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Impact extrusion uses extremely high force to press metal into shape.
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A KC135 tanker’s autopilot accidentally disengages while refueling an E3 Sentry. The Sentry pilot's quick reflexes prevent a collision 😮
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The Robutt by Ford is a Kuka industrial arm with a fake butt attached. It was designed by reliability engineers to simulate seat usage.
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Soap bubbles float on top of sulfur hexafluoride gas, which is denser than air.
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A ferrofluid is a liquid that becomes strongly magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field.
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Before the invention of radar, aircraft were detected by listening.
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MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes). When it’s foggy it’s focusing lasers are visible. twitter.com/archillect/sta…
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Legendary pilot Bob Hoover pours a glass of iced tea while barrel rolling an airplane.
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#tbt no GoPros: Formula One driver Jackie Stewart wears a helmet cam for the 1966 film Grand Prix.
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Very precisely cut steel using electrical discharge machining.
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Railroad bridge collapses due to fire in Lampasas County.
Amazing feats of engineering. Tweeted by @kane and root.vc.