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Sep 28

TED Talk Solar Powered Plane And Other Wonders

Paul MacCready who recently died, talks about his life, his inventions, and the flexible solar plane he built with NASA. This is the same guy who built the human powered planes. Thats right, planes powered by bicycle. What a cool guy.

• Posted in : Environment, Renewable Energy, Videos, gadgets
• Author :The Naib

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