As electric cars have taught us, car tires are a major source of undesirable noise in a car’s cabin. Honda has an ingenious solution to the issue, hidden resonators that work to cancel out the noise tires make, kind of like noise-cancelling headphones. Tires are like balls in that they are made of rubber and filled with … Read more
Photo: Royal Caribbean Landslide-generated tsunamis don’t come with any warning signs and they’re impossible to predict. Tsunami scientists are meeting with vessel operators in Alaska this month to put together some practical guidelines for captains to use in the case they encounter one of these snap tsunamis. These recommendations will be useful for the hundreds … Read more
Imaging getting off your flight to a scene like this. Screenshot: ABC News via YouTube It’s a scary time to be flying these days; if it’s not deadly turbulence made worse by climate change and parts falling off Boeing planes left, right and center, then it’s massive hailstorms ripping planes to pieces. That’s exactly what … Read more
Two planes nearly collided with each other on a runway at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai after one flight landed while the other one was still rolling down the runway on June 8. In a real shocker, the Air Traffic Control officer responsible has been derostered by officials. Restomodded EMC Mercedes 250GD … Read more
A seaplane lifted off directly into the side of a boat while setting off on a Saturday sightseeing flight from a harbor in Vancouver, Canada. The pilot and five passengers onboard De Haviland DHC-2 Beaver escaped the crash uninjured, CBC News reports. Those on the boat weren’t as lucky, with two people being sent to … Read more
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just released new crash test results for three full-size, three-row SUVs — the Ford Expedition, Chevrolet Tahoe, and Jeep Wagoneer — and these family haulers had varied crash test performances. Full-size SUVs are popular choices due to their size and the perceived safety that comes with that size, … Read more
A monster truck took down a power line during a jump at a show in Maine last Saturday. The lobster-themed truck called Crushstation pulled down multiple utility poles and sent a transformer crashing to the ground near a grandstand, the AP reports. Two people were sent to the hospital, but the incident could have been … Read more
Delivery riders overtook construction workers as those most likely to die on the job. Photo: Justin Heiman (Getty Images) If you had to guess which city center job came with the highest risk of death, what would you go for? Something in construction or refuse management, perhaps? Well you’d be wrong, as it turns out … Read more
Image: Zunum A federal jury found that Boeing misappropriated trade secrets from Zunum, a failed electric plane startup. The aircraft manufacturer was a sizable investor in Zunum through its venture capital division, Horizon X. The electric startup claims that Boeing launched a targeted campaign to steal proprietary information to develop its own hybrid-electric aircraft, Reuters … Read more
No, this woman was not on the flight.Photo: Ivan-balvan (Getty Images) More than two dozen passengers on a United Airlines from Vancouver to Houston who were previously on a cruise puked so much on the plane that it had to be taken out of service for deep cleaning. No, this isn’t the plot of “Airplane!” … Read more
