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Sep 19-20<\/h4>\n

Land a SpaceX rocket yourself, invisibility cloaks, Apple’s self driving car and more in this weeks \u2018Weekend In Tech Trends\u2019.<\/p>\n

Tech Trend 1- Try to land the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket yourself with this impossible flash game<\/h4>\n

As most of us know by now, Elon Musk likes to take on the impossible. His\u00a0company\u00a0SpaceX<\/a>,\u00a0intends to send a spaceship into space and have the rockets land safely back on a floating barge. But this has proven to be rather difficult.
\nTo prove just how difficult this actually is, somebody decided to make a nice little web game that would allow you to take a shot at landing the rocket. The problem is, it is next to impossible to actually land the rocket. With instructions like \u201cThe objective of the game is to slow down and land on the platform. Press SPACE to change level.\u201d and \u201cYour thrusters use monopropellant, the main engine uses engine fuel. Letting either run out has obvious effects\u201d it\u2019s obvious that it could be difficult. But never would anyone expect it to be this impossible. Hop on and\u00a0give it a try<\/a>. Maybe you will become one of the\u00a0few who have what it takes to beat this game.
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Tech Trends- The real Falcon 9 landing attempt<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Tech Trends- The Falcon 9 landing in the impossible game<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nSource: TechCrunch<\/a><\/p>\n

Tech Trend 2- The best Invisibility Cloak yet?<\/h4>\n

There are a few things in this world that everybody wants. An invisibility cloak is one of them. Researchers at University of California, Berkeley, think they have the solution. They were able to make a small object disappear by\u00a0using an ultra-thin invisibility skin cloak \u2014 just 80 nanometers thin. The cloak is made up of \u201cnanoantennas\u201d that reroute light away from the object, making it appear invisible. While\u00a0different invisibility cloaks<\/a>\u00a0have been around for awhile, this is the first one that uses this technique.\u00a0It\u2019s also the first one that is scalable enough to cover larger objects. Maybe our dreams of being a wizard aren\u2019t so far away after all. Check out the video below to see it in action.
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