FAA Official Resigns After Sleeping Controllers

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says the agency’s top official overseeing the nation’s air traffic system has resigned following disclosures of controllers falling asleep on the job.

FTR shipping index tightens

The short-term forecast calls for continued deterioration from the current index as the outlook for capacity shortages worsens.

Saving 9/11 Memories

Rosemary Cain volunteers at a visitor center across the street from the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan.

Hate hybrids and plug-ins? Well, F you punk

Hybrid haters are losers
Please tell me how gas guzzling makes America stronger
I understand hybrid and plug-in vehicle hate. First, many hybrid and plug-in buyers are elitist, condescending a-holes. Second, and even far worse, hybrids and plug-ins are…

Ioxus receives $21M Series B investment

Ultracapacitor manufacturer Ioxus, Inc. (earlier post) has received a total of $21 million from Energy Technology Ventures (a GE-NRG Energy-ConocoPhillips joint venture), Northwater Capital through its Northwater Intellectual Property Fund, Aster Capit…

Disruptive technologies: Lithium-ion batteries

Is lithium a disruptive technology?
Can chemistry change the way America drives?
“To compete with advancing gasoline/diesel engines, EV traction batteries have to be much more than twice as energy dense as lithium-ion ever will be, at least three tim…

LCC provost defends proposed cuts

If the cuts are approved by the college’s Board of Trustees, students in the affected programs would have until May 2012 at least to finish their degrees.