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With a top speed of Mach 1.8, an impressive assortment of missile and bomb configurations, and a 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon, the F/A 18 is one of the US Navy’s deadliest pieces of equipment. It also happens to be an amazing ride from a purely aeronautical perspective. We get to see some of the high-flying acrobatics and mind-numbing maneuvers in this video from Voice of the Patriot. Navy recruiters, take note. If you have a shortage of applicants for pilots, just show them this video followed by Top Gun. Your quotas will fill up quickly. * * * Via: WordlessTech…

Nobody wants to get hacked. The very concept is terrifying to many and at the least a personal violation to most. Despite our desires, hacking happens every day. It’s quickly becoming the most widespread crime in the world as far as reach with over half a billion victims last year. Sometimes there are no ways to completely prevent getting hacked, but there are definitely ways to make it harder. This infographic from BotRevolt comes to us from Visually and breaks down some basic information about hacking. * * * “Hacking” image courtesy of Shutterstock.  …

In soccer (or football as it’s known in most of the world) is getting more hi-tech on the professional level as goal tracking technology emerges. It’s already in use elsewhere, but now will hit the big leagues in Brazil, making it worldwide. Check out the video: …

  The planet Earth has seen its share of crises, from natural disasters to full out war. But among the most frightening are the disasters of the financial sort. Back in 1994, the Tequila Crisis in Mexico brought the peso up from 4 to 7.2 to $1 in just one week, and later in the decade Thailand reached its lowest point of 56 Bahts to $1. So what happens when things like this strike? Exhange rates suffer and the value of local currency goes way down virtually shunting millions of people into poverty in a matter of hours. Even just a few years ago in 2008, Zimbabwe suffered the worst inflation crisis in…

One of the most convenient technologies of our time, ATMs have a surprisingly rich history that most would never think of while withdrawing cash or depositing checks. This infographic goes back to the humble beginnings of the ATM, which was born in New York when a man named Luther George Simjian developed the bankograph in 1962. Over the decades and across three continents, the technology continued to evolve, bringing with it innovations like the personal identification number (PIN), optical card readers and more. And the technology continues to evolve. In fact, a manufacturer in Poland released…

Should the world be scared because Iran’s new stealth fighter is impossible to see in the air? On the surface, complete invisibility might sound like a great attribute for a stealth fighter. In the case of Iran’s newest bird, the reason you will never see it in the air is because it’s likely unable to fly. It’s very similar to the story from earlier a couple of weeks ago when the Iranian press released images of their successfully recovered astromonkey that turned out to be a different monkey from the one they actually launched. This time, instead of trying to fool the world with a new monkey, they decided…

A zettabyte. Let’s put that amount of data into perspective. That’s 1024 exabytes. An exabyte is 1024 terabytes. Now it’s starting to become clear as many people have an idea of how large a terabyte is, but in case you don’t, it’s 1024 gigabytes. Now we’re talking – everyone knows that a gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 bytes. Now that we have a point of reference, take a gigabyte drive and stack 1,099,511,627,776 of them on top of each other. That’s a zettabyte, and that’s what Cisco is predicting for annual data transfers worldwide in three years. Check out this infographic to get a full scope of it all….

At the Royal London Children’s Hospital, the children who must be there are treated to amazing technology to make their stay more enjoyable. Called “Woodland Wiggle”, it is designed to encourage children to be more active while at the hospital. Check out the adorable pictures and video below. * * * Via: BitRebels…

How can you tell if your spy planes and satellites need corrective eye wear? You have them read an optometry chart, of course. The only difference is that instead of reading letters and capital E’s pointed in different directions, they have to discern the patterns scattered around the Gobi Desert and other locations. The image above found on Google Maps is one of many being discovered by people of the web since they were first spotted in 2011. Here are some of the others that have been located so far. Like a huge puzzle: They can be round as well. … or square.  …

The Model S is the great hope for many environmentally-conscious people around the world. They’re cheering for it, wishing they had one, and attacking anyone who would deny Tesla and co-founding face man Elon Musk from achieving their goals. Now, National Geographic explores the building of the Tesla “megafactory” in Fremont, CA, on the edge of Silicon Valley. Formerly a GM and Toyota plant, the long video shows the process that it takes to build the factory that can adequately and responsibly build the car of the future. “We should not play Russian roulette with the atmosphere,” Musk said. “We’ve…