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VanderWolf Images/Shutterstock The United States military employs a lot of helicopters across its branches, with the Army helicopter fleet being the largest. While the Army is happy to zoom about in UH-60 Black Hawks or CH-47 Chinooks, the Marine Corps requires different types of choppers. Since 1966, Sikorsky’s CH-53 series of helicopters has dominated the […]

Cummins has been around for more than a century, providing diesel, natural gas, and alternative fuel engines for a variety of applications. Many are probably familiar with the company’s work under the hood of commercial semi-trucks as well as the Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy-Duty diesel pickups. In fact, 1990s Ram trucks came equipped with the Cummins

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. ABC While many are aware of the benefit of smart locks for homes, few think of keys as a high-end tech product. But as a tool we use in our day-to-day lives that’s remained practically unchanged for centuries now, it’s safe to say that the

Fingerhut/Shutterstock The United States has certainly developed a reputation as a big military spender. The world’s biggest, in fact, with Statista noting that the total U.S. military expenditure in 2023 was $916 billion (China came second with $296 billion).  It would be reasonable to expect some proportionally large hardware to result from that enormous expenditure. 

olrat/Shutterstock IKEA started out as a mail-order business in 1943 out of a small rural town in Sweden. Today, it’s the world’s largest home-furnishing retailer that sells everything from furniture you have to put together yourself to kitchen appliances to office supplies. And yes, as of 2012, IKEA entered the smart gadget market with a collection

On December 3, 2017, the 13th episode of the ninth season of «Shark Tank» premiered on ABC, with 3,695,000 viewers watching live or later that night. The third of four pitches that week saw inventor Logan Riley pitching the panel of investors on Rokblok, his Bluetooth-enabled, turntable-less vinyl record player. Armed with numbers from a

Daria Gromova/Shutterstock Apple’s Mac line of computers has long been wildly successful, but if there’s one area where they never quite caught on, it’s gaming. Pinning down why gaming on Macs never exploded is not an exact science, but the relative lack of the upgradeability that PC gamers crave is likely a huge factor. And even

Elena Uve/Shutterstock In the age of the Internet, making and receiving payments has become an incredibly user-friendly endeavor. Though visiting a physical bank or ATM is necessary in many cases, moving money around can happen in an instant through computers and smart phones. While this has led to scams through apps like Cash App, Paypal,

The U.S. Navy has employed a variety of rocket delivery ships for decades now, so it’s not unusual for a missile frigate, Ohio-class nuclear submarine, or other ship to fire off destructive Tomahawk Cruise Missiles or any of the U.S.’ plethora of rocket munitions. But back during WWII, rocketry was just getting off the ground

Bob Riha Jr/Getty Images Aficionados of 80s action movies no doubt remember the 1983 classic, «Blue Thunder.» It tells the story of a pair of Los Angeles police officers who are chosen to test out a new military-grade helicopter, the titular Blue Thunder, only to find themselves embroiled in a top-secret government conspiracy. It’s a

With an estimated 9.4 billion passengers likely to take to the skies by the end of 2024, there is no denying the fact that taking a flight to reach your destination of choice is among the most typical things we do in our lives. Over the last century, rapid improvements in aviation technology and the