Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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