Give your child a summer brain boost – KULR

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Writer

BILLINGS, Mont. –

You can keep your child learning during the time off from school by helping them use aviation and engineering skills by making model airplanes.

Mary Swan, Home Science Tools Customer Service Lead, says there’s a huge focus now on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) activities for kids. She says giving your child a craft, such as a model airplanes to build, gives them a way to use STEM from home and learn more about science.

“Flight design, there are some physics concepts as well, just aerodynamics,” Swan says.

Swan also says living in Montana, mice and owls are a part of our ecosystem, so you can teach your kids more about the environment they live in by using an owl pellet dissection kit. Swan says these biology-focused kits help you see what an owl has eaten. She says this could inspire a career in biology or nature-related field.

Article source: http://www.kulr8.com/story/35544307/ways-to-give-your-child-a-summer-brain-boost

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Digital Twins: The Business Imperative You Might Not Know About

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Writer

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Last October, Gartner released their Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017. Fifth on the list: digital twins. The concept has been around for quite some time, but it’s only recently picked up traction with the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT). So, what are digital twins? And why are companies so excited about them? From cost savings and preventative maintenance to personalized health care treatment — digital twins are the bridge between the digital and physical world. The following is a basic primer to digital twins and what they can do for your business.

What Is A Digital Twin?

According to GE, digital twins are “the combination of data and intelligence that represent the structure, context, and behavior of a physical system of any type, offering an interface that allows one to understand past and present operation, and make predictions about the future.” Yes, that’s a mouthful. In more basic terms, digital twins are more than models — they’re living models that change with the current environment in real time to help companies — and people — monitor, test, treat, and maintain any number of systems.

For instance, NASA uses digital twins to model missions that would be literally impossible to monitor in real time in the physical world. By using digital twins of its space stations and spacecraft, it can make sure systems are running effectively and keep crews safe. Another example: GE is using

Article source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnewman/2017/05/30/digital-twins-the-business-imperative-you-might-not-know-about/

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Boeing puts 737 up against small business jets for $6.9B defense contract

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Writer

For a vital aircraft that will fly above distant battlefields, the Air Force will choose between Goliath and two Davids.

One is a jet originally designed to carry around 135 passengers, the two others built to carry fewer than 20 people.

With a $6.9 billion deal on the line, a militarized version of Boeing’s Renton-built 737 jet is going up against the Gulfstream G550 and the Bombardier Global 6000 high-end business jets for a special-mission contract to be awarded as early as this fall.

The 17 JSTARS jets at issue will be stuffed with high-tech military radar and computer-analysis equipment.

The planes are heavily used in combat zones for surveillance of ground forces and to target enemy positions. The current JSTARS fleet is now active in strikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

Boeing hopes a JSTARS win could incline the Air Force to choose the 737 to replace more than 100 different types of special-mission aircraft in its inventory — contracts that are lucrative far beyond the mere number of 737s involved.

But the competition from Savannah, Georgia-based Gulfstream and Canada’s Bombardier is formidable.

For special missions, air forces around the world are increasingly selecting business jets that fly higher, faster and further than airliners. The U.S. Air Force initially chose the Gulfstream for a separate electronic-jamming plane code-named Compass Call, although Boeing this month formally challenged that process.

Fred Smith, director of global

Article source: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-puts-737-up-against-small-business-jets-for-69b-defense-contract/

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New venture for Carpenter Technology

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Writer

Courtesy of Carpenter Technology Corp. | The heart of the 50,000-square-foot former Puris plant in Bruceton Mills, W.Va., is this refractory-free gas atomization system. Carpenter Technology Corp. said production at the facility has the potential to triple in the next few years.

Article source: http://www.readingeagle.com/business-weekly/article/new-venture-for-carpenter-technology

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John Taylor fought the FAA over registering drones. And won. But now what?

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Writer

John Taylor didn’t like the idea of being forced by the Federal Aviation Administration to register his drones. The requirement was “authoritarian,” the Maryland attorney said, and wouldn’t deter reckless fliers.

So the aviation law novice — he works in insurance — took the federal government to court. And won.

A federal appeals court this month struck down a 2015 FAA rule that compelled owners of drones used for recreation to register them.

Taylor’s unexpected success has upended a system meant to balance public safety and the rights of hobbyists who have purchased millions of drones.

While he has been treated as a conquering hero by many recreational drone pilots — the editor of sUAS News wrote that Taylor “should never need to buy a beer at a model aircraft event again!” — others fear his win could be a Pyrrhic victory for the broader world of unmanned aircraft.

“Why do we have restrictions? Because we don’t want a drone ingested into an aircraft engine,” said Brian Wynne, a licensed pilot and president of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a leading industry group based in Arlington, Va.

Wynne said putting registration numbers on all aircraft should be seen as a basic safety requirement. But that was part of what was overturned by Taylor’s challenge.

“We have to have rules,” Wynne said.

Wynne’s group is working to expand what the FAA allows for commercial drone operators, including seeking broader authority to fly over people and laying the groundwork for unmanned delivery services. Such efforts will require

Article source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/john-taylor-fought-the-faa-over-registering-drones-and-won-but-now-what/2017/05/29/56b83bf8-416a-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html

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Flying the friendly San Carlos skies

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Writer


A variety of small-scale aircraft and a few drones will be on display at the San Carlos Airport this coming weekend for the Hiller Aviation Museum’s Biggest Little Air Show

For a few hours on Saturday, June 3, the San Carlos Airport will close traffic on its runways to make space for aircraft on a slightly smaller scale.

As part of the Hiller Aviation Museum’s Biggest Little Air Show, model airplanes, drones and other remote-controlled craft will take to the San Carlos skies to give Peninsula residents a glimpse of a different set of aircraft than the charter planes and helicopters, among others, that use the airport regularly.

Though pilot John Collver is expected to take “War Dog,” a 1944 World War II trainer airplane, through aerobatic maneuvers, most of the other 20 pilots participating in the event will be showcasing craft that can be controlled from the ground.

For Willie Turner, the Hiller Aviation Museum’s vice president of operations, the show is a rare opportunity for the museum to open its doors to the San Carlos Airport runways that lay behind its indoor exhibits.

“It’s pretty exciting to get to go out there and fly on the runway,” he said.

Because of the San Carlos Airport’s position in the crosshairs of flight paths in and out of the San Francisco International Airport just north of it, Turner said hosting an air show with full-sized airplanes could prove challenging for the museum. But the museum

Article source: http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2017-05-29/flying-the-friendly-san-carlos-skies/1776425180941.html

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"48 Hours" The Hit: Who wanted colorful entrepreneur Gary Triano …

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Writer

Produced by Chuck Stevenson and Greg Fisher

[This story previously aired on July 11, 2015. It was updated on May 27, 2017.]

It was back in the 1990s and Pam Phillips and her husband, Gary Triano, were living large. In the posh foothills of Tucson, Arizona, they were rich. Gary was a wheeler-dealer, creating businesses, running Indian bingo, playing a lot of golf, and some say, rubbing shoulders with wise guys.

“He was flamboyant in a way that I wouldn’t normally fall for…” said Pam Phillips.

She sold commercial real estate.

“I was worth, I think, $1.8, 2 million, in there … made it totally on my own,” Phillips told “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant in her first network television interview.

Pam Phillips and Gary Triano

They were socialites with connections, like their celebrity pals Donald and Marla Trump.

“Marla, I love. Marla is like an angel … And Donald, I adore as well. He is one of the funniest people to be around, you can imagine,” said Phillips.

Laura Chapman, a friend, was part of the gang.

“Donald and Marla came … and actually took ’em to a basketball game together,” she said of the Trumps. “And we love our [University of Arizona] Wildcats…we’re big, huge Wildcat fans.

“It was in the paper the next day, you know, here’s Gary and Pam walking down the steps with Donald and Marla,” Chapman continued.

Gary and Pam married in 1986. They had two children together and settled into a comfortable life.

Article source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gary-triano-murder-who-wanted-arizona-gambler-dead/

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