The US Air Force has given the go ahead for the development of robotic, Frisbee shaped drones to assist in its counter-insurgency missions in areas of hostility, such as the middle-east.
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (known as UAVs) would be piloted remotely as they scour especially inhospitable or remote locations for …
According to the latest news reports, Korean Air has now followed Australian National Airline, Qantas, and has banned passengers from boarding with Dell laptops, Apple PowerBooks or iBooks amid concerns over their batteries. The US Federal Aviation Administration is also known to be considering offering safety advice concerning this matter …
This evening I decided to bite the bullet - I spoke to George. And, whilst it would be true to say that I entered into the conversation with little by the way of expectation, and an almost palpable sense of scepticism, I found the ensuing experience, on the whole, not …
Thoughts from the Sidelines is just over a week old, and what a week it’s been. From its conception I had hoped that the sort of posts I envisaged writing would appeal to a few other people apart from the chap who resides in my garden shed who demands a …
Following on from my earlier post yesterday concerning the fate of the European Space Agency’s Smart-1 probe, which can be viewed here, it has been confirmed that the probe, which had completed over two thousand orbits during its mission as it mapped the lunar surface, successfully completed its final journey …
Much has been made out of the “special relationship” between Tony Blair and George Bush so it is nice to see this relationship celebrated in this video that shows both the US President and the British Prime Minister engaging in a touching duet.
The subtext will be evident to most, so …
One story that seems to have made it into just about every paper this week in the UK is the story of a postman who, having had enough of junk mail, decided to take matters into his own hands.
Unfortunately, though the postman in question was no doubt acting in what …
According to Nikolai Sevastyanov, the president of Russia’s Energia Rocket and Space Corporation, Russian cosmonauts could be visiting the moon in an updated version of the Soyuz spacecraft in only six years in a three stage operation that will culminate in a Russian moon base being established by 2025 with …
