Monthly Archives: May 2016

Man appears to snooze at the wheel of his Tesla while the car drives itself on LA highway

It could have been any other spring afternoon on the Los Angeles highway, with the California sun glinting off of the royal blue Tesla as the Model S crept its way through heavy traffic. There was one piece of the picture, … Continue reading

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For Daphne Guinness, the World Is a Stage. So She Picked Up a Mike.

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How I Designed a Practical Electric Plane for NASA

If you fly one of today’s small piston-powered planes, you will burn many gallons of fuel per hour and suffer through the noise equivalent of a ride on a power mower. But unlike what you face while cutting your grass, … Continue reading

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Top US commander makes secret visit to Syria

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer NORTHERN SYRIA (AP) – On a secret trip to Syria, the new commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said he felt a moral obligation to enter a war zone to check on … Continue reading

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450 feet under Lake Michigan, classic car cache rests in frigid silence

WISCONSIN — The world’s largest collection of 1929 and 1930 Nash Motors automobiles exists not in a museum, but rather entombed in the frigid depths of Lake Michigan. The cars, 268 of them, are lashed in rows inside and crumpled … Continue reading

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EgyptAir Flight 804’s Systems Detected Smoke Before It Disappeared

EgyptAir Flight 804 sent automated warning messages minutes before it went down indicating smoke was detected in the aircraft’s nose, investigators said, while they stepped up efforts to garner more clues to what caused the plane to plunge into the … Continue reading

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Sports Cameras Are Now Being Disguised as Model Airplanes

The so-called spidercam has changed the way we watch sports, allowing camera operators to shoot footage while moving vertically and horizontally above where the action happens. And now they’re being disguised as… airplanes? This particular camera was spotted at the … Continue reading

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