Science invention
Sundial.
Due to coincidence, ancient people remarked that the shadow of a tree was amputated when the sun moved in the sky. Similarly, when plugging a vertical stick on the groun…
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Successfully tested the gas dump truck
After nearly two years of research and design manufacturing, on January 10, engineer Le Minh Hai and his colleagues at Dong Minh Gas Service Company (Vung Tau City) have…
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Water clock.
When using a fund, people encounter many inconveniences such as a fund that cannot tell time on rainy days or at night. So the Egyptians thought of water clocks (clepsyd…
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Hourglass and candles just hours.
In addition to the two types of sundial clocks and water meters, there are also hourglass (sablier) used for short periods of time. Origin from Egypt, this type of watch…
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Spring clocks.
From the type of water meter, people seek to invent another device that measures time. The first person to do a watch was a mechanical monk Gerbert, an astronomer. This…
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Sound weapons
The ever-present sound weapon is still considered a non-lethal type, but it will only be a matter of time if Western ambitious projects succeed ...
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Invisibility will become reality
In 2003, Japan succeeded in creating high-tech clothing that could make people invisible to others. However, it is only a part of the body that is made by high-tech devi…
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Effective weapons against pirates
LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) is a machine that makes horrible howls. It weighs about 20kg and looks like a satellite antenna pan. When directed at the target it emi…
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The invention came from randomness
There have been many scientific inventions stemming from mistakes and absentmindedness, like Achimedes' law and many breakthrough inventions in human history that have b…
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Ignobel tournaments related to dogs
The 2002 IgNoel peace prize was awarded to a product that recorded and
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Corner Shot - gun shot around the corner
Corner Shot is a new weapon system designed for combat in urban areas, which allows users to observe and engage opponents without having to reveal any part of the body.
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The inventions should have turned the world upside down but they have lost their lives.
In fact, there have been many brilliant inventions that, for some reason or another, are never made public.
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The strange inventions of Japanese people
Not only are they able to invent things that have changed people's lives, they have created quite odd things that even look stupid with the common name Chindogu.
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Little known things about the Nobel Prize
The final Nobel Prize in 2005 belonged to the field of literature awarded to the poet author - British writer Harold Pinter. But we know little about the secrets of the…