9 inventions you didn't know came from the military

The U.S. military creates a ton of stuff. Weapons, ammunition and armored vehicles are what come to mind. But the military has been instrumental in some of last century’s greatest inventions. So much so that you probably use something invented by it every day without knowing.

All it takes is a few hundred bucks: Sites like China’s Temu sell cheap drone accessories that can turn them into DIY weapons. We’re talking AI-guided cameras that recognize people and vehicles, and cargo holders that can carry explosives. Seriously frightening.

25GB

Data a new car can produce per hour. Compare that to 3GB hourly for your smartphone. Crazy, right? The biggest data hogs are the sensors that gather biometrics like fingerprints and face scans, along with all the devices we hook up to our vehicles.

Most dangerous intersection in the world

Thousands of vehicles and pedestrians travel through one of the busiest intersections in the entire country of Ethiopia every day. Not one of them stops at a stoplight or stop sign – because there aren’t any! You have to see this insane time-lapse of the square. It looks like utter pandemonium!