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A Delta 767 was taxing across Boston's Logan airport tonight when it made a connection with a Delta regional jet. The force of the crash was so strong the Boeing left a winglet wrapped up in the poor little jet's tail. More »
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Toyota is putting its sex toy-like Winglet personal transportation device into production, with limited sales beginning this year. For just $3,500 you can look as ridiculous as a Segway owner. More »
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Toyota announced today a trio of new "Toyota Partner Robots" designed as a new method of personal transport assistance (Click here to see a gallery of the three). They're each called the "Winglet" and the smallest of the three consists of a body a little bigger than an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper that houses an electric motor, two wheels and internal sensors that constantly monitor the user's position and make adjustments in power to ensure stability. Meanwhile, a unique parallel link mechanism allows the rider to go forward, backward and turn simply by shifting body weight. Sound familiar to you? It should. More »
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