Henry Blodget of The Business Insider reports on a new theory that could explain the Air France Flight 477 disaster:
The latest theory about the Air France 447 disaster is that bad speed readings caused the Airbus’s computer control systems to go haywire–and that, while rebooting the computers and flying on backup instruments, the pilots flew [...]
Update 07/29/2009:
Thank you Jon for submitting the following story with the ominous subject “It begins.”
Sweden’s Local News in English reports:
A Swedish company has been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfunctioning robot attacked and almost killed one of its workers at a factory north of Stockholm…
“I’ve never heard of a robot attacking somebody [...]
Shankar Vedantam of the Washington Post reports:
Sometime soon, investigators will piece together why one train on Metro’s Red Line hurtled into another last Monday, killing nine people and injuring dozens. Early indications suggest a computer system may have malfunctioned, and various accounts have raised questions about whether the driver of the speeding train applied the [...]
While never a competitive swimmer, I believe that low-tech swimming trunks are still fine. However, ReachfortheWall.com reports that it is not only elite swimmers who are buying hi-tech swimsuits recommended for just five to seven swims:
The Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club swimmer, 18, bought his high-tech suit last summer, after watching Michael Phelps and company break records [...]
Thanks to Mike for sending this video:
This is an unusual love story involving an 89-year-old woman and her beloved Chariot. The two have been together for decades and traveled more than 540,000 miles across this nation’s highways and side streets.
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