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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. One will provide Internet to rural Peru, two will service airplanes and cruise liners, and the final satellite’s use is yet to be disclosed.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru. The Ability Hand is connected by Bluetooth to a smartphone app, which provides users another way to configure and control the hand's movements. www.youtube.com.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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Previously, land between airports had been represented by patches of color—green for forests, gray for urban, blue for water. Launched in 2001, Xbox was built to oppose Sony’s PlayStation 2, released in 2000, which had a DVD drive and could (with an accessory) connect to the Internet. In 1993, Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0

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