flight
Screens
Giant Wraparound Screen Shows Air Traffic In Real-Time
1:00AM Adam Frucci | This installation shows all 16,000 of Lufthansa’s planes at once, all projected in 3D on a 180-degree, 46-foot-wide screen. And damn is it cool More »
Gadgets
A Look at the Mysterious ‘Black Box’
5:40AM Mark Wilson | Any time a plane goes down, the black box recorder, once again, becomes a mythical machine whispered about in the back alleys of news broadcasts. So Wired assembled a technological rundown on the device. More »
Gadgets
Water-Powered Jetpack Would Be the Most Godly Firefighting Tool Ever
11:28PM Mark Wilson | You know how some jerk in a water gun fight always cheats by grabbing the hose? Well, this pilot could totally beat that guy at his own game. More »
Design
In the Face of Technology, Super Powers Turn Meaningless
5:30AM Mark Wilson | Sorry Superman, but at least you still have X-ray vision. See the wonders of flight and other meaningless super powers (like 99% Opacity Man) over at the Superuseless Superpowers blog. [SS via about:blank] More »
Vehicles
Flight Simulation of the Hudson River Waterlanding
11:08PM John Herrman | The BBC commissioned a flight-sim reproduction of the last week’s near-miraculous US Airways incident. So, in case you were wondering, this is what it looks like to pilot a commercial jet onto a river. More »
Design
Life-Size Inflatable Jumbo Jet Art Installation Just Wants To Be a Real Jet
1:40AM John Mahoney | Aleksandra Mir has parked her giant inflatable airliner in front of the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, but recently in Zurich it had the chance to pull up to the gate like the big boys. More »
Toys
Draganfly X6 UAV: UFO Thingy Packed With Carbon Fibre, HD/Night Cameras and GPS
12:09PM Brian Lam | The Draganfly series of heli cams have been impressive, but the just announced X6 is freaking amazing. The triple-tipped carbon fibre body has two carbon rotors on each end. The design allows it to move in all directions rapidly, provide enough control to zip around indoors yet resist up to 29 kilometres per hour of wind. galleryPost('draganflyx6', 3, ''); More »
Vehicles
How it Feels to Fly a Jetpack
2:30AM Mark Wilson | I flip the ignition switch and 113kg of engines, turbines and gasoline roar hello. In terms of horsepower, I was carrying a small sports car on my back. I’d like to say that I grin confidently and give the cameras a wink, like some young Chuck Yeager or Evel Knievel, but the smile leaves my face. More »
Gadgets
