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Old thread: thread815-448179 Related news. BBC: USN to ditch touch screen ship controls

Presumably many here would be interested in this subject area. Hopefully others will have found and will share similar gems, in any format, (audio, video, written word). BBC Radio, audio podcast, 53m 10, 9, 8, 7 - The dramatic missions (Apollo 7 to 10) that made the Moon landing possible.

For those interested. This morning's incident at Halifax airport (CYHZ) with Sky Lease Cargo 4854, 747-400, registration N908AR. Reportedly the four crew were not seriously injured. Happened upon landing. Overshot runway a bit. Only about 5km from my workplace. My picture, taken from the...

"...volatile soil..." https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Parking-Garage-Collapsed-in-Irving-489650011.html

Tech News: Materials that emit more energy at the ‘IR window’ into space than they absorb in the visible. Even placed in direct sunlight, they reportedly manage to passively cool themselves below ambient. I wonder if they depend on clear skies, as opposed to any overcast clouds? Still, this...

100 years ago today, at 9:04:35 AST (minutes from now). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion + http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion-100-anniversary-main-1.4413663 "The blast was the largest man-made explosion before the development of nuclear weapons...

A nice 20-minute video. The sample 'Deep Dream' images help to build a more-intuitive understanding of neural networks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsSmBPmPeYQ

BBC World Service 'Discovery' audio podcasts Index A series of episodes seemingly related to 'failure'. The Business of Failure “Faster, Better, Cheaper” Failing Gracefully I've only listened to one of these so far, so I hope that I've got all the episodes in this 'Failure' series correct...

Over the years, there have been many E-T threads looking for some sort of 'GPS for indoors'. It looks like they might finally be on track to developing such a technology. Design News - Indoor Location Technology

CBC News The Telegraph "[It didn't notice] the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied."

University of Bristol achieved, with 20 MHz of spectrum (at 3.5 GHz), an aggregate 1.59 Gbps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pucUF9IsL1M

Here is some old news about one million RPM motor. Old News: http://www.livescience.com/3075-spin-record-set-1-million-rpm.html Data sheet: http://www.celeroton.com/datasheets/en/Datasheet-CM-1-1000.pdf

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/scientists-uncover-invisible-motion-in-video/

Just Google it if you're curious. It's all over the news. There's a nice 7 minute video.

Bottom of this page: http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2012/01/14/january-14-2012/ Although not mentioned in this podcast, Bunker-C powered smoke-belching ships are a specific major source of soot that could (and should) be put in the environmental cross-hairs. The big advantage of these sorts...

Plenty of interesting tech mentioned. http://www.edn.com/article/519742-Ham_radio_in_the_21st_century.php

Mechanical Design Fundamentals, by K. Craig. http://downloads.deusm.com/designnews/FundamentalDesignPrinciplesKCC10-24-2011.pdf

End of an era... Jim Williams of Linear Technology Corp, one of the world's best analog-circuit designers... passed away unexpectedly... http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4216916/Passing-of-Jim-Williams--analog-circuit-guru--mentor--teacher

For those interested in 3D modeling... http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/13/autodesk-123d-solid-modeling-software-hits-beta-hobbyists-cheer/ http://www.123dapp.com/

History Channel television network: http://inventornotes.com/2011/04/15/history-channel-wants-you/ ;-) PS: Famous Surfer Physicist Garrett Lisi of E8 fame is supposed to be a host.