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The Rhino Runner from Labock Techonologies is hand made built from the chasis up. It is used in Iraq between the secure Green Zone in Baghdad and Baghdad International Airport. It provides protection against armor piercing bullets and bomb blasts. One account of the bus’s toughness was an incident on November 27, 2004 where […]

World’s Biggest Hole In Russia

The world’s biggest hole is located in Russia. It is actually a diamond mine in Eastern Siberia near the town of  Mirny at 525 metres deep and a diameter of 1.25 km.

The suction from the hole resulted in several helicopter crashes and therefore flight above the hole is now prohibited.

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ULTra - Driverless Automatic Taxi

ULTra(Urban Light Transport), a mass-transit system will be using driverless automatic taxi to send up to 4 passengers running on tracks which are accessible through a series of stations. It is powered by a battery pack providing an average 2KW of motive power. It will go into operation within a year in the city of […]

Nice Collective Grey Gravel Jacket

For $294.00, with sizes to choose from M, X and XL, here is a great looking gravel jacket for outdoor wearing. Definitely one to put in the wardrobe of the fashion minded. Lots of pocket space in the front with a distinctive stylish collar.

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The 502 Km/hr Maglev Shinkansen (Bullet Train)

Here’s a video of the Maglev Shinkansen in action. The video shows from the start where the passengers goes in the train and they sit in gasp at the speed meter which slowly increases. Maglev trains propels via electromagnetic energy and could reach velocities comparable to a jet aircraft(500-580km/h).

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World’s Most Dangerous Road

The North Yungas Road in Bolivia is legendary of its extreme danger killing about 100 travellers annually. The road descends from 12,000 ft(3600 m) to 1000 ft(330m) transitioning from a cool altiplano terrain to rain forest. Link and 4 more pics after the jump.

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Checker Shadow Illusion

This is an optical illusion by Edward H. Adelson who is a professor of Vision Science at MIT. The above picture shows that the squares marked A and B are of the same gray shade. Don’t believe what your eyes are telling u?

Here is the answer to cast off your doubt.

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Knievel’s Wild Ride

Knievel’s Wild Ride
This is a daredevil flash game in 3D. Its really fun and the graphics is superb. Lots of challenges for replayability.
Description
You control the motorcycle through a series of daredevil jumps. By executing trick manuevers during the approach and jump portions you can earn more points.
 

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