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iCandy: It’s Electric

A robotic newspaper-storage locker, an electronic fork, and shoes that track your dance moves

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iCandy: It’s Electric
Photo: Anna Gowthorpe/Press Association/AP Photo

Photo: NASA
This pod is a module of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, scheduled for test launch aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket in 2014. Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, prepare it for the addition of a component that will enable more precise prelaunch checks of the spacecraft’s systems.

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