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Water Balloon at 1,000 Frames Per Second

Ever wondered how a water balloon exploding at 1,000 frames per second look like? In two words: DAMN COOL! Check it out in the video below. For more high-speed videos, check out this link.

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Jet-Powered Fire Extinguisher, aka World’s Biggest Super Soaker

What do you get when you mix a team of Hungarian engineers, an old Russian tank with its gun turrets removed, two turbines from a MiG-21 fighter jet and lots and lots of water? You get the ultimate fire extinguisher powered by fighter jet turbines! The vehicle will prove extremely useful in putting out oil-fires that would [...]

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Battery Powered By Water. Licking Is Enough To Charge It Up

Yet another amazing invention by the Japanese. Susumu Suzuki, president of Tokyo-based building material maker Total System Conductor, has created a battery that gets its power from water. The electric current from this battery is as powerful as regular alkaline batteries, yet as much as ten times cheaper to produce. The battery is even recyclable for [...]

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Recharge Cell Phones With Water!

Japan’s DoCoMo and Aquafairy have announced a recharger for cell phones that charges not with electricity but water! Called the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC), the technology is a result of combining DoCoMo’s recharger technology with Aquafairy’s thin-film power unit technology and catalyst that could produce hydrogen from water. This compact recharger is less than 1/4 [...]

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