Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Wake-up Call: San Jose Airport's porous perimeter

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  The teenager who climbed a fence at Mineta San Jose International Airport and expressed himself to Hawaii in a 767's wheelwell was ...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Immersion Course: Escaping from flooded helicopters

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This is to provide a little more detail for my LinkedIn post last week, asking for survivors of helicopter ditchings to drop me a line, bec...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

The Ladder in the Road: A question for Google cars

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The other afternoon during rush hour I was unpleasantly surprised to see a heavy extension ladder lying across my lane (the middle of three ...
Saturday, April 5, 2014

The Inhuman History of ROVs: Part 2

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Continuing from Part 1 , based on my history of ROVs for Invention & Technology : = = = = = Setting aside military trials (such as...
Friday, April 4, 2014

The Inhuman History of ROVs: Part 1

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(The following is adapted from my article on ROV history for Invention & Technology Magazine). = = = = The emergency response to ...
Thursday, April 3, 2014

Radarscope App, Highly Recommended

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I don't make a lot of product recommendations, but lately have been trying out an iPhone app popular with those who chase storms (... or...
Sunday, March 30, 2014

The Search Will Go On, Pings or No Pings

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Despite many breathless news reports about how time is  running out  on the battery life of digital voice and data recorder underwater locat...