World's first 'printed' airplane takes to the skies | ZDNet

World's first 'printed' airplane takes to the skies | ZDNet: "The plane, called SULSA (Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft), was printed on an EOS EOSINT P730 nylon laser sintering machine, which fabricates plastic or metal objects, building up the item layer by layer.

Once all the components were printed, assembly took minutes, say the engineers. No fasteners were used and all equipment was attached using ’snap fit’ techniques so that the entire aircraft can be put together without tools."

The future of the black box flight recorder explored (Wired UK)

The future of the black box flight recorder explored (Wired UK): "The tragedy of Air France 447 might have been on the minds of executives from Bombardier, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, when they announced in 2010 that their new CSeries narrow-body jets, scheduled to come to market in 2013, would be the first commercial airliners built with the capability to transmit telemetry data instead of merely recording it. The idea -- to stream black-box data in real time, either directly to a ground station or by satellite relay -- isn't new, even though there remains no consensus on whether to call it an uplink, which is conceptually accurate, or a downlink, which expresses the physical relationship of an aeroplane to the ground."

Sinai: From Buffer to Badlands | FrontPage Magazine

Sinai: From Buffer to Badlands | FrontPage Magazine: "arms shipments to the Strip have been surging…: everything that has been sent by the Iranians and their emissaries in recent years and was hidden by the Bedouins…has flowed freely into Gaza in the past five months. Meanwhile, new shipments arrived and were transferred to Hamas and Islamic Jihad without delay or a need to hide them."

Get a Free Snapshot of Your Car's Health - Popular Mechanics Reader Special - Popular Mechanics

Get a Free Snapshot of Your Car's Health - Popular Mechanics Reader Special - Popular Mechanics: "Are you wondering what part of your car will be the next to go south, and what it will cost to fix it? Or are you just curious why that pesky check engine light won't go off? At PM, we're bringing our readers a new and quick way to get a vehicle health snapshot, and know in advance what maintenance could be around the corner.

CarMD, the company that sells the inexpensive diagnostic tool by the same name, has amassed huge database of auto repair information. That info comes from two main sources: the hundreds of thousands of CarMD tools that customers have hooked up to the Internet looking for answers for why their 'check engine' light is on, and from thousands of professional mechanics CarMD keeps on retainer to provide those answers"

6 False Lessons Of The Space Shuttle - Atlantis Final Flight - Popular Mechanics

6 False Lessons Of The Space Shuttle - Atlantis Final Flight - Popular Mechanics: "The last space shuttle flight has now launched. And with Atlantis safely in orbit, many are reflecting on the legacy of the shuttle program, which lasted a little over three decades and for much of that time was at the center of America's human spaceflight program. While it was a magnificent technological achievement, and had many great accomplishments, it was a failure in the primary purpose for which it was built: to dramatically reduce the cost of access to space, and make such trips routine and safe. So as NASA heads into an uncertain future, many are drawing lessons from the shuttle experience to apply to policy going forward."

Barack Obama’s Top Ten Insults Against Israel | FrontPage Magazine

Barack Obama’s Top Ten Insults Against Israel | FrontPage Magazine

The Korean-Talmud Love Affair - - News - Israel National News

The Korean-Talmud Love Affair - - News - Israel National News: "Reports of the Talmud being a national classic in S. Korea have been floating around for years, but it’s now official: Students must study Talmud."

YouTube - ‪Latma presents: The Audacity of Dopes Band brings you "Guns, Guns, Guns!"‬‏

YouTube - ‪Latma presents: The Audacity of Dopes Band brings you "Guns, Guns, Guns!"‬‏

Greeks stop another Gaza-bound ship - Israel News, Ynetnews

Greeks stop another Gaza-bound ship - Israel News, Ynetnews: "Greek authorities have said that ships carrying activists destined for Gaza with aid for Palestinians were prohibited from leaving Greek ports."