#In Sweden Remote-control Airport Is A Reality As our plane touches down in Sundsvall Sweden the horizon is all snow and ice.
But this airport actually has two air traffic control centers. The second one is just a short walk from the airport runway.
Inside a ground-floor windowless room there's a display that looks exactly like what you'd see out of an air traffic control tower.
You can see the snowy runway you can see the trees you can even see a car pulling into the airport parking lot.
And the airport you're looking at isn't the one in Sundsvall. It's the one in Ornskoldsvik Sweden#about 105 miles away.
Ornskoldsvik is the first airport in the world to land passenger planes remotely. This summer an airport in Leesburg Va. will become the first American airport to use the new technology.
Erik Backman runs the remote airplane landing center in the town of Sundsvall. He explains that the town of Ornskoldsvik has a tiny airport
and it's expensive to keep air traffic controllers there who spend hours with no planes to land.
So they decided to have one team in Sundsvall that could handle both cities. The day you have one air traffic controller who can control two airports then you have some good benefits according to costs Backman says.
In Ornskoldsvik a set of cameras and microphones delivers a real-time image to Sundsvall. Of course new technology is notoriously glitchy.
And a problem landing an airplane is far more consequential than a laptop freezing up. Backman says when he saw the first mockup of this technology in 2004 he was dubious.
But a decade later they've been landing planes remotely for months without any major problems.
For the air traffic controller this is like airline pilots going from propeller to jet Henriksson says. It's a paradigm shift.
airplane numbers runway incursion warnings. You can zoom in or switch to an infrared view to see through thick fog or darkness.
And that might make this technology useful even for big crowded airports. Anders Carp is head of traffic management at Saab the Swedish defense
Airports in dangerous places could have a camera house instead of a control tower he says. The air traffic controllers could be a few
Back in the Sundsvall control center a plane descends toward the Ornskoldsvik runway. We watch it move across the screen.
The passengers#and even the pilot#have no idea whether they've been brought in for a landing from the tower they can see out their window or from this hidden remote center more than a 100 miles away
and planes avoid potentially fatal outcomes. Earlier this week, Dassault released its highly realistic digital model of the human heart,
Unlike simulations involving manmade objects such as cars and planes, it's very difficult to predict how the human heart will respond to stress in the real world.
"The technology doesn't offer the same level of evidence as medical research on animals or small pilot human trials,
#US Air force contracts 3d Systems to make next-gen components 3d Systems is taking part in a $1. 3 million contract to develop cutting-edge aircraft heat exchanger to be manufactured using 3d printing.
functionality and repeatability specifications demanded for flight-worthy aerospace parts. The first contract is led by 3ds, in partnership with the University of Delaware Center for Composite Manufacturing,
where mock weapons and explosives were smuggled through airports, undetected in 95%of cases. The terahertz technology may also prove useful in discovering concealed goods in the retail industry or for non-destructive monitoring, for example quality control in drugs or food.
assembling a toy plane, etc. What was really impressive about the technique was did the robot not require preprogrammed details about surroundings.
Confocal and two-photon microscopes can image a single plane within a living sample, but cannot generate 3-D images quickly enough to capture events like neurons firing.
"The results of a pilot clinical study, carried out at the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine under the supervision of professor Peter Grant,
#Self-Healing Material Could Instantly Fix Airplane Wings Mid-Flight Tiny scratches on a wind turbine
or an airplane wing can go unnoticed, but they can cause serious problems if they are left untreated.
Now, a group of researchers in the United kingdom have invented a substance that can be incorporated into airplane wings that allows them to heal themselves,
Tiny spheres of liquid are embedded in the airplane wing. If the wing gets damaged, the spheres in that location break,
NPR with Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that a wildlife forensic lab has managed to start identifying illegal wood samples using a DART-TOF (Direct Analysis In real time Time of Flight) mass spectrometer,
Marion tells PSFK, ith the line flier pod, (the drone) makes it easy. The Line Flier pod
which flies baits to specific areas was the original inspiration but two more pods has been developed:
With a $150, 000 goal on Kickstarter, Aguadrone will sell its flagship fliers at $399 with the Fish Scout and Line Flier pod.
They say the device taps in to the body's natural rhythm and gives the wearer control over how alert
This is all the information needed for the device to tap into the body's natural response to external rhythms."
like that produced by a Polaroid filter, vibrates in a single plane. When struck by such a light beam
the amount of blue light the nano-spirals emit varies as the angle of the plane of polarization is rotated through 360 degrees.
The airways then restrict in an attempt to keep the armfulsubstances from entering the lungs leading to the body facing constricted airways and
and human airway tissue taken from both asthmatic and non-asthmatic people, the researchers discovered that increased numbers of calcium-sensing receptors usually accompanied healthier lung tissue,
as compared to the airway tissue without calcium-sensing receptors. Based on the study, the researchers concluded that this is one of the main reasons for the excessive inflammatory responses that occur in people with asthma.
and they say their pilot plant in Dresden will pump out 160 litres of the of the stuff every day in the coming months to power their Audi a8 cars.
the drones will need to operate semi-autonomously as well as being directed by a human pilot: having the ability to navigate environments on their own ensures they can travel greater distances and cover more land.
The robot can also continue on an indicated path on'auto pilot 'if the patient gets tired of giving it mental direction,
and controller and allows the'pilot'to take a rest while inhabiting this external body.
Originally developed for aeroplane wings, the technology has the potential to revolutionise a range of industries with the capacity to move into tiny cracks
"While the Bristol researchers have focused on aviation, a hungry consumer tech industry is expected to take it on.
He and Epstein spent years seeking to address this problem by tap ping into a new source of antibi otics beyond those cre ated by syn thetic means:
but also at airports or quarantine stations). The Diagnostics-in-a-Suitcase is based on the Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) technology developed by Twistdx Ltd,
and tissue engineering to grow new cartilage for airway construction might be possible in ten to 20 years.
and permutations you might need to reconstruct an airway in a child. When speaking about his work with 3d printing and this research Mr. Goldstein notes It's completely changed the trajectory of my academic career.
The infrastructure isn't in place now for hydrogen to replace gasoline as a fuel for planes trains and automobiles.
Because the antibiotics are present on the particulate matter with bacteria the selective pressure for bacteria to retain their resistance remains during their flight said Greg Mayer an associate professor of molecular toxicology at the institute.
and narrowing of the airways, resulting in wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, coughing and other symptoms.
Although confocal and two-photon microscopy can image a single plane within a living sample acquiring enough of these layers to form a 3d image at fast enough rates to capture events like neurons actually firing has become a frustrating
Smartphones, DVRS, airplanes, the Internet--without a clock, none of these could operate without frequent and serious complications.
where mock weapons and explosives were smuggled through airports, undetected in 95%of cases. It may also prove useful in discovering concealed goods in the retail industry or for non-destructive monitoring, for example quality control in drugs or food.
and plane coil structures of both Tx and Rx, which have blocked the commercialization of WPT."
highly symmetrical planes of oxygen atoms (somewhat like a densely packed box of marbles) where different metallic elements are lodged in the spaces between them.
"The results of a pilot clinical study, carried out at the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine under the supervision of Professor Peter Grant,
Blizzards forced the cancellation of more than 1, 750 U s. passenger flights, most of them into and out of airports in Boston and New york,
for his research on curbing the spread of disease in aircraft cabins, and second runner-up Karan Jerath, who efined and tested a novel device that could allow an undersea oil well to rapidly
and and an electronic tap to help manage water supplies in developing countries n
#US Air force Launches X-37b Space Plane on 4th Mystery Mission The U s. Air force's X-37b space plane blasted into Earth orbit today,
kicking off the robotic vehicle's clandestine fourth mission as well as the first flight of a tiny solar-sailing spacecraft.
The robotic X-37b space plane launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas v rocket today (May 20) at 11:05 a m. EDT (1505 GMT) from Florida's Cape canaveral Air force station.
You can see a video of the X-37b space plane's launch here. Most details about the space plane's orbital activities are classified
so it's unclear what exactly the X-37b will be doing as it zooms around Earth,
X-37b Space Plane's 4th Mystery Mission in Photos"We are excited about our fourth X-37b mission,"Randy Walden,
if the previous X-37b flights are any guide. OTV-1 blasted off in April 2010 and landed in December of that year, spending 225 days aloft.
its maiden flight will test out the cubesat's attitude-control and sail-deployment systems,
such as military planes and ballistic missiles. When a vehicle travels at hypersonic speeds that is, five or more times the speed of sound an envelope of hot,
Now, Gao and his colleague Binhao Jiang, also of the Harbin Institute of technology, reveal they might be able to use the plasma sheath itself to enhance signals from antennas to maintain communications during hypersonic flight."
this"matched layer"would generate resonant conditions during hypersonic flight, and radio signals could propagate through, they explained.
The properties of the plasma sheath can vary during flight, complicating any efforts to generate resonance,
Although confocal and two-photon microscopy can image a single plane within a living sample,
In addition an NFC tag reader enables the operator to tap on a tagged object to display the appropriate information on a relevant operations details or instructions.
because the focal point moves out of the plane of the solar cells, leading to loss of light and a drop in efficiency.
at just $5/kwh for industrial hydrogen, one flight could cost only around $7. 50,
and should make its first flight in mere month to come. The company is already taking pre-orders from interested parties e
assembling a toy plane, screwing a cap on a water bottle, and more. Everything was done without preprogrammed details about surroundings of the robot.
Solving the problem is not so simple, especially with regards to aviation the source of two-percent of the annual greenhouse gas emissions from human activity.
Ours is the first process to generate true drop in aviation biofuels. Scown cites the Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) on the importance of drop in aviation biofuels. n a 2014 report
the IPCC pointed out that drop in biofuels are the only viable alternative to conventional jet fuels,
air travel is going to require renewable liquid fuels because batteries and fuel cells simply aren practical. The process developed at EBI can be used to selectively upgrade alkyl methyl ketones derived from sugarcane biomass into trimer condensates with better than 95-percent yields.
and two in the back provide lift and thrust, with controls and a seat in the middle for a pilot.
combines the lifting power of a helicopter with the looks and feel of a motorcycle.
One the goals the US ARMY hopes to achieve with developing the new technology is replacing some of its helicopters with hoverbikes, thereby improving safety and decreasing costs:
or property it going to bring the aircraft out of the air, explained MA Marketing Sales Director Grant Stapleton.
which has announced its plans to release a commercial version of the aircraft in 2017 with a sticker price of 85.000 US dollars.
as its atomselectrical charges balance each other out across the plane. But curvature in graphene compresses the electron clouds of the bonds on the concave side and stretches them on the convex side,
such as a large LED panel for shopping centers, airports and conference rooms. And we can build LED bulbs for use in the home.
such as in hospitals, in manufacturing facilities and in airplane cabins. Visible light communications has the potential to significantly increase the speed of Internet connection in multiuser indoor environments due to the broad bandwidth of the visible light,
and plane coil structures of both Tx and Rx, which have blocked the commercialization of WPT.
When a duck paddles across a pond or a supersonic plane flies through the sky, it leaves a wake in its path.
#Contactless Payments Advancing into Market Just recently Snap chat has enabled online money transfers with a tap.
A click here and a tap there, a smart phone just paid all your bills that is how easy Google wants the payment system to be for you.
This also provides a new opportunity for aviation and transportation dashboards where, for example, a pilot can see her set of video instruments
while the copilot sees his own set of instruments from the same, centrally-located screen e
#Environmentally Friendly Lignin Nanoparticle reenssilver Nanobullet to Battle Bacteria North carolina State university researchers have developed an effective
#Supersonic Aircraft patented by an Airbus Group Company The European aeronautic defence and space company has patented a revolutionary aircraft that leaves every other supersonic jet far behind.
The sonic boom created by this aircraft is surprisingly less than that of the Concorde. The aircraft is equipped with two ramjets under its delta wings, a pair of Turbojets under the front part of the fuselage and a rocket engine at the rear end of the fuselage.
The turbojets are used for propelling the aircraft during taxiing and takeoff. The passengers and the crew are placed in hammocks for improved comfort.
Once the aircraft climbs to a certain altitude, the turbojets are retracted into the fuselage. At this point, the rocket engine is ignited at full power causing the aircraft to travel vertically like a rocket at supersonic speeds.
Because of this vertical trajectory, the energy of the supersonic boom is dissipated in all horizontal radial directions
and does not encounter the ground. The ingenuity that makes higher supersonic speeds possible lies in the pair of fins situated on the outer ends of the delta wings.
At speeds less than MACH 1, these fins are oriented horizontally. However, once the speed exceeds MACH 1
the aircraft curves into a horizontal trajectory at which point the rocket engine is powered off and closed by a door to make it streamlined.
The ram jets are ignited then and the aircraft is propelled horizontally at supersonic speeds. At 4. 5 mach, you can reach from London to NY in 1 hr.
Currently it takes a 7 hrs flight. The flight path of this aircraft technically makes it the highest roller coaster in the world.
Let me know in the comments below how many of you would consider a roller coaster ride
while traveling around the world. Patent Information: Patent Number US 9, 079,661 Patent Title Ultra-rapid air vehicle and related method for aerial locomotion Inventors:
Prampolini; Marco, Coraboeuf; Yohann Assignee: ASTRIUM SAS (Paris, FR; EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENCE AND SPACE COMPANYADS FRANCE (Paris, FR) Appl.
morphing aircraft; giant-range strain sensors; failure-free pacemaker leads; and super-stretchy charger cords for electronic devices.
from the outside layers inward. hat they focus on different planes is what allows for 3d image reconstruction,
A two-litre petrol engine drives two fans either side of the pilot to lift the jet pack and up to 120kgs of human into the air,
along with a low-altitude parachute for use should things go wrong. After initial test flights in 2011
an updated version was shown off recently at the Paris airshow. It could fly for up to 30 minutes at speeds as fast as 74 kilometres per hour.
Pilots will be able to reach altitudes of 1, 000m taking off and landing vertically, meaning rooftops,
gardens and parking lots are all viable launchpads. In fact, Martin believes that the jetpack ability to land in confined spaces will be its selling point,
New zealand-based Martin Aircraft recently floated on the Australian stock exchange, seeing a $50m investment from Chinese aerospace company Kuang-Chi Science,
and has been showing off a simulator of the jetpack at airshows including Paris. Jetpacks: niche hobby or future transport for the masses
tweeted the singer Courtney love from Charles De gaulle airport. She was caught up in what is becoming a global trend:
Their TEETH are strong enough to build a plane Forget the Killer Rabbit from Monty python,
But researchers from Portsmouth University have found their structure is so biologically strong it could be copied to make cars, boats and planes.
the hulls of boats and aircraft structures. Barber said: iology is a great source of inspiration
#A major commercial airliner will fly on animal poop this summer Wee not letting our animal waste go to waste.
This summer, United airlines will starting flying planes using fuel derived from farm animal poop and fats.
The effort is an attempt to curb the greenhouse gas emissions produced by burning jet fuel in commercial aircraft.
The first partially poo-powered flight will be a short one, taking off from Los angeles and landing in San francisco. Then for next two weeks, United will fly four to five flights a day between LA and San francisco,
all of which will contain about 30 percent biofuel. The animal-based propellent is produced by California-based Altair Fuels.
Today, United will announce a $30 million investment in Fulcrum Bioenergy, one of the largest makers of aviation biofuels.
Globally, airlines have been looking at biofuel use for some time, but this marks the biggest ever investment in alternative fuels by a major commercial airline, reports The New york times. Eventually, United plans to integrate biofuels into its entire fleet.
Typical fossil fuels used in aviation are formed from the organic remains of dead plants and animals that have been buried deep within the Earth.
Burning these fuels is great for combustion but it also releases the organic materialscarbon components into the atmosphere,
The discovery published today in the journal Nature Communications reveals the use of bacterial spores to tap evaporation energy that can be utilized for running different kinds of machines.
More useful was the ability to text others and tap the smartphone's music collection.
The device then responds with haptic feedback a tap that gives you the illusion youe pressed down on a physical button.
She then boarded a helicopter to survey the area. In 2010 Bachelet was criticized widely for her response to an earthquake.
Meanwhile Drive CX has been described as the digital cockpit computer, and it will be the lifeline of a car infotainment system.
Nvidia Drive CX will act as the digital cockpit computer, and it will be the lifeline of a car infotainment system.
#Flights Cancelled Due to Volcanic eruption in Japan According to the reports of the Japan Meteorological Agency Mount Aso blasted out lava debris along with plumes of ash shot into the sky up to
The CICADA (which stands for Close in Covert Autonomous Disposable Aircraft) is relatively cheap easy to make and totally disposable.
just as the Black Hornet mini helicopter drones were used by The british Army in Afghanistan to detect Taliban fighting units.
but just try to defend against a giant swarm of them launched out of the back of a plane.
Or, better yet, how about underwater aircraft carriers? As Peter W. Singer, an expert on drones and warfare, pointed out about recent DARPA initiatives,
f you are looking at other places where you might see aircraft carriers, don look up in the air, look under the water.
Yes, that right underwater aircraft carriers for drones. In yet another experiment, the U s. Naval Research Laboratory showed that it was possible to release a drone from a submerged submarine with the robotic drone shot out of a Tomahawk missile tube.
You just load them up in a plane fly really high, and drop them out the back end of a plane.
That huge, if you take into account the latest report from the GAO, which suggests that there just aren enough drone pilots out there to keep up with the military use of drones.
Cheap, simple, disposable and without the need for a human operator it no wonder, then, that the military is interested
A pilot for the project is also likely to be tested in India this year following a second stage of the USAID grant.
#Aussies 3d print jet engine in world first Engineers from Monash and Deakin universities and the CSIRO have printed two gas turbine engines modelled on an"auxiliary power unit"used in aircraft like the Falcon 20, a French business jet.
One of the printed engines is currently on display at the Avalon International Airshow in Victoria,
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