Aviation’s evolution: Fuel cells, 3D-printed planes and beyond
There"™s no denying that the aviation industry has taken a toll on the environment. Air travel has become the norm in most parts of the world, and reductions in airfare have increased the number of flights yearly. As a result pollution, particularly carbon dioxide, has continued to rise. However, these effects have not been ignored […]
Airplane Cleaning Robot recognized by Industry"™s Crystal Cabin Awards
Dimer LLC has announced the release of its mobile sanitizing robot for airplane interiors, "GermFalcon". Using only ultraviolet-C (UVC) light, the kind used in hospitals, the highly-effective germ killing device is mobile and compact "” no larger than a flight attendant"™s food and beverage cart. Dimer believes routine airplane sanitization will give boarding passengers a […]
Six Lessons On Innovation From The Wright Brothers
When Wilbur and Orville Wright managed to build and fly an airplane, you might imagine that the world was immediately dazzled by their amazing achievement. You"™d be wrong. As David McCullough chronicles in his excellent book The Wright Brothers, many of the "most prominent engineers, scientists, and original thinkers of the nineteenth century had been […]
