The Wall Street Journal article ‘Shifting the Right of Way to the Left Leaves Some Samoans Feeling Wronged’ was one of the most read articles on the wsj.com website in 2010. It was interesting to learn that 30% of the world drives on the left side of the road.
Samoa is .Read more...
The one year anniversary of Flight 1549 reminds us of the remarkable landing with both a Sully book tour and a survivor reunion at the crash site. Not much has been written about the actually NTSB accident investigation–it seems damage from the birds was confirmed in both engines:
Federal safety officials .Read more...
In the excellent New York Times series ‘Driven to Distraction’, Matt Richtel examines the effect of modern technology on pedestrians in a new article ‘Forget Gum. Walking and Using Phone Is Risky‘.
The era of the mobile gadget is making mobility that much more perilous, particularly on crowded streets and in .Read more...
I’m not sure if National Aeronautics and Space Administration has put these up on eBay yet, but two space shuttles are currently for sale for a reported $28.8 million. The space shuttle program, active since 1981, is being moth-balled this year and NASA is clearing out the garage to make .Read more...
The proliferation of LED lights in traffic light fixtures around the country are saving municipalities millions of dollars, but with a heavy dose of winter weather this month the same municipalities are learning to deal with the unexpected problem of snow-covered traffic lights. Because the LED’s generate less heat, they .Read more...
A Smart Car accident at the end of 2009 in England gave a real world look at Smart Car safety.
The article mentions the woman survived the front-end collision:
The Smart car went out of control and ran into the back of the Land Rover, shunting it forwards.
Firefighters from Bolton and Horwich .Read more...
Automakers unveiled sophisticated dashboard computer systems at CES 2010 this week. Some are calling these ‘infotainment systems’ and debate has started over the level of distraction these pose for drivers.
In this corner, the New York Times:
“This is irresponsible at best and pernicious at worst,” Nicholas A. Ashford, a professor of .Read more...
One of the more disturbing news stories last month was the theft and later recovery of the famous Auschwitz ‘Arbeit macht frei‘ sign.
The sign reads ‘work liberates’ or ‘work makes you free’ and was infamously positioned at many of the World War II-era concentration camps. On 18 December 2009 a .Read more...
