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Japan Airlines thinks we will want to fly faster in the future, so it is putting its money on a supersonic airplane. That’s an airplane that flies faster than the speed of sound. There used to be supersonic airplanes. France and Britain produced the Concorde, a beautifully designed airplane with a nose that pointed down. It was fast but very expensive. It could fly over the ocean, but the noise over land was too loud. The Concorde stopped flying in 2003. Now JAL is investing in a company called Boom which will build new planes. People will again be able to fly long distances in half the time. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Apple came out with its first iPhone 10 years ago, and it changed the world of cell phones. This year, Apple has three new phones: the iPhone 8, the iPhone 8 plus, and the iPhone X (ten). The iPhone X is the most advanced and the most expensive of the three. One amazing thing about this phone is that it knows who the owner is by their face. It will unlock when you look at the screen. Apple says that it can recognize a person, no matter what the hairstyle. If that is true, then AI is better than me. I cannot recognize some of my own students after they change their hairstyles! (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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