Monthly Archives: March 2016

Q&A: John Hansman on the first global standards for aircraft emissions

Last month, the United States and 22 other countries agreed to the first-ever global carbon emissions standards for commercial aircraft. The standards, set by the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), are estimated to reduce carbon emissions by more … Continue reading

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Paul Maritz Joins BoldIQ Board – Fortune

Paul Maritz, the former chief executive at VMware vmw and Pivotal after a stint as a top exec at Microsoft, is joining the board of BoldIQ. The Bellevue, Wash. company focuses on helping companies allocate and schedule big, expensive resources—airplanes, … Continue reading

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Think You Can Design a Better Fruit Fly? – Evolution News & Views

What happens when you tinker with the design specs of a live flyer? Four European scientists with specialties in biology and aerodynamics got together and ran some clever experiments with fruit flies to find out. The biologists found ways to … Continue reading

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Bezos’s Blue Origin reveals a mix of serious tech and space-fan fun

We’ll have to stop calling local space rocket company Blue Origin “secretive.” On Tuesday, Amazon boss and space visionary Jeff Bezos pulled back the curtains at his sideline company’s engineering and manufacturing headquarters in Kent, and talked almost non-stop for … Continue reading

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30 Thoughts: Making the NHL’s development model better

Elliotte Friedman March 8, 2016, 3:19 PM Elliotte Friedman   March 8, 2016, 3:19 PM Months after returning to the NHL from an executive stint with the Buffalo Sabres, Pat LaFontaine quietly reached out to several of North America’s top amateur … Continue reading

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Model plans star in Jets Week 2016

Article source: http://www.wtsp.com/news/jets-week-2016/74032508

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Is The Feminist Sherlock You Should Be Watching

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries is one of those rare TV shows that not only follows through on its initial, delightful premise’s promises, but manages to fill a pop culture void in the process.  Set in 1920s Melbourne and focusing on the … Continue reading

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