerprint reader, the device will feature a 2.8-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chip, 6GB of RAM, up to 256GB of storage, and a vertical rear dual camera. Continue reading for more pictures, another video and additional information.

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NTT DoCoMo’s 5G Humanoid Robot and 15 More Interesting Photos

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5G Humanoid Robot

Photo credit: China Daily

NTT DoCoMo unveiled at 5G humanoid robot that uses 5G to mirror the operator’s movements in real-time and perform tasks remotely at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain. This bot mimics the moment of a human operator using a 5G network carrying signals from sensors all over the operator’s body. The creators hope that some day it a fleet can be used to carry out work that is too dangerous for humans. continue reading for more interesting photos from around the web.

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