failures
Vehicles
The Boeing Dreamliner 787 Could Be The Next Spruce Goose
12:15PM Jack Loftus | The headline takes certain exaggerated liberties, sure, I admit that, but nevertheless today marks the second time in two months that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been delayed due to structural failures during the testing process. More »
Online
MobileMe ‘Not up to Apple’s Standards,’ Says Steve Jobs
5:53PM Kit Eaton | We all know that Apple’s MobileMe had a difficult birth: but it’s quite another thing to be able to read the criticisms of the service from his Steveness himself. And over at Ars Technica they’ve got hold of an internal Apple email that Steve Jobs sent out to Apple employees detailing his displeasure that MobileMe was “not up to Apple’s Standards.” It needed both more time in testing, and a piece-by-piece launch, rather than attempting to launch it as a “monolithic service,” he thinks. More »
Science
First Time Jitters Cause Inaugural Mars Lander Load To Miss Target
1:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Our favourite Martian gadget of the moment is experiencing some performance anxiety. While all of Phoenix’s parts are working just fine, including the 8-foot scoop arm, the little guy just couldn’t seal the deal when NASA scientists gave the green light to scoop dirt and put the bun in the oven. None of the inaugural sample made it into the first oven, you see, and scientists at the University of Arizona are scrambling today to find out why.
Random Stuff
Why: Heathrow Airport Terminal 5’s High Tech Failings
7:00AM Brian Lam | London Heathrow airport’s latest building, Terminal 5, launched last month after almost two decades of planning, US$8.5 billion dollars in cost, and 100 million hours in manpower. It is a glass and concrete and steel marvel, the largest free standing building in the UK, with over 16 kms in suitcase moving belts, and was supposed to be a cure for the Airport’s famous congestion by way of massive automation. On its opening day, and it just did not work right. This week, British Airways’ plans to move its long haul operations from the crowded main terminal to the new terminal were pushed back til June. Much of the press was quick to say that tech was the source of the failings in parking, luggage handling and check in, but here are the details I can find on what exactly caused endless lines and delay for so many passengers of Terminal 5. More »
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Complete NeXTcube System for Sale on eBay
3:40AM Matt Buchanan | Complete NeXTcube system on eBay: $780 w/ S&H (and climbing). Owning a rare* artifact of Steve Jobs’ failures: priceless. Sounds like a Dealzmodo to us. [eBay via CrunchGear] *The system, not his failures. More »
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