The Evolution of Plant Minds
I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...
Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific Airlines Finally Emerge!
Again in the news today, is the topic of yet another new airline taking to the skies this week. The airline is named Trans-Pacific and has a cousin named Trans-Atlantic. Perhaps there aren't enough airlines going under? It does seem a difficult time to launch a new...
Canadians rocking in Japan
Monkey Majik is a band composed of two canadian brothers and two japanese musicians. Very successful band in Japan, since 2006. Last year they went to Canada for a small tour, and passed by Vancouver, where... Looks at the New Zealand fly fishing and general fishing scene
With Virgin Blue/Pacific Blue continuing the great job of reducing air fairs, the TBF team decided it was the right time to take a look at the New Zealand fishing and holiday scene. Airfares to New Zealand have plummeted since Richard Branson came to the Aussie travelers...
The perfect way to swat a fly: stay one jump ahead
This research on how best to swat a fly comes up with the revealation that its best to anticipate "where it's going to jump" when it see's you coming for it. This could be applied to political opponents too -...
Fly Free Contest on September 11
As Today is the seven anniversary of September 11, I could hardly believe what I was seeing in this morning’s Toronto Star, a two full page ad for a contest called” Fly Free Contest”, “Play Fly Free with the Toronto Star and West Jet Vacations daily and could win a... Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly
Scratch another one off the list of "things only humans can do". This is not even a full artificial "intelligence"; it just learns how to compute data and algorithyms to fly a remote control helicopter, beaming instructions by radio signal 20 times a second. However, that...Families of 153 dead ask why plane was cleared to fly
"Angry relatives of Madrid crash victims asked yesterday why the aircraft was allowed to fly two hours after it aborted a take-off because of a technical fault. A total of 153 people died on Wednesday when the Spanair aircraft bound for the Canary Islands failed to take off,...
Preparing to cross the English Channel: Yves 'FusionMan' Rossy
This is part of a press release i received from Yves Rossy's 'FusionMan' team. i'll be paying close attention this September to see what happens. I also heard that being able to take off from the...
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