Let there be flight
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two sheets of paper, a few strips of sticky tape and two paper clips that's all UA engineering students had to build a high-soaring paper airplane. The Flight Design Challenge was part of this year's ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two sheets of paper, a few strips of sticky tape and two paper clips that's all UA engineering students had to build a high-soaring paper airplane. The Flight Design Challenge was part of this year's ...
Engineering
Feb 23, 2011
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Picture walking up to the Dillard's counter, two shirts in one hand, smartphone in the other. There's no need to reach for your wallet, because all of the credit card information has been stored in your phone. One tap of ...
Telecom
Jun 22, 2012
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The ash from the recent eruptions of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle in Chile disrupted airplane schedules, forcing some planes to circle the globe a second time. causing even more delays. A Michigan Technological University researcher ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 15, 2011
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Aircraft maintenance can be time consuming and expensive. It is much simpler if the airplane itself reports, where maintenance is required. The best solution is an approach for the sensor network, which even provides its ...
Engineering
Jun 14, 2011
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Driving a car increases global temperatures in the long run more than making the same long-distance journey by air according to a new study. However, in the short run travelling by air has a larger adverse climate impact ...
Environment
Aug 4, 2010
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Tiny sensors—made of a potentially trailblazing material just one atom thick and heralded as the "next best thing" since the invention of silicon—are now being developed to detect trace elements in Earth's upper atmosphere ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 5, 2012
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Recent incidents aside, air travel is incredibly safe these days.
Business
Mar 22, 2019
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Airplanes undergo significant stresses during take-off and landing, and parts often become detached, putting subsequent runway users at risk. Until now, airport staff have had to monitor runways without technical assistance ...
Engineering
Aug 1, 2011
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For road vehicles, wind resistance increases fuel consumption. But one way to fight wind is with wind. Researchers in Sweden are experimenting with reducing drag on trucks with electric wind devices that mimic the way vortex ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 28, 2017
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A little rain or fog may seem like an insignificant threat to a helicopter or airplane. But minor clouds and precipitation can be the cause of canceled flights -- or fatalities.
Engineering
Apr 7, 2011
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