Disney is using science, statistics, and technology to eliminate the scourage of theme parks: long lines.
The New York Times reports:
To handle over 30 million annual visitors — many of them during this busiest time of year for the megaresort — Disney World long ago turned the art of .Read more...
The New York Times reports:
The nation’s ability to identify the source of a nuclear weapon used in a terrorist attack is fragile and eroding, according to a report released Thursday by the National Research Council.
Such highly specialized detective work, known as nuclear attribution, seeks to study clues .Read more...
Freakonomics Blog reviews the effects of the E-ZPass:
Among its many perks, there’s now evidence that E-ZPass may help save babies. Janet Currie and Reed Walker utilize the introduction of E-ZPass to examine the health effects of traffic congestion on infants. The authors “compare infants born to mothers .Read more...
The Wall Street Journal looks into the decline in fire deaths:
After recording the fewest deaths attributable to fire last year, New York is once again on pace to break that record for 2010, officials said Wednesday.
Through Dec. 1, there have been 56 civilian fire deaths in 2010, .Read more...
From Joe Sharkey at The New York Times:
“Like riding a horse,” said Dominique Menoud, the director general of Aviointeriors, the Italian aircraft seat manufacturer, after I had slid into the company’s new “stand-up” airplane seat on display last week at the Aircraft Interiors Expo .Read more...
BC Business Online looks at two British Columbia accident reconstruction firms:
With offices also in Ontario and California and a staff of 54, MEA is part of a small community of B.C. forensic engineering companies internationally recognized for investigating disasters such as collapsed buildings, equipment failures, police .Read more...
The New York Marathon from the MTA’s Cameras:
MTA Bridges & Tunnels’ Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been the starting point of the New York City Marathon since 1976. Over 40,000 runners participated in the race today, now in its forty-first year.
CBS News looks at alternative investment vehicle:
Delaware, it seems, has a cult fascination with low-digit license plates – a fascination that translates into lots of dollars… but very little sense.
“There is no better investment in the United States today,” Emmert says. When asked he says, “I know .Read more...
Proving you can find art–or a hobby–anywhere, the North American Sea Glass Festival held their annual gathering this month.
The New York Times writes:
They and hundreds of other enthusiasts gathered here this month for the annual meeting of the North American Sea Glass Association, to celebrate a hobby .Read more...
