LA "Jetpack Man" Was Probably a Balloon
Long-time Slashdot reader Aighearach shares a report from the BBC: Investigators looking into a series of sightings of a mysterious "jetpack man" flying over Los Angeles say they may in fact have been balloons. The FBI launched an investigation after.....»»
Climate change: How elephants help pump planet-warming carbon underground
Imagine you're in a hot air balloon flying over an African savanna in the late growing season. Below, herds of elephants, zebras, wildebeests and rhinos roam a mosaic landscape dotted with lonesome trees and daubs of woodland on a canvas of yellow-br.....»»
Weather balloon data shows troposphere getting thicker, pushing tropopause higher over past 40 years
An international team of researchers has found evidence that the troposphere has been getting thicker, pushing the tropopause higher at a continuous rate over the past 40 years. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group desc.....»»
Officials think they"ve cracked the LA "jetpack man" mystery
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Jack Skellington?The Federal Bureau of Investigation is officially here to rain on our parade after at least four sightings of what appeared to be a man flying a jetpack in the skies near Los Angeles International A.....»»
LA "Jetpack Man" Was Probably a Balloon
Long-time Slashdot reader Aighearach shares a report from the BBC: Investigators looking into a series of sightings of a mysterious "jetpack man" flying over Los Angeles say they may in fact have been balloons. The FBI launched an investigation after.....»»
LA"s Jetpack Guy was probably a Jack Skellington balloon
The first sighting came back in August last year when American Airlines pilots radioed in that “We just passed a guy in a jetpack.” Another pilot, this one approaching LAX in a Jet Blue airliner a few minutes later, also reported a jetpack flyer.....»»
God Of War On PC Is Being Outsourced To Jetpack Interactive
God of War for the PC is being handled by Jetpack Interactive, Sony has confirmed. Original developer Santa Monica Studio is supervising the project. The post God Of War On PC Is Being Outsourced To Jetpack Interactive appeared first on PlayStation U.....»»
Alphabet’s Project Taara is beaming high-speed internet across the Congo River
The high speed wireless optical link technology Alphabet originally developed for its shuttered Loon balloon company is currently being used for another moonshot called Project Taara. Mariella Moon Contributor.....»»
This luxury capsule is competing for space tourism customers
Florida-based Space Perspective is planning to use a giant hydrogen-filled balloon for the trip of a lifetime high above the clouds......»»
Scientists Could One Day Float an Aerial Robot Above Venus
Researchers recently tested whether a balloon-borne sensor could listen for venusquakes to learn about the planet's makeup......»»
SuperBIT: A low-cost, balloon-borne telescope to rival Hubble
Durham, Toronto and Princeton Universities have teamed up with NASA and the Canadian Space Agency to build a new kind of astronomical telescope. SuperBIT flies above 99.5% of the Earth's atmosphere, carried by a helium balloon the size of a football.....»»
For $125K, you can hitch a ride to the edge of space on a giant balloon
Florida-based Space Perspective has started selling tickets for an amazing balloon flight that will take passengers high above Earth......»»
NASA balloon detects California earthquake—next stop, Venus?
Between July 4 and July 6, 2019, a sequence of powerful earthquakes rumbled near Ridgecrest, California, triggering more than 10,000 aftershocks over a six-week period. Seeing an opportunity, researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Calt.....»»
Watch this jetpack stuntman take on Usain Bolt’s 100-meter record
Watch what happened when British stuntman Richard Browning recently donned his five-engine jetpack in a bid to beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint record......»»
AAEON Announces Official Support for NVIDIA Ubuntu, Jetpack 4.5 and Secureboot on BOXER-8200 Systems
AAEON is adding support for NVIDIA Ubuntu on all BOXER-8200 systems. AAEON An Asus Company AAEON announces official support for NVIDIA Ubuntu on BOXER systems with NVIDIA Jetson SOM, Jetpack 4.5 deployment, and support for Secureboot on custom orders.....»»
Scientists invent catheter system to deliver electricity-activated glue path
Researchers have developed a device that offers a quicker and less invasive way to seal tears and holes in blood vessels, using an electrically-activated glue patch applied via a minimally invasive balloon catheter......»»
PSA: Verizon recalls 2.5M hotspots due to fire concerns, including ones distributed by schools
Verizon has issued a recall for 2.5 million of its Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspots today. The models were sold between 2017 and 2021 and have a battery defect that can create a fire hazard. Notably, the hotspots were distributed to students by some.....»»
Verizon issues recall on Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspot devices
Verizon's Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspots are capable of overheating, and could cause burns if handled and pose a fire risk.A Model MHS900L Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspotVerizon and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have discovered.....»»
Verizon Recalls 2.5 Million Hotspot Devices Due To Fire Hazard
Verizon is recalling 2.5 million hotspot devices after discovering that the lithium ion battery can overheat, creating a fire and burning hazard. CNBC reports: The recall impacts Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspots imported by Franklin Wireless Corp and.....»»
Geoengineering Researchers Have Halted Plans For a Balloon Launch in Sweden
The advisory committee for a Harvard University geoengineering research project is recommending that the team suspend plans for its first balloon flight in Sweden this summer. From a report: The purpose of that initial flight was to evaluate the prop.....»»
Controversial test flight aimed at cooling the planet cancelled
US and European scientists have called off a controversial balloon test flight that was to take place in Sweden's far north in June, part of a disputed solar geoengineering experiment to artificially cool the planet......»»