Well, sort of without a driver. Delphi Automotive had a driver on board its highly-automated Audi S5, but only to a) satisfy local laws, and b) help out a bit less than 1% of the time as the Audi SQ5 which was chosen for its looks. Delphi added the…
A new Boeing patent promises a better sleep situation for economy passengers. For those who can’t afford the lie-flat seats in business or first,
Washington state’s major commercial airport, halfway between Seattle and Tacoma (hence the name, Sea-Tac), is already well known for providing fast free internet. The airport is investing an additional $10 million dollars to boost its wi-fi…
Imagine a smartphone battery that could recharge fully in just over a minute, could be recharged 7500 times, and is lighter than any battery you’ve
Boeing has taken a leaf from science fiction and turned it into a patent for a force field that could protect airplanes (and other objects)
Whether you’re a Baby Boomer, a Millennial, or a “whatever Generation”, when it comes to hotel stays we all want good online connectivity. It seems that internet access has long gone from a luxury to a requirement while traveling…
A couple of weeks ago, we published a News Link about a couple who followed their GPS off the road and into the water…now we’ve got one about a tour bus driver who set the wrong town on the device.
No, that’s not a misspelling, but it isn’t the word the inventor of Ice Bikes used to describe her new-fangled winter contraption. Photo: Water Bikes of Buffalo Buffalo, NY is known for cold, and the Buffalo River and sometimes parts of…
Despite the high-profile tragedy of Malaysian Airways flight 370 and other incidents, 2014 was the safest year ever in the history of aviation, with not only fatal incidents down, but the rate as well, according to a Reuters report.
OK, I apologize for the double pun…but it’s true in both ways. The ritual of de-icing planes before winter take-offs is costly, time-consuming, and known to be effective, so while many companies are working on ways to do it faster, cheaper or…
Well, sort of without a driver. Delphi Automotive had a driver on board its highly-automated Audi S5, but only to a) satisfy local laws, and b) help out a bit less than 1% of the time as the Audi SQ5 which was chosen for its looks. Delphi added the…
A new Boeing patent promises a better sleep situation for economy passengers. For those who can’t afford the lie-flat
Washington state’s major commercial airport, halfway between Seattle and Tacoma (hence the name, Sea-Tac), is already well known for providing fast free internet. The airport is investing an additional $10 million dollars to boost its wi-fi…
Imagine a smartphone battery that could recharge fully in just over a minute, could be recharged 7500 times, and is
Boeing has taken a leaf from science fiction and turned it into a patent for a force field that could
Whether you’re a Baby Boomer, a Millennial, or a “whatever Generation”, when it comes to hotel stays we all want good online connectivity. It seems that internet access has long gone from a luxury to a requirement while traveling…
A couple of weeks ago, we published a News Link about a couple who followed their GPS off the road and into the water…now we’ve got one about a tour bus driver who set the wrong town on the device.
No, that’s not a misspelling, but it isn’t the word the inventor of Ice Bikes used to describe her new-fangled winter contraption. Photo: Water Bikes of Buffalo Buffalo, NY is known for cold, and the Buffalo River and sometimes parts of…
Despite the high-profile tragedy of Malaysian Airways flight 370 and other incidents, 2014 was the safest year ever in the history of aviation, with not only fatal incidents down, but the rate as well, according to a Reuters report.
OK, I apologize for the double pun…but it’s true in both ways. The ritual of de-icing planes before winter take-offs is costly, time-consuming, and known to be effective, so while many companies are working on ways to do it faster, cheaper or…
