The record-breaking order of the A320neo offers 15 percent more fuel-efficiency. Image courtesy of Airbus . An Indian low-cost airline, IndiGo, has been the first buyer of 150 Airbus A320neo fuel-efficient jets , not only expanding its currently modest 34-plane fleet but also marking the single largest order in commercial aviation history. Airbus claims the plane is a more environmentally-friendly version of its popular A320, reducing fuel consumption by an estimated 15 percent, all… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Continue reading …In the middle of a taping for a town hall meeting to be aired on ABC Sunday, a survivor of last week's Tucson shootings issued a death threat to a Tea Party member in attendance. According to the website of ABC-TV affiliate KGUN, J. Eric Fuller was arrested and charged with threats, intimidation, and disorderly conduct: The meeting room at St. Odilia's Catholic Church on the city's northwest side was packed with local dignitaries, witnesses to the mass shooting Jan. 8, some of the witnesses to the shootings and the first responders to the scene for a taping of an ABC-TV special, a town hall event, at 11 a.m. Saturday. Host of the program, This Week, is Christianne Amanpour. The show will air at 7 a.m. Sunday on KGUN9-TV. Toward the end of the town hall meeting Saturday morning, one of the shooting victims, J. Eric Fuller, took exception to comments by two of the speakers: Ariz. state Rep. Terri Proud, a Dist. 26 Republican, and Tucson Tea Party spokesman Trent Humphries. According to sheriff's deputies at the scene, Fuller took a photo of Humphries and said, “You're Dead.” Deputies immediately escorted Fuller from the room. Pima County Sheriff's spokesman Jason Ogan said later Saturday that Fuller has been charged with threats and intimidation and he also will be charged with disorderly conduct. For the record, Humphries is the head of the Tucson Tea Party. Fox News elaborated on this breaking story (h/t Mediaite ): It will be very interesting to see whether this ends up being part of Sunday's program or gets omitted. When ABC's Pierre Thomas interviewed a friend of shooter Jared Lee Loughner's during last Sunday's “This Week,” her opinion about the assailant being a liberal was completely ignored . Stay tuned.
Continue reading …Looting, deadly prison riots and street chaos have engulfed Tunisia, a day after mass protests forced its long-time president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, to flee. A new interim president was sworn in on Saturday, promising to create a unity government that could include the long-ignored opposition. It was the second change of power in this North African nation in less than 24 hours. Amid the political instability, looters emptied shops and torched the main train station in the capital,
Continue reading …Another milestone for Gabrielle Giffords: Doctors today took her off a ventilator for the first time since last week’s shooting, reports CNN . They removed her breathing tube—she was breathing on her own all along, but it had been left in as a precaution—and replaced it with a tracheotomy…
Continue reading …The Obama administration is loosening the rules about travel to Cuba to make it easier for students, church groups, and cultural organizations to go there, reports the Miami Herald . The move means that more airports will be allowed to offer charter flights—up from the current three in Miami, Los…
Continue reading …The GRASP Lab quadrocopters were impressive enough by themselves, all slashing and swooping through the air with unerring precision , but then their makers had to go and give them the intelligence to work in groups and today the inevitable has happened: they’ve learned how to construct things! Sure, the structures are rudimentary, but we can recognize the beginnings of human containment cells when we see them. Skip past the break for the bone-chilling, teamwork-infused video. Continue reading Quadrocopters learn to build things, when will humans learn to fear them? (video) Quadrocopters learn to build things, when will humans learn to fear them? (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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