The longest non-stop flights in the world
Qantas has revealed plans for the world's longest-duration commercial flight by the end of 2025, ferrying passengers between Sydney and London on Airbus A350s in just over 19 hours.
May 2, 2022
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Telecom
Airplane mode: Why don't commercial jets stream their flight recorder data?
Shortly after Air France flight 447 took off from Rio De Janeiro in June 2009, it entered a storm, vanished from air control systems, and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. It took more than 2 years for the wreckage to be found, ...
Apr 6, 2022
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Cathay plans world's longest passenger flight, avoids Russian airspace
Cathay Pacific is planning the world's longest passenger flight by rerouting its New York to Hong Kong service over the Atlantic instead of the Pacific, the airline said Tuesday, in a new path that steers clear of Russia.
Mar 29, 2022
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Robotics
Algorithm helps robots avoid obstacles in their path
If you've ever ordered a product from Amazon, chances are that a robot selected your purchase from a shelf, read the barcode and delivered it to the counter for packaging. Hopefully, it didn't collide with a human worker ...
Jan 10, 2022
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Automotive
Traffic speeds under 20 mph best for encouraging cycling to work
A study of nearly 35,000 routes to work revealed that people were most likely to choose to cycle when traffic speeds along their route were under 20mph—providing evidence to debates about speed limits in urban areas.
Dec 22, 2021
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Computer Sciences
How the brain navigates cities: We seem to be wired to calculate not the shortest path but the 'pointiest' one
Everyone knows the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. However, when you're walking along city streets, a straight line may not be possible. How do you decide which way to go?
Oct 18, 2021
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Robotics
Faster path planning for rubble-roving robots
A new algorithm speeds up path planning for robots that use arm-like appendages to maintain balance on treacherous terrain such as disaster areas or construction sites, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown. ...
Aug 13, 2021
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Robotics
A framework for robot path finding in unstructured environments
In recent years, computer scientists have developed mobile robots that could be introduced in a variety of settings. To efficiently navigate unstructured environments, however, these robots should be able to plan safe paths ...
Energy & Green Tech
Road to future: Dutch province unveils solar bicycle path
Authorities in a central Dutch province opened what they are billing as the world's longest solar bicycle path Wednesday, mixing sustainable energy with emission-free travel.
Jul 14, 2021
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Robotics
A technique to plan paths for multiple robots in flexible formations
Multi-robot systems have recently been used to tackle a variety of real-world problems, for instance, helping human users to monitor environments and access secluded locations. In order to navigate unknown and dynamic environments ...
