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OCANA, Spain (AFP) – US aircraft maker Boeing flew a plane that was powered by a hydrogen battery at the start of 2008 for the first time in aviation history, senior company officials said in Spain on Thursday.

“For the first time in the history of aviation, Boeing has flown a manned air plane that was powered by a hydrogen battery,” Boeing chief technology officer John Tracy told a news conference at the firm’s research centre in the central Spanish town of Ocana.

The plane, which used propellers, flew at a speed of 100 kilometres (62 miles) an hour for about 20 minutes at an altitude of about 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) using only the hydrogen battery for power, Boeing said in a statement.

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The Google employees that make our favourite cool Google services often go unrecognised. But that’s not the case with Google Street Views. In a rare Google display of self-acclaim. the Google Street View team posed in the back of the company’s Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California in–you guessed it–a Google Street View.

Once again a great post by Oddee. This time finding a selection of amazing buildings designed by talented (and very creative) architects. Click the photo below to view the full article.

Source: Oddee – World’s Most Creative Buildings

How can anyone be this stupid?