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50 Years After His Election, J.F.K. Goes Digital

10:00AM November 29, 2010 | Jack Loftus

When John F. Kennedy was elected president 50 years ago, life—and technology—was much different. This brief look, found over at the Big Picture, is part of a massive $US10 million effort to digitize the JFK Library photo archives. More »

Cars

How Two Pilots Saved Two Planes From Disaster At JFK

6:15AM September 27, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Nothing says welcome to New York City like a wing vomiting sparks as your aeroplane touches down at night. Just minutes before this video, the pilot radioed the news to JFK’s air traffic control: “The right gear is stuck up.” More »

Cars

Luckiest Kid Alive Directs Air Traffic At JFK

11:20AM March 4, 2010 | Brian Barrett

On February 17, an air traffic controller let his little boy take the reigns for at least five transmissions to commercial jets at JFK International. This was terribly dangerous breach of protocol! And so totally awesome for the kid. More »

Science

Obama Cancels Kennedy’s Dream

3:40AM February 6, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Once upon a time, a President thought that taking humans “to the Moon and the planets beyond” was not only good for the economy of the country, but also would push US technology decades beyond everybody’s else. He was right. More »

Geek Out

Very Stupid UFO Spotted At New York’s JFK Airport

8:00AM August 21, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

As you can hear in this audio record, a Delta pilot spotted a UFO at New York’s JFK airport this Sunday. Allegedly, the object was a “paraglider” who landed illegally, and then took off on a potential collision course. More »