The NTSB isn’t happy with the FAA, Boeing, or even the battery manufacturer with regards to the 787 battery fires.
“Have you ever googled ‘laptop battery fire’? These folks never watched that movie.”
The NTSB isn’t happy with the FAA, Boeing, or even the battery manufacturer with regards to the 787 battery fires.
“Have you ever googled ‘laptop battery fire’? These folks never watched that movie.”
Fantastic article on the International Space Station over at The Atlantic.
I’m not necessarily on a space-kick lately… but space transportation is fun to watch develop.
Popular Mechanics has a good summary of SpaceX’s latest efforts to reuse rockets. They’ve been tracking this since originally scheduled in December. This is a big deal for space flight and interplanetary exploration.
Another fantastic Top Gear segment shot in Abu Dhabi… this time Richard Hammond takes a look at Porsche’s new hybrid supercar, the 918. I can’t get enough of the blue flames shooting out of the exhaust.
Mercedes created an incredible 6×6 beast based on their Geländewagen (G-wagon) platform. A joy to behold… and Top Gear’s Richard Hammond proves it a joy to drive as well. Bonus that it was filmed here in the UAE.
So you have a network of taxis and buses running around your city and you make them all unique WiFi access points. Pretty slick. Step it up a notch though and you have an innovative way to track the status of various components of your city’s infrastructure. Outstanding!
Fascinating look at why a Toyota V6 and a Porsche Flat 6 sound so different…