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Remember the Swiss “Fusion Man” Yves Rossy who attempted to cross the English channel in his jet powered wing suit? Well, he made it. Rossy is the first person to ever fly between France and England with a jetpack strapped to his back.  This historic flight took only 10 minutes as the “Fusion Man” flew at speeds of up to 120 MPH.

It took him at least five years to develop the jet-propelled device, which seems to have paid off in the long run, forever marking him in the history books of aviation. Congratulations to Mr. Rossy for his successful venture.

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Swiss “Fusion Man” Yves Rossy who debuted his jet powered wing suit back in May wants to fly across the English channel from Callais to Dover. Rossy is confident that his wing can make the journey. Last week he took a 22 mile test flight in Switzerland. His planned channel route should be approximately 29-30 miles.

Rossy launches his jet pack from a plane. He lands his rocket wing by turning off the engines and parachuting to the ground. Rossy’s jet pack reaches insane speeds 186 m.p.h. at altitudes of about 8,200 feet. His mission will supposedly be streamed live on the National Geographic Channel. We’ll keep you posted when we find a date and time for the broadcast.

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Since spy robots are all the rage these days, Britain’s Ministry of Defence is holding their “Grand Challenge” in England this weekend. Several teams of engineers are taking part in the event, which is dedicated to developing new military technology. The winner of the challenge will receive lucrative government weapons contracts.

Devices being tested at the Grand Challenge must be autonomous and suited for reconnaissance missions. The event has been criticized because some of the teams designing the war machines have members as young as 12 years old.

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For our readers living in the UK, please let us know if you guys are just as batshit crazy for IKEA as we are. The Swedish furniture company will be offering cellphone service to 1.4 million “loyalty scheme members” and around 9500 employees. T-Mobile will be providing the actual service while IKEA is just slapping a name on it and calling it a service. It’ll work similar to Virgin Mobile with the “pay as you go” plan starting with a minimum £10 purchase.

No word yet if your cellphone comes wrapped up in a flat cardboard box with the charger sold separately.

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“The public are the best weapon for fighting crime,” says United Kingdom’s Home Secretary Jacqui Smith after introducing a new approach to criminal statistical surveillance earlier this month. Once police in England and Wales started publishing their monthly crime statistics, giving the public more information on local crime information, they knew they had to take it one step further. The government plans for a system of interactive maps showing the public when and where crimes have happened, so everyone can get in on beating up the local thug.

“By rolling out up-to-date, interactive crime maps we can better inform people about crime problems in their area and enable them to have much more of a say in what their local police focus on,” Jacqui Smith added.

Quite frankly, I don’t give two shits where the criminals are, so long as they’re no where near me. The law is taking matters into it’s own hands, cause they’re pissed at Google.  By the end of the year, every neighborhood in England and Wales will have access to local crime information. The police are thinking, “can’t someone else do it?” I foresee multiple citizen arrests.

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