‘Air Safety’ Archives
Putting Algae In The Tank
Energy: Riding The Algal Wave. Jet engines decorate our skies with their sunlight sparkled contrails. While sharing, generously, their carbon dioxide with our oh so delicate atmosphere. Airplanes, alone, contribute 2 to 3 percent of all of the CO2 emissions - a lot for just one single human activity. When you think of [...]
Airport Body Scanners: Good For Your Health
Technology: The un-girdle. After the attempted attack on flight 523, "body scanners" are finally getting some respect. Heathrow Airport will be using them and several hundred of them have been purchased for use in airports in and out of the US. Good, right? Nobody want's to get blown up. Except for the radiation and the nudity. [...]
Flight Data Recorders. A Radical Solution
EngineeringDesign: AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 447 Frustrating. The Flight Data Recorders of Flight 447 are in the ocean. When the batteries for its “pingers” run down, that it. Gone. I suggested, last time, that the data in those “Black Boxes” could have been broadcast or “streamed” to a receiving station (perhaps via [...]
Airbus A330, Health Insurance, And A Bird’s Nest
Photograph by me Biology: BIRD’S NEST Sue and I watched a robin build a nest outside our window, lay her eggs, and nurture them. After the nest was abandoned, we carefully removed it. I expected a bunch of haphazard twigs. But this was designed by smart little flappers. I betcha at least one of them had an engineering [...]
Planes and Boats and Us Too
Bill Groves working his engineering magic A STEP BACK FROM SCIENCE We hear from people (mostly relatives and friends) who want to try out our LectricLifter (US patent numb 7517221) to raise their electric outlets up conveniently. Only one request, so far, to protect puppies and such from electric shock (though that's from a store). 'Course [...]
