Inventions: What will we think of next?

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Here’s a collection of some of the great uses of technology over the last couple of years.

Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) The Falcon HTV-2 is an unmanned, rocket-launched, maneuverable aircraft that glides through the Earth’s atmosphere at incredibly fast speeds (approximately 13,000 miles per hour). The hypersonic glider launched atop a Minotaur rocket on Aug.10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Hypersonic Test Vehicle-2 is an experiment in extremely high speed flight technologies by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. AP

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