Monthly Archives: April 2014

I Can Make to launch model plane and train kits for 3D printers, Airfix for a … – Pocket

I Can Make is a British company that specialises in creating designs for model airplanes and trains where the pieces can be build using a 3D printer. Like with Airfix kits of old, kids and adults alike will be able to … Continue reading

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Helicopter-Truck Hybrid Is Every General’s Wet Dream

Military Published on April 21st, 2014 by Christopher DeMorro 1 Flying cars have long been a dream of modern man…but what about a flying truck? The Black Knight Transformer is a transforming helicopter-truck hybrid. Though the first test flight of … Continue reading

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Elon Musk and Spacex plan to recover and refly a first rocket stage in 2015

TweetAccording to Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX’s vice president of mission assurance, the next Falcon 9 launch scheduled for May will also try for a water recovery. The next step, assuming sea crews are unable to recover the rocket from Friday’s launch, … Continue reading

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Suspected North Korea Drone Is ‘Model Airplane’ or ‘Antique’

A suspected North Korean drone that crashed in the neighboring South does not illustrate a leap in the secretive state’s military technology, experts said Tuesday. The wreckage of the unmanned aircraft found on the disputed island of Baengnyeong was described … Continue reading

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Urban agriculture projects finally getting under way in Detroit

As springtime blossoms in Detroit, two long-promised big urban agriculture efforts finally are getting under way in earnest. On Friday, the RecoveryPark project off East Grand Boulevard began construction of a “high tunnel,” a sort of greenhouse measuring 30 by … Continue reading

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Ukraine: Truce and Consequences

KIEV, Ukraine – An Easter weekend suspension of security operations by Ukraine’s new leaders against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country is offering an opportunity for tempers to cool and all sides to reflect on what happened at the … Continue reading

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Museum workshop puts parents, kids on same page

It was drizzling and overcast outside, but was bright and busy on Saturday morning inside a Museum of Life and Science room where children, their parents, friends and relatives were busy assembling small robots from kits. This was the second … Continue reading

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