Aviation

World Economic Forum 2015: “The New Global Context”

“One Stop Shop” For World Leaders & Policy Makers The World Economic Forum 2015 Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland started this year on Monday, January 21st and continues to Saturday, January 24, 2015. The world’s…

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Get The Richard Branson-Backed 3DRobotics IRIS+ Super Drone!

The IRIS+ personal drone is all you need to take to the skies and enjoy endless hours of fun. Fly manually using the included controller or use 3DR’s groundbreaking autopilot technology to let IRIS+ fly…

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Introducing the Industry Tap “Special Deals” Store: Exclusive Sales on Gadgets, Gear, and Tech Products

We are extremely excited to announce a new partnership with StackCommerce, set up to launch the Industry Tap “Special Deals” Store – a wonderful mix of the best money-saving opportunities in gadgets, gizmos, gear, software, and tech products. But that’s…

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Saudi Arabia’s First High-Speed Railway Under Construction

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) retained DB International, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, a German Railway Company, to oversee the construction of the Haramain High Speed Rail, a 281.5 mile (453 km) high-speed…

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Richard Branson Announces Plan For New Satellite Constellation

Soon you may be able to call your local Internet access provider, assuming you aren’t impressed with their services, and tell them to go take a hike – you have a new service provided by…

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FAA and CNN Enter Research Deal To Implement Drones Into News Reporting

CNN and the Federal Aviation Administration have signed a deal to bring drones into news reporting and news gathering. “Our aim is to get beyond hobby-grade equipment and to establish what options are available and…

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After Tragic, Mysterious Year In Aviation, Qantas Named Safest Airline In The World For 2015

AirlineRatings.com has released its top 10 safest airlines for 2015 and Australia’s Qantas leads the pack, a ringing endorsement for Qantas as 2014 was a tragic year in aviation, not to mention a mysterious one. The…

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$250 Billion A Year Plan Could Put World On Sustainable Path

Some talk and some act. Of course both are important but ideas key to the future of humanity and livingry are getting short shrift in the “act” department. Take global warming — governments and world…

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Government Shoots Down Sierra Nevada’s Space Taxi Deal Protest

Sierra Nevada Corp’s protest of NASA awarding $6.8 billion in contracts to SpaceX and Boeing to develop space taxis has reportedly been rejected by the Government Accountability Office. Boeing’s contract is worth $4.2 billion while…

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Meet the Airbus Beluga Super Transporter

One of the more interesting birds in the sky these days is the Airbus Beluga, also known as the A300-600ST Super Transporter. Beluga was designed as a heavy cargo aircraft to ferry parts of Airbus planes…

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