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Google takes you inside Anne Frank’s childhood home with Street View
June 12th is the 90th birthday of Anne Frank, and to mark the occasion, Google is letting you step inside the childhood home of the diarist. A virtual exhibit in the Arts & Culture app and website takes you inside Merwedeplein 37-2 in Amsterdam....
The military’s quest for autonomous drones could also yield sky taxis
Self driving cars are only the beginning. Within a couple decades, most anything with wheels, wings, or rotors will be able to operate, not just on its own, but in concert with hundreds or thousands of similarly self-guided vehicles around it. This w...
70 Years of Liberation for Dachau Survivors, Angela Merkel Delivers Speech
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reminded audience that Germans must never forget the horrors of the concentrations camps and the atrocities committed within national borders.May 3 marks the 70-year...
Rosie the Riveter: WWII Plant to Face an End
Everybody’s heard about the metaphor for female emancipation in the form of Rosie the Riveter. The manufacturing plant in Michigan, where these brave women worked day and night to help the Allied...
Shark Warplane Ceiling Fan, Stay on Target
Who needs a plain old ceiling fan when you can have this WWII fighter plane nose on your ceiling, complete with propeller? I hope the pilot isn’t an Ace, otherwise you are toast.
It isn’t a real warplane nose and propeller, but is instead a fun recreation that is perfect for your mancave or for any kid’s bedroom. It is painted just like the P-40 fighter jets were when used during WWII. The triple “warplane” blades operate on a reversible three-speed 153-by-12mm motor for optimal air movement, but this thing will never leave the ceiling and start chasing you.
The unit also includes an integrated light kit, with a single 60-watt candelabra bulb that casts a warm, ambient glow. Fans of aviation will love it. It sells for about $261(USD) over on Amazon.
[via Geeks Are Sexy]
WW2 Supermarine Spitfire Made From 6,500 Egg Cartons
The Supermarine Spitfire, the iconic fighter airplane of British Royal Air Force during World War II, attracts once again public attention, this time in the form of a replica built with 6,500 egg cartons.
Weapons may not represent the best things to build humanitarian campaigns around, fighter airplanes even less so. ...
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