and thereby prevent life-shortening permanent damage to their already vulnerable airways. Thanks to a nearly $1. 3 million grant from the National Science Foundation
when he was a postdoctoral researcher in Zhang's lab."The other thing we see at airports is the use of swabs to check for explosive residue,
and machine applications like dancing martial arts flying a plane helicopter or even space ships of the future!!!
and take off like a conventional airliner accelerate to Mach 5. 2 and blast out of the atmosphere like a rocket.
Spacex CEO Elon musk told an audience at the National Press Club in 2011 that private spaceflights would need to follow a model closer to that of airlines.
supersonic aviation. It could enable an aircraft to fly anywhere in the world in under four hours says Bond.
#FAA Panel Recommends Lifting Ban On Gadget Use During Flights After receiving countless complaints abuse towards flight attendants who are only doing their jobs
Then with the support of a manned helicopter overhead designating a contact of interest for the boats to intercept they swarmed around their target.
#U s army Wants A Parachuting Tank After years of service in wars--from Iraq to Afghanistan to Iraq again--the Humvee is on its way out.
It has to fit inside a CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter so that the crew can drive right in
In essence the ULCV should get a squad into the fight right off the helicopter over unpaved ground
Lastly the Army is also looking at a light reconnaissance vehicle (LRV) also carried by Chinook helicopters both inside and underneath.
#Pentagon Wants Artificial intelligence In Future Fighters The Department of defense wants future generations of fighter aircraft to come with copilots already installed.
Adding AI could free the pilot's mind to focus more on fewer tasks giving them a cognitive advantage in battle.
It s based on aircraft carriers which are notoriously challenging to land on. The Navy s own X-47b experimental drone has landed on an aircraft carrier successfully
and autonomously so adding a computer copilot to a naval craft could help there too.
Bringing the artificial intelligence inside the cockpit is one major way robots will fly alongside humans in fighters of the future--but it s not the only one.
By the 2030s humans with robot copilots could fly alongside robots remotely controlled by humans u
It s a type of Vertical Takeoff or Landing (VTOL) rarely done with humans on board because#that transition from vertical to horizontal and back again is difficult for onboard human pilots to manage.
But maybe a simple parachute could slow them down enough for a safe landing Sunspiral says.
Pilots who neglect to properly stow cargo risk having it bounce free during evasive maneuvers potentially injuring crew
The tests were performed#aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.##The exercise was operationally simple: the unmanned X-47b took off from the carrier's deck followed by a manned#F/A-18 Hornet.
but successfully integrating both manned and unmanned aircraft into the same flight patterns especially on the confined space of an aircraft carrier is essential for future operations.
Unlike most drones which have a pilot dictating their every move#by remote control the X-47b is largely autonomous calculating its flight paths.
Last summer the X-47b#successfully landed on an aircraft carrier#twice. It aborted a#third landing
but it did so to avoid crashing into the aircraft carrier and safely landed on an airstrip elsewhere.)
The result of a collaboration between South africa's Aerosud aviation firm and the Paramount Group, the AHRLAC is designed as a cheap alternative to the big name in military surveillance right now:
#Russia Orders Helicopters For Its New Amphibious assault Ships Russia recently ordered a batch of new attack helicopters,
and around 30 light helicopters within landing distance of a coast, where they will (in peaceful situations) arrive
It's likely each of the four ships would only fly eight attack helicopters so the full order for 32 indicates that Russia expects full delivery of the ships.
what military use the Mistral would add to the war in Ukraine, even with the planned Ka-52k helicopters.
Regardless of actual military utility, the international community is excited less about the sale, especially after Russia's seizure of Crimea and Moscow's ongoing support for the separatists that shot down a Malaysian airliner.
and testing in the areas of robotics space exploration aviation and other technologies NASA said in a press release.
Once renovations are complete Hangar One will again be home to high-tech innovation as Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for research development assembly and testing in the areas of space exploration aviation rover
The ability for machines to tap into multiple online data sources and services allows them to quickly stitch together value reducing time
Although each unit is capable of generating enough thrust to lift itself off the ground on its own it is incapable of flight much like a helicopter cannot fly without its tail rotor.
making it ideal for navigating crowded environments like tradeshows, restaurants, offices and airports. It easy to imagine it one day being used to unobtrusively serve drinks at a cocktail event,
The world's first crash avoiding drone comes from Guangzhou Walkera Technology Co. Ltd. a Chinese manufacturer of R c model toys such as helicopters
For traditional radio frequency helicopters in same frequency cannot fly together because of interference. With 2. 4ghz radio system many helicopters can fly at the same time without interference.
Mind-controlled quadrotor dronemind controlled drones are a hot area for researchers at Zhejiang University in Hangzou China who have adapted a Parrot AR Drone 2. 0 to be operated by an Emotiv EPOC
By thinking left strongly the mind-pilot can make the drone take off; thinking left right and push makes it turn clockwise move forward
airways and collapsed lungs. Now a new ARA software program funded in part by the Army intends to significantly advance that training via a downloadable hysiology enginethat allows medical personnel see how their actions affect every other aspect of their patient physiology.
"said Zach Johns, the prototype's main pilot.""The four engines on the right wing also work in concert.
"Successful flight tests have not only demonstrated its hovering capabilities during its vertical takeoff--the way a helicopter does
Now we're working on our second goal--to demonstrate that this concept is four times more aerodynamically efficient in cruise than a helicopter."
#Helicopter's Robotic Legs Help Stick Tricky Landings Helicopters of the future could use insectlike robotic legs to land in unlikely places like the slopes of steep hills
Touching down on uneven surfaces is something that today's helicopters are equipped just not to do, according to the Defense Advanced Projects Agency,
The new landing gear features four robotic legs with bendable"knees"that turn a normal helicopter into
unmanned helicopter successfully demonstrated the ability to land and take off from terrain that would be impossible to operate from with standard landing gear,"Ashish Bagai,
the robotic legs determine the precise angle they need to assume to keep the helicopter from tipping over
or fixed skids (the ski-type beams sometimes seen under the fuselage of a helicopter).
because helicopters often need to land and take off in areas like disaster zones, where there may not be any flat surfaces, according to DARPA.
And besides making landings more versatile, the jointed legs also significantly reduce the damage inflicted on helicopters during"hard landings,"according to DARPA.
The agency said these improved capabilities can"greatly expand"the effectiveness of helicopters used for both military and nonmilitary purposes u
and avoid the need for pilots to control it. Designing for transformation on demand In self-assembly, independent components come together to build a final structure completely on their own,
and founder of Geniphys, has worked for more than 10 years to tap into the secrets of the extracellular matrix component of tissues.
Tablets have made appearances in airports, where travelers can have delivered food to where they sit, but are limited still in the traditional restaurant scene.
forcing Pemex to stop shipping finished fuel through its pipelines after discovering 3, 674 illegal taps last year.
when an illegal tap caused a blast that killed 29 people in the central town of San martin Texmelucan.
of big-name debuts including Cafe Coffee Day and airline Indigo. Shares hit their lowest level in about a year last week,
Interglobe Aviation, which runs the Indigo airline, is seeking a $400 million listing. Analysts warn more uncertainty is given in store the US Federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates as early as September,
raising the prospect of continued outflows from emerging markets. The Nifty is down 14.5 per cent
the cells that line the airways in the lungs are shaped unusually and cramble around like there a fire drill going on.
Until now, scientists thought that epithelial cells which line not only the lung airways but major cavities of the body and most organs just sat there motionless,
The physics of biologythe researchers decided to look at the detailed shape and movement of cells from the asthmatic airway because, according to Fredberg,
the researchers placed layers of epithelial cells from either normal airways or asthmatic airways on a soft gel surface that simulated the degree of stiffness of the lung.
Next stepsnow that it known that epithelial cells in asthmatic airways are shaped oddly and not jammed,
njamming and cell shape in the asthmatic airway epithelium, Nature Materials (2015; doi: 10.1038/nmat4357source:
and dangerous jobs much better than humans or helicopters. The problem is that drones can be difficult to program and pilot.
Planes and helicopters can be terribly expensive for collecting this overhead video and measurement data, though.
Downey grew up the son of pilots, then built his own drones at MIT. Now his company Airware is going to teach them to do our bidding,
When Malaysia Airlines flight 370 went missing, Tomnod directed its users to help search for the missing aircraft.
#LOT Polish airlines Now Accepting Bitcoin I not a big fan of the accepts bitcointype of post
LOT Polish airlines, the official Polish air carrier, is now accepting bitcoin. What does that mean?
which is why we are one of the first airlines in the world to give its passengers the possibility of paying with Bitcoins as early as today. airbaltic
and also be used at airports. SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organization is set to test its sophisticated, indigenously-built,
and also be used at airports s
#First aqueous solar flow battery designed WASHINGTON: Researchers have designed the first aqueous flow battery with solar capability that can achieve a 20 per cent energy savings over traditional batteries.
"Celtic in partnership with Ghent-based Biobase Europe Pilot Plant produced the first samples of biobutanol earlier this month.
"Celtic in partnership with Ghent-based Biobase Europe Pilot Plant produced the first samples of biobutanol earlier this month.
While wee seen compact 3d printers before, very few can actually be transported as carry on luggage in airlines by singe physicians.
If youe a naval captain using sonar, a gynaecologist conducting ultrasounds, or just a dolphin, youl know that reflected sound waves have long been used to construct images of objects.
This means that what she proposes can be achieved today in a very real way (without even paying for extra luggage on low-cost airlines.
while a specific inverter is included in the kit in case the standard Mars analogue mission battery pack cannot be transported on the plane due to varying airline regulations
"In accordance with space and aviation regimen, we can't immediately make a manned launch."
The new technology may hold promise for many applications such as for jewelry, automotive interior trim, aviation, signage, colored keypads, wearable and electronic displays.
and it can go into schools, restaurants, factories, hospitals, ambulances, airports, and even battlefields. he next market Chen is targeting is the smart home,
There also a role for security, for example in drug searches at airports. More fundamentally though, the researcher say it could help them build something that never existed before:
#How to build a hypersonic airliner t is a magic aircraftthe pleasure of flying in it is almost a carnal one.
So said Joelle Cornet-Templet, a chief stewardess for Air france, about Concorde: one of the world first supersonic civilian airplanes,
This thoroughbred airliner could fly from London to Sydney in 17 hours, three minutes and 45 seconds;
the only other civilian airliner able to break the speed of sound was the Soviet union Tupolev tu-144,
The end of the Concorde and Tupolev airliners left the supersonic market empty. But now, 12 years after the Concorde fleet last flew,
even faster airliners are taking shape in research facilities. One of those designs is by Lapcat-II,
At the AIAA Hypersonic Space Plane conference in Glasgow in Scotland in July, a paper submitted by Lapcat-II researchers said their early airliner tests suggested such a design would be greener than current aircraft,
the risks of an explosion or fire are lower compared to conventional airline kerosene fuel.
In Asia, Japan aerospace exploration agency (Jaxa) is also working on a hypersonic airliner called Hytex intended to cross the Pacific ocean in two hours at speeds of Mach 5. Both Lapcat-II
the airfare tickets of a hypersonic trip could drop to about half the price of a business-class ticket.
Even though hydrogen-fuelled airliners would not emit greenhouse-increasing gases such as carbon dioxide, sulphur oxides or soot like today subsonic airplanes,
And that effect could be worse than the current fleet of long-haul airliners the longer that water vapour remains."
"Lapcat-II also plans for their Mach 8 Esa-variant airliner to fly well above 33 km, hopefully minimising the environmental impact.
when stored as a liquid it needs far less space than gas. f a market for small business jets existed,
Race for the skies Other companies are already working to make the supersonic business-aviation market a reality.
Airbus has patented just a delta-wing Mach 4. 5 hypersonic design that could be used to create business jets.
The Jaxa project has studied the potential market for hypersonic airliners travelling at Mach 5 and found a 100-passenger aircraft flying two round trips per day is realistic based on market research.
The Concordes and Tupolevs that paved the way for supersonic air travel in the 1970s now gather dust in museums.
that covers conducting airways of lung-tissue. The mucus barrierhich serves as a protector from foreign materials
because they possessed a positive charge that caused them to be tickyand adhere to the negatively charged mucus covering the airways.
this is the first biodegradable gene delivery system that efficiently penetrates the human airway mucus barrier of lung tissue,
The protein acts a bit like a tap to increase or reduce the production of natural compounds depending on how much of the protein is present.
"Attacks by Iranian hackers have targeted the military, oil and gas, energy and utilities, transportation, airlines, airports, hospitals and aerospace industries, among others,
And some cybersecurity experts fear that hackers aboard an aircraft could bring down the plane using the onboard Wi-fi many commercial jets now offer to passengers."
You can drink water free out of the tap, and it's good water.""Journalists and amused fans took to Twitter to mock Jay z's ignorance of the fact that people pay taxes
and fees to have a company make water come out of your tap. An executive from a water company even wrote an open letter to Jay z,
and will tap into a Kansas wheat variety repository that dates back to the 1900s in hopes of finding a variety perhaps one that fell out of favour among commercial farmers that might already be low in reactivity for celiac sufferers.
and its cruising altitude of 30,000 to 35,000 metres 20 kilometres higher than conventional commercial aircraft.
"is confined to the vicinity of the airport and lasts for roughly less than one minute, "the patent says.
another first time space flyer from Kazakhstan's space agency Kazcosmos. ESA dubbed Mogensen"Denmark's Gagarin,"a reference to the Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.
The FAA now receives about 100 reports a month from pilots who say they've seen drones flying near planes
and airports, compared with only a few sightings per month last year. So far there have been no accidents,
if it is sucked into an engine or smashes into an airliner's windshield. In cases where drones have crashed where they were supposed not to be crowded flying at sports stadiums
to test technology that could locate the operators of small drones that are flying illegally near airports.
#More Indian Airports Set to Go Solar Recently, the Kochi airport in the south Indian state of Kerala switched to solar power
and created headlines across the world. Now, another airport is set to adopt solar power to meet a majority of its power needs.
The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata will have a utility-scale solar power project of 15 to 20 MW capacity.
The project will be set up over a 55 acres area and would meet 60%of the airport power needs.
The airport authorities will soon launch tender for the implementation of the project with financial resources worth $20 million already having been allocated for the project.
The project will be able to meet the entire demand of the airport during the day,
but during the night the airport would be required to purchase power from the grid. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) recently announced that major airports in the western state of Rajasthan would also set up solar power projects to meet a part of their power demand.
The Jaipur airport already has a 100 kw rooftop solar power system and is planning to set up a 1. 8 MW ground-based power project.
Airports at Jodhpur Jaisalmer, and Bikaner are also planning to set up rooftop projects. Other Indian airports have also set up solar power projects to meet a part of the demand,
as well as earn additional revenue. Delhi Indira Gandhi International airport, operated by GMR Infrastructure, has a solar power project registered under the Renewable energy Certificates schemes.
Large commercial and industrial consumers in India are increasingly looking to set up renewable energy projects to meet their power demand,
instead of relying on traditional supply from utilities. Power tariffs levied by utilities have been increasing rapidly,
the jet airliner and the programmable electronic computer. When I tracked down Mr Shawyer to his base in Havant, Hants,
whenever Captain Kirk asked him to push it to the limit once more. Perhaps he was right. But an invention from Hampshire may yet pave the way for us to turn science fiction into reality
#Robotic Landing gear could help pilots land on rocky mountains and moving boats Helicopters may be able to move in any direction in the air,
but rigid landing gear means they are only able to land and take off on stable, flat surfaces.
and it is hoped the prototype system may one day enable rescue and military helicopters to land in remote and rocky locations.
Instead of traditional landing gear, the system has jointed four legs that are able to fold up next to the helicopter fuselage or body while in flight.
and uses a sensor to determine in real-time the appropriate angle to assume to ensure that the helicopter stays level without risking the rotor touching the landing area,
unmanned helicopter-successfully demonstrated the ability to land and take off from terrain that would be impossible to operate from with standard landing gear.
irregular and moving surfaces would greatly expand the effectiveness of helicopters across many military and rescue missions, where stable,
the landing gear is designed to let a helicopter touch down on sloping terrain up to 20 degrees, which is not currently possible,
Darpa said the program has been named deliberately Gremlins after the imps that British pilots during World war Two adopted as their good luck charms.
Bombardier Skreemr's sleek design, with four wings and two large rockets on the rear, is intended to be used as a commercial aircraft to carry 75 passengers in luxury.
Standard airliners take around eight hours to complete the journey. Airbus'jet is described as'an air vehicle including a fuselage,
The protein acts a bit like a tap to increase or reduce the production of natural compounds depending on how much of the protein is present.
#3-D printed fetal head helps manage care for baby with life-threatening airway mass Megan Thompson was about 30 weeks pregnant
whether the mass would block Conan's airway after birth. The 3-D printed model of the fetus allowed us to actually see in person what it looked like
"This is the first case we are aware of that 3-D printing has helped show how severe an airway risk in a fetus was
so that a surgeon can establish an airway to allow the baby to breathe. Instead, Conan was born via a scheduled C-section."
The Solar impulse 2 touched down at Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat about 16 hours after it took off from Muscat, Oman, for the 1,
The swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Boschberg, are taking turns at the controls of the aircraft during their 35,000-kilometer (21,700-mile) journey.
Both pilots have been training hard for this journey, which will span 25 flight days over five months.
Neither pilot will be able to stand in the cockpit while flying but the seat reclines for stretching
which have relied typically on networks of thousands of sales points in airports, post offices and shops.
This is why United airlines and Delta air lines banned bulk lithium battery shipments on passenger planes. When Stanford drilled through its aluminum battery pouch
and territories were decided upon by the TEEP selection committee comprised of some of Africa distinguished industry captains
such as having a pilot on hand to fly the drone at all times. That important, because Amazon wants its Prime Air drones to be autonomous.)
and even drone pilots, too. So. Let say drone delivery actually happens, with Amazon taking the lead.
or sticker along with a text message and the money, enter in an amount that is currently less than $250 and tap the aybutton.
A new assistive device for blind people taps into this sensory network. It translates images into sounds,
no faster than 100 mph (161 km h) and remain within the pilot's line of sight, among a raft of other conditions relating to safety and maintenance.
where general aviation begins. It plans to shoot autonomous drones along 10 mi (16 km) long skyways at 50 mph (80.5 km h) with packages weighing up to 55 lb (25 kg) in tow.
and it ended up as a tiny fleet, only flying with British airways and Air france because of French and British government pressure.
Airbus says that the supersonic passenger craft can operate from conventional airports so long as they can supply the cryogenic propellants.
By fitting its Highway Pilot self-driving system to a Mercedes-benz Actros truck and steering it down a stretch of Autobahn 8 near Stuttgart,
Daimler's Highway Pilot system first debuted on the open road last year aboard the Mercedes-benz Future Truck 2025 a concept vehicle intended to demonstrate what a future of autonomous trucking might look like.
The latest autonomous expedition saw the Highway Pilot system installed and tested in something other than a concept vehicle for the first time.
and Stuttgart with the Highway Pilot system helping guide the way. The system uses a short-range radar that assess the vehicle's surroundings up to 230 ft (70 m) away in a forward-facing 130-degree arc,
Highway Pilot isn't about letting those behind the wheel plonk their feet on the dashboard and snooze their way to their destination.
Daimler likens the system to the autopilot used in aviation, in that the driver must be prepared to take control at any time.
when touching objects including light taps on the mechanical finger and could be a huge breakthrough for prosthetics, according to its makers.
It has helped GE win jet engine orders worth $100 billion so far from airlines looking to shave their huge fuel bills.
but they helped advance the research far enough for GE Aviation division to fund more research and development,
who manages the LEAP program for GE Aviation division, of the composite. GE says that by 2020,
and even dropped by helicopter in hard-to-reach disaster zones. It has a solar panel to charge the battery,
The protein acts a bit like a tap to increase or reduce the production of natural compounds depending on how much of the protein is present.
The protein acts a bit like a tap to increase or reduce the production of natural compounds depending on how much of the protein is present.
The 3d printed airway splint, shown here in diagrams of how the device was placed into the patients'lungs.
Pin It The airway splint was designed digitally to fit each of the patients. The three infant boys who were implanted with the new device all had the same life-threatening condition a severe form of a disease called tracheobronchomalacia,
Sixteen-month-old Garrett Peterson's airways"were floppy, with the consistency of a wet noodle,
or holding him could cause Garrett's airways to collapse. This happened repeatedly for months."
"The researchers used CT SCANS of the infants to develop 3d-printed airway splints whose length, diameter,
to help keep the infants'weakened airways open. An image made from a CT SCAN of one of the patients.
Pin It Images from a patient CT SCAN were used to generate a 3d model of the patient airway."
the devices kept surrounding tissue from pushing in and sealing the airways shut. The devicessplints are made of a material called, polycaprolactone,
The airway splints were hollow and porous, designed to spread open as the children grew.
The researchers followed the growth of the airways over time with CT and MRI scans.
and expanded to allow the airways to grow in all three patients. All the devices are dissolving as expected
their airways usually grow strong enough to overcome the disorder, and their windpipes eventually will have no signs of the disease that nearly killed them as newborns.
The researchers say the airway splints will dissolve slowly enough to help the infants reach this point.
"He's so happy there's no hint of an issue with his airway splint. He's starting to learn to sit up on his own."
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