Monthly Archives: June 2014

Diesel off in remote Alaska – geothermal energy

June 11, 2014 — Geothermal energy isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when I hear of Nome, Alaska. I think of the event the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race commemorates: a 1925 relay of sled dog drivers … Continue reading

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Better Amtrak WiFi: Maybe Not So Crazy

Amtrak wants to fix its weak WiFi in its Northeast Corridor. The train company’s idea isn’t as improbable as it may seem. Amtrak raised some eyebrows with its announcement this week that the cash-strapped train company is investigating the possibility … Continue reading

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Boeing Hands 21% of 777X Components to Japanese Suppliers

Boeing Co. (BA) retained the work of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (7011) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (7012) and said five Japanese companies will build 21 percent of its latest widebody jet 777X. Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (7270), ShinMaywa Industries … Continue reading

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More bad luck with car parts

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 By MORRIS STEPHENSON – Just about the time I thought my ’97 Toyota Celica convertible, the “Little Mean Green Machine,” was going to be repaired after my May 21 accident, someone threw me a curve ball. … Continue reading

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Bombardier Begins Running CSeries Jet Engines Again

Bombardier Inc. began running the engines again on its new CSeries jet Tuesday, the first such tests since a major failure last month during routine ground maintenance that damaged one of its aircraft and grounded the test fleet. Canadian transportation … Continue reading

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Paper Planes Transform Into Tiny Drones

WSJ’s Jack Nicas heads to North Carolina to test out the PowerUp 3.0, which turns an average paper airplane into a smartphone-controlled electric drone. DURHAM, N.C.—It took Chuck Pell less than a minute to build his drone. He folded a … Continue reading

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Simply Copying Nature is No Way to Succeed at Inventing – Just Ask Leonardo …

One design that didn’t take off.Credit: tom-margie, CC BY-SA This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed Insights. Where do inventions come from? There’s no magic formula, but there are ways to … Continue reading

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