Two Boeing plane crashes that killed 346 people in five months were the ‘horrific culmination’ of design flaws, poor government oversight and a lack of action by the planemaker, US investigators have said. Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration were both criticized in a scathing report by the House Transportation Committee after the crashes in … Read more
MPs will be given lessons on woke language and history by consultants who declared the words ‘lady’ and ‘pensioner’ to be offensive. Parliament has paid Challenge Consultancy £7,000 to design a course on ‘unconscious bias’ for MPs. In total the company, which has also trained BBC staff, has raked in nearly £800,000 from Parliament for … Read more
Former New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald slammed Melania Trump for renovating the White House Rose Garden on Saturday, saying he is furious because the first lady is a ‘foreigner’ who has ‘no right to wreck our history’. The offensive outburst drew pushback from a number of fellow journalists, such as CNN’s Jake Tapper, who … Read more
What were they thinking? Baffled internet users share snaps of VERY bizarre design fails – including a sign telling customers to ‘eat kids free’ Amused users shared the design fails they have come across on Bored Panda Strange creations include a fence randomly secured in the middle of a field Another is an unfortunately placed … Read more
Vanessa Bryant shares photo of Kobe Bryant tribute jerseys as Lakers plan to wear his Black Mamba design in playoffs By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 06:00 BST, 18 August 2020 | Updated: 06:00 BST, 18 August 2020 Vanessa Bryant shared a snap of Kobe Bryant tribute jerseys Monday on social media as the Los … Read more
Virgin Galactic reveals supersonic jet design capable of speeds over Mach 3 that will be developed in partnership with Rolls-Royce Virgin Galactic released the first concept images of its supersonic passenger jet It would travel at speeds of Mach 3 at altitudes above 60,000 feet The cabin is customized to fit customers’ needs, like Business … Read more
Richard Branson-owned space firm Virgin Galactic has unveiled the design of the cabin and seats for its SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity, that will take the company’s first fee-paying astronauts to the edge of space. Each seat in the six-person cabin has two personal windows for a view of the Earth below and ‘mood lighting’ linked to … Read more
Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a reusable face mask that can be sterilized and worn over and over, while providing as much protection as an N95 mask. In fact, their new mask, made of silicon and rubber, incorporates N95 filters, but is made out of slick materials that are highly impermeable … Read more
Is the US creating the first military space station? Pentagon moves to design a mini ‘orbital outpost’ for government experiments The Department of Defense announced last year it wants to build a space station The group has awarded the contract to aerospace firm Sierra Nevada Corp The firm will transform its Shooting Star cargo ship … Read more
Folding iPhone patent suggests design with an offset hinge that would leave an uncovered strip for notifications or a touch-sensitive bar A patent for a folding iPhone suggests some unique design choices It would use an offset hinge to create an exposed strip on the device’s display That strip could display notifications or provide device … Read more