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Pilot who killed a family said to have crashed at same airport in 2010
The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a DC-area home on its way to Montgomery County Airpark, killing a mother and her two children, may have crashed a plane while attempting to land at the same airport in … Continue reading
Technique offers spray-on solar power
Pretty soon, powering your tablet could be as simple as wrapping it in cling wrap. That’s Illan Kramer’s (ECE) hope. Kramer and colleagues have just invented a new way to spray solar cells onto flexible surfaces using miniscule light-sensitive materials known … Continue reading
Question use of lethal drones
By Sandra Strauss As a child in the 1960s, I was fascinated by remote-control model airplanes being launched from the grounds of a local elementary school near my home. I would watch as the pilots, from the ground, guided the … Continue reading
Obiter changes business model to adapt – Champaign/Urbana News
William Boulanger, left, executive chemist and chairman of Obiter Research, stands next to a giant centrifuge as chemists Lauri Schultz, background left, and Sergey Dzekhtser, stand next to a reactor, which holds 200 liters of material and serves as the … Continue reading
Sandwich Monday: Taco Bell Dessert Nachos
Depending on where you are in the world, Taco Bell can be as many as 2 miles away. Fortunately the chain has started selling make-at-home kits, and today we’re trying the Dessert Nacho Kit. It’s a great chance to make … Continue reading
Privately operated drones over airports pose threat to planes in Buffalo and …
WASHINGTON – Twice this summer, it appeared in the skies above the runways at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, an unwanted intruder about the size of a seagull in the airspace that’s reserved for planes full of passengers and cargo. No, … Continue reading
University of Maryland drone test site open for business
The pickup truck speeds down the runway of the airfield here on the Eastern Shore, a small, unmanned aircraft in its payload. And then the aircraft takes flight, banking over the heads of the spectators. After years of planning, the … Continue reading