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Monster Machines: This Tabletop Gadget Steers Light With A Wall Of Sound
Our collective Holodeck-Danger Room fantasies are one step closer to reality thanks to a new acousto-optic device described in the latest issue of the journal Optics Express. It can manipulate laser beams in near real time using nothing but sound waves.
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Monster Machines: Explore The Ocean Deep In A Personal Submarine
If you ever find yourself staring out at the sea, thinking, “Holy shit, I have way too much money. I should blow some of it on a personal submarine,” the Deepflight Super Falcon Mark II is here to part you from that troublesome cash.
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Monster Machines: The Stratoliner Was The First Plane To Fly Above The Storm
In the early days of commercial air travel, planes were limited to just 4267m in order to protect their passengers from the the dangers of thin, high-altitude flying. But in 1938, Boeing changed the face of commercial air travel with the model 307 Stratoliner, the first commercial aeroplane to offer a pressurised cabin.
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