Waterville airport sets sights high after big investments – Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
Randy Marshall, airport manager at Robert LaFleur Municipal Airport, stands with his dog, Molly, on Thursday on the newly renovated runway at the city-owned airport in Waterville. Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans WATERVILLE — The Robert LaFleur Municipal Airport is poised to handle more…
Bosch Saves Us From Wrong-Way Driving – IEEE Spectrum
The traffic accident you least want to be in is a collision with a car moving in a direction opposite to your own. Even though such wrong-way collisions account for only about 3 percent of accidents on divided highways in the United States, according to a 2013 report by…
Vancouver’s high-tech hurdle: Attracting top-level talent – The Globe and Mail
From left: Version One Ventures CEO and founder Boris Wertz, BuildDirect president and CEO Jeff Booth, Vision Critical founder and president of corporate innovation Andrew Reid, Hootsuite CEO and founder Ryan Holmes, Shoes.com chairman and co-founder Roger Hardy, Plentyoffish CEO and founder Markus Frind, and…
What we can learn from the Pan Am Games – The Globe and Mail
So much for the fretting, hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing. It seems that in the end, Toronto learned to stop worrying and love the Pan Am Games. In the run-up to the games, it seemed the largest multisport spectacle ever to be held in Canada was destined…
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It | WIRED – Wired
I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold. Though I hadn’t touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting, chilling the sweat on my back…
Quantum Interface Makes Using Androids and Tablets … – Sports Video Group – Sports Video Group (blog)
Quantum Interface Makes Using Androids and Tablets Easier With new Launcher Empowering consumers to zip to desired content on more of their devices, Quantum Interface (Qi) is expanding its motion-based interface architecture, implementing the technology in a launcher for Android smartphones and tablets. This new…
Big data analytics accelerates Williams’ Formula One performance – V3.co.uk
Formula One cars are essentially big data factories on wheels. They have hundreds of sensors across many components collecting data on everything from fuel levels and engine performance, to oil temperature and tyre pressure. Turning that data into useful information to tweak a car’s performance…
Avis Budget Group Inc. : Avis Budget Group and Southwest Airlines Sign New … – The Wall Street Transcript
Avis Budget Group Inc. Tickers: CAR CAT WBC PCAR EMR TRN JBHT HUBG June 25, 2015 PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 25, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAR) today announced that it has entered into an expanded, new multi-year partnership marketing agreement with Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) which will enable the Company…
MELTDOWN: The complete story – Metalbulletin.com (subscription)
IMatthias Horner closed his front door gently behind him and scrunched across the gravel drive to the garage. He flicked the button on his car key ring, and the garage door began to swing open, as did the gate at the end of the drive…