10 Daily Things

Sometimes dogs aren't too smart. Jolly here is on an escalator and thinks he's walking…
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A high-pitched alarm which cannot be heard by adults has been hijacked by schoolchildren to create ringtones so they can get away with using phones in class.
Techno-savvy pupils have adapted the Mosquito alarm, used to drive teenage gangs away from shopping centres. The alarm, which has been praised by police, is highly effective because its [...]

Airtrax omni-directional technology allows this Sidewinder Lift Truck to move forward, diagonally, laterally, in any direction at all. The wheel system can rotate 360 degrees in its own footprint or go sideways without turning at all. The navigational options are virtually limitless. Applications are staggering: from power chairs for the disabled to military vehicles to [...]

These are the unavoidable laws of the natural universe…
1. Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease your nose will begin to itch or you'll have to pee.
2. Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
3. Law of probability: The probability of being [...]