The Seattle Times’ take on the Al Jazeera allegations Boeing watchers may find that a documentary on the Dreamliner that debuts this week on Al Jazeera English, like the 787’s smoldering batteries in 2013, produces more heat than light. Like … Continue reading
Consider the source. But this is catching some attention in the press, and I’m sure, around the executive hallways at Boeing A worker at one of two Boeing 787 assembly lines in Charleston, in the US state of South Carolina, … Continue reading
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Scientists at Harvard claim a breakthrough in telepathy Research led by experts at Harvard University shows technology can be used to send a simple mental message from one person to another without any contact between the two. Neuroscientist Giulio Ruffini … Continue reading
Cisco avoids claims that systems led to Chinese torture Cisco Systems Inc. is off the hook in a California federal suit alleging it orchestrated surveillance systems for the Chinese government that were used to torture and persecute members of a … Continue reading
Changes underway at Boeing’s Everett plant Boeing’s venerable 747 faces an uncertain future, as do the 767 and the 777 classic. Those older airplane models have threadbare customer demand. Robots, meanwhile, have slashed the number of people needed to paint … Continue reading
“Put photons on the target…..one guy, one laptop, with an XBox controller…” Boeing has a pretty storied history with lasers and now its testing one that can take out UAVs and rockets regardless of where it’s installed. A recent trial … Continue reading
You could have fooled us. Wait, actually, you did. The best special effects are often the ones you never notice–which may make Ikea the most skillful special effects studio in the world. The Swedish furniture company has been aggressively ramping … Continue reading
Who knows if a golden age of air travel ever really existed, but it sure isn’t now. Let’s take a look back at the romantic early days of air travel to Hawaii and the Boeing “Flying Hotel”. In 1939, a … Continue reading
Boeing appears to be investing in the employees, at least in their huge Charleston facility. Boeing Co is expected to receive final approval on Thursday to build what could be a Silicon Valley-style corporate campus as part of a major … Continue reading