According to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, “this watermelon was completely destroyed by a firework the size of a stick of gum.” Now, we’ve set off a lot of commercially available fireworks in our day yet we have yet to find any the size of a stick of gum that can blow up a watermelon. But now that we know something like this exists, WE WANT TO TRY IT: -- Mayor Eric Garcetti @MayorOfLA: “Fireworks are illegal in the City of Los Angeles and even small ones can cause a lot of damage. This watermelon was completely destroyed by a firework the size of a stick of gum. 🎆 This #FourthOfJuly be safe, find a professional show near you.” -- That was the mayor’s intended effect, no? He’s trying to sell watermelon-killer explosives?
Liam Dillon @dillonliam: “I feel like this incredibly awesome video may not have its intended effect of reducing interest in fireworks.” -- Marc Luber @JD_COT: “Are you trying to tease us all? That video made me want to buy fireworks!” -- Chris Owens @Chris_J_Owens: “I need to know what was used in the demonstrations… because reasons.” -- Paul Farhi @farhip: “Millions of people thinking the same thing: How can I get my hands on some of these awesome gumstick fireworks?” -- Mitchell Prothero @mitchprothero: “Are you trying to entrap me into blowing up fruit with exploding gum? Are you a narc?” -- Don’t feel guilty … everyone wants to blow up a watermelon after seeing this: -- Gabby Velasquez @not_gabriela: “I feel so guilty that my first instinct is wanting to blow up a watermelon.”
Minorities across America are waking up and leaving the liberal plantation and this dude is taking a few scalps on his way out. ANTIFA in Portland got whooped good yesterday.
SpaceX marked the end of an era this morning as the last of its old-generation Falcon 9 rockets blasted beyond orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
On board was a ball-shaped artificial intelligence robot nicknamed the 'flying brain', which is designed to fly around the International Space Station and interact with a German astronaut.
The rocket's Dragon cargo ship is also carrying an experiment to measure plant stress in space and a study of a new cancer treatment. It is expected to dock with the International Space Station next week.
The launch formally ended the reign of the Falcon 9 Block 4 rocket as SpaceX makes way for its next-generation Block 5 boosters, which the company hopes to launch and re-use up to 100 times before they need replacing.
BOEING have unveiled a new hypersonic airliner capable of flying from New York to London in two hours – and that is nearly three times faster than Concorde.
Aerospace firm Boeing have joined the race for a new Concorde as they announced development of the aircraft at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
The unnamed aircraft is theoretically capable of flying at speeds of Mach 5 – which is nearly 4,000mph.
And this is almost three times faster than the legendary supersonic Concorde, which is decommissioned in 2003.
Boeing’s new plane would be able to cruise at 95,000ft, which is also 30,000ft higher than Concorde.
It is estimated the aircraft would be able to cross the Atlantic in two hours, and the Pacific in just three.
A team from Carnegie Mellon University National Robotics Engineering Center (CMU NREC) demonstrated shape-shifting wheel-track mechanisms that transition from a round wheel to a triangular track and back again while the vehicle is on the move, for instant improvements to tactical mobility and maneuverability on diverse terrains.
Video footage shows US marines live fire during simulated assault on fixed enemy positions at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 11, 2018.
Google has designed an artificial intelligence system that it believes can predict with extreme accuracy whether patients will die within 24 hours of being admitted to the hospital.
According to the tech giant, its new algorithm is 95% accurate at predicting patient mortality, compared to 86% accuracy with traditional methods.
A team of researchers have developed a device that can make soldiers and vehicles disappear.
Called the 'stealth sheet,' it's a paper-thin device that can obscure objects from being detected by a drone's infrared cameras.
The sheet measures less than a millimeter wide, making it about as thick as 10 pieces of paper, but it can effectively make objects invisible from a drone's view.
U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct airborne jump at Aviano Air Base in preparation for airborne operation onto Juliet Drop Zone in Italy.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.
