Chicago O’Hare Airport
In 2006 United Airlines Flight 1015 was picking up speed while rolling down the runway at Chicago O’Hare. But at around 10 p.m. on that clear summer evening the pilots saw something heart-stopping on the runway: an Atlas Air 747 cargo plane moving directly into its path. Unable to abort takeoff, the United pilot made a split-second decision to turn sharply. The planes avoided impact by a mere 120 feet.
Continue reading… “Top 5 most dangerous airports in the U.S.”
LinkedIn is one of the most recognizable brands worldwide.
LinkedIn is a business-orientated social networking site has been in operation for nearly nine years now and in that time its popularity and influence has mushroomed. It is now one of the most recognizable brands worldwide. Here are the latest statistics on LinkedIn.
“You could have a heart attack in the absence of other risk factors if you smoke.”
Heart attacks tend to hit smokers years earlier than non-smokers, according to a new study from Michigan.
Continue reading… “Heart attacks hit smokers younger than non-smokers: study”
Americans will spend more than $50 billion on their animals this year.
Mary Louise Mills has a says her three dogs are spoiled rotten 9-year-old shih tzu named Annie Lulu after Mills’ grandmother, and two Pekingese — 7-year-old Miss Daisy May and 4-year-old Elmer, whom she sometimes calls Fudd. And she says her all three of her dogs are spoiled rotten.
Continue reading… “Spending on pets in the U.S. increases during recession”
Graduate Student Jian Shi and Materials Science and Engineering Professor Xudong Wang
demonstrate a material that could be used to capture energy from respiration.
The same piezoelectric effect that ignites your gas grill with the push of a button could one day power sensors in your body via the respiration in your nose…
Continue reading… “Electricity from the nose: Engineers make power from human respiration”
Serious powder!
…and it’s only a few hundred million miles away. Better fuel up your rocket and get started today, however, because we’re talking about Saturn’s moon Enceladus and the incredibly fine, snowy powder that covers its surface:
“The particles are only a fraction of a millimeter in size … even finer than talcum powder,” study leader Paul Schenk, a planetary scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, said in a statement. “This would make for the finest powder a skier could hope for…”
Continue reading… “Scientists discover the best skiing In the Solar System”
Mimes gesture as they stand in a crosswalk in Caracas, Venezuela.
Dangerous drivers are getting the silent treatment in a part of Venezuela’s capital. Mimes are going into the streets to do what police alone have not: tame the lawless traffic.
Continue reading… “Mimes tackle reckless drivers in Venezuela”
The study examined the average lifetime exposure to traffic-related pollution.
Scientists have found living in areas with high levels of traffic pollution can reduce people’s performance in cognitive tests.
Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
Gadget Feet is a world most compact and lightest portable electronic device stand (for laptops, iPad, Tablet PC, keyboard…). Gadget Feet helps improves posture and increase productivity.
Continue reading… “Gadget Feet – unique and compact portable electronic device stand”
Wunderland Kalkar amusement park
Nothing says fun for all ages like an abandoned nuclear power plant cooling tower! That’s the sentiment behind Wunderland Kalkar amusement park in Germany. Wunderland was formerly known as the Schneller Bruter cooperative energy project–where you’re more likely to encounter cotton candy and motion sickness than Geiger counters and radiation poisoning. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Germany’s nuclear power plant turned amusement park”
Yes, I knew coffee would get me wired, but not like this
“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” – – Charles Schulz
Little Rohan Ajit Kokane whizzed into the Guinness Book of World Records
after performing the furthest ever roller-skating limbo.
He managed to fly under an incredible 20 cars while performing the splits during the stunt in Mumbai, India. Rohan picked up speed before bending down and making his chest parallel to the ground…
Continue reading… “Boy, 11, sets longest limbo skating-world record”