Hitachi, NEC See Sharp Growth (Reuters)

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Bush to Propose Sharp Reduction in
Budget Growth (Reuters)

Bush to Propose Sharp Reduction in
Budget Growth (Reuters) 01/22/2004 11:39 AM
Reuters - Under fire from fiscal conservatives over record budget deficits, President Bush will propose limiting overall growth in spending not connected to defense or homeland security next year to less than 1 percent, administration officials said on Thursday.

Hitachi, Matsushita, Toshiba Seen
Teaming Up in LCDs (Reuters)

Hitachi, Matsushita, Toshiba Seen
Teaming Up in LCDs (Reuters) 08/06/2004 07:39 AM
Reuters - Japan's Hitachi Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toshiba Corp. appear likely to join forces in the production of large liquid crystal displays, a move analysts said would be needed for survival in the fast-growing but highly competitive industry.

Gambler's sharp vision is no crime
(Reuters)

Gambler's sharp vision is no crime
(Reuters) 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Reuters - A Chinese man convicted of cheating U.S. casinos in card games should not be sentenced to a longer term in prison simply because he has unusually sharp vision, a U.S. appeals court has ruled.

Prostitutes See Sharp Drop in Business
(Reuters)

Prostitutes See Sharp Drop in Business
(Reuters) 05/11/2004 10:50 AM
Reuters - EU entry has not brought everyone in the Czech Republic the promised economic advantages.

Fujitsu Says in Talks with Sharp to Sell
LCD Ops (Reuters)

Fujitsu Says in Talks with Sharp to Sell
LCD Ops (Reuters) 02/05/2005 09:41 PM
Reuters - Japanese chips-to-computers conglomerate Fujitsu Ltd. said on Sunday it is in talks with Sharp Corp., the world's largest maker of LCD televisions, to sell its loss-making LCD panel operations.

Hitachi Plans 500-Gigabyte Hard Disk,
Largest Ever (Reuters)

Hitachi Plans 500-Gigabyte Hard Disk,
Largest Ever (Reuters) 01/05/2005 01:36 AM
Reuters - Hitachi Ltd. said on Tuesday it is seeking to push the limits of data storage with smaller stamp-sized disks for handheld gadgets and vastly higher-capacity drives that can store up to 100 films.

Hitachi Will Expand Production of iPod
Disk Drive (Reuters)

Hitachi Will Expand Production of iPod
Disk Drive (Reuters) 05/16/2004 08:38 PM
Reuters - The six-week waiting list to get a popular iPod Mini digital music player from Apple Computer Inc. is likely to get shorter by the end of the year.

Hitachi Thai Expansion to Boost iPod
Disk Drives (Reuters)

Hitachi Thai Expansion to Boost iPod
Disk Drives (Reuters) 05/17/2004 10:33 AM
Reuters - Japan's Hitachi Ltd (6501.T), facing pent-up demand for the popular iPod digital music player from Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O), said it would spend about $200 million to double disk drive output at its Thailand plant.

Bush and Kerry Exchange Sharp Attacks on
Iraq (Reuters)

Bush and Kerry Exchange Sharp Attacks on
Iraq (Reuters) 09/14/2004 06:37 PM
Reuters - President Bush slammed Democratic rival John Kerry on Tuesday for shifting his views on Iraq out of political expediency, and Kerry fired back that Bush was using "distortions" to hide a deteriorating situation there.

Pope in Sharp Turn for Worse with Fever,
Infection (Reuters)

Pope in Sharp Turn for Worse with Fever,
Infection (Reuters) 03/31/2005 07:05 PM
Reuters - Pope John Paul's fragile health took a sharp turn for the worse as he developed a very high fever caused by a urinary infection, the Vatican said.

Danger Signs Up Sharp to Make New Mobile
Devices (Reuters)

Danger Signs Up Sharp to Make New Mobile
Devices (Reuters) 07/23/2004 02:59 AM
Reuters - Danger Inc., maker of an all-in-one wireless phone and e-mail device that has drawn rave reviews but has been in short supply, said on Friday that it had agreed to a broad manufacturing deal with Sharp Corp. (6753.T) of Japan.

First Saturn Pictures Show Sharp-Edged
Rings (Reuters)

First Saturn Pictures Show Sharp-Edged
Rings (Reuters) 07/01/2004 12:17 PM
Reuters - Hours after it completed a journey of nearly seven years to Saturn, the spacecraft Cassini sent its first pictures back to Earth on Thursday, showing sharp edges and ripples of energy in the planet's enormous rings.

Hitachi Agrees to Acquire Fujitsu
Hitachi Plasma Display Shares and Plasma
Technology Patents

Hitachi Agrees to Acquire Fujitsu
Hitachi Plasma Display Shares and Plasma
Technology Patents 03/25/2005 07:36 PM
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Look Sharp. Feel Sharp. Be Sharp.

Look Sharp. Feel Sharp. Be Sharp. 04/14/2005 12:23 PM
There's a growing subculture of shaving mugs and rich lathers, a world of bristle brushes and razors with a little heft to them.

Job Growth Strong for 2nd Month
(Reuters)

Job Growth Strong for 2nd Month
(Reuters) 05/07/2004 09:01 AM
Reuters - U.S. employment surged for a second straight month during April, adding another 288,000 to payrolls as jobs were created in nearly every sector at a pace that handily outstripped expectations, a Labor Department report on Friday said.

Greenspan Says U.S. Growth Solid
(Reuters)

Greenspan Says U.S. Growth Solid
(Reuters) 07/20/2004 02:27 PM
Reuters - The U.S. economy has entered a sustainable expansion that is creating some price pressures, but inflation does not now pose a major threat, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress on Tuesday.

Job Growth Anemic in February (Reuters)

Job Growth Anemic in February (Reuters) 03/06/2004 02:06 AM
Reuters - The U.S. economy added a paltry 21,000 jobs last month, according to a surprisingly weak government report on Friday that turned up the heat on President Bush as he seeks re-election.

U.S. Job Growth Slows, Workweek Shrinks
(Reuters)

U.S. Job Growth Slows, Workweek Shrinks
(Reuters) 07/02/2004 02:41 PM
Reuters - U.S. job growth slowed sharply in June as employers cut the pace of new hiring after several months of robust gains and trimmed the workweek, the government reported on Friday.

SAP Sees Growth as Software Crisis Over
(Reuters)

SAP Sees Growth as Software Crisis Over
(Reuters) 01/22/2004 11:38 AM
Reuters - Europe's top software maker SAP AG said on Thursday 2004 would mark the end of two years of corporate thrift, predicting software sales would rise 10 percent as firms resume spending on information technology.

Economic Growth Steady, Prices Up
(Reuters)

Economic Growth Steady, Prices Up
(Reuters) 04/29/2004 01:40 PM
Reuters - The U.S. economy grew steadily but less robustly than anticipated during the first quarter this year, the government reported on Thursday, while inflation added momentum that may be worrisome for Federal Reserve policy-makers.

Employment Growth Surprisingly Weak
(Reuters)

Employment Growth Surprisingly Weak
(Reuters) 08/06/2004 07:39 AM
Reuters - U.S. employers added a paltry 32,000 workers to payrolls last month, the government said on Friday in a report far weaker than expected that will come as unwelcome news for President Bush ahead of the presidential election.

IBM Targets Web Hosting as Key Growth
Area (Reuters)

IBM Targets Web Hosting as Key Growth
Area (Reuters) 08/23/2004 08:52 AM
Reuters - International Business Machines Corp. (IBM.N) widened its lead last year in the U.S. market for Internet hosting services as it won a greater share of the medium-sized business market, according to data recently published by market research firm IDC.

U.S. Broadband Growth Slows - Analyst
(Reuters)

U.S. Broadband Growth Slows - Analyst
(Reuters) 08/17/2004 01:21 PM
Reuters - U.S. telephone and cable companies saw the growth of high-speed Internet services slow in the second quarter to the lowest rate in a year, an industry research firm said on Tuesday.

HP Anticipates Share Earnings Growth
(Reuters)

HP Anticipates Share Earnings Growth
(Reuters) 06/08/2004 06:33 PM
Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina on Tuesday said the world's No. 2 computer maker continues to anticipate share earnings growth of about 20 percent a year, and that HP has become the clear challenger to rival IBM.

Greenspan:Economy Set for Vigorous
Growth (Reuters)

Greenspan:Economy Set for Vigorous
Growth (Reuters) 02/11/2004 12:20 PM
Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday the U.S. economy has turned the corner toward vigorous growth but that policy-makers can be patient about interest-rate rises, though not forever.

Jobs Growth Unexpectedly Strong in May
(Reuters)

Jobs Growth Unexpectedly Strong in May
(Reuters) 06/04/2004 09:03 AM
Reuters - U.S. employers added an unexpectedly large 248,000 jobs in May, according to a government report on Friday that confirmed a strengthening economy likely to soon usher in higher interest rates.

U.S. Job Growth Slows Sharply in June
(Reuters)

U.S. Job Growth Slows Sharply in June
(Reuters) 07/02/2004 09:41 AM
Reuters - The pace of U.S. hiring slumped sharply in June after several months of robust gains, the government reported on Friday, as employers added fewer than half the number of payroll jobs forecast and hours of work shrank.

Job Growth Anemic, Markets Stunned
(Reuters)

Job Growth Anemic, Markets Stunned
(Reuters) 08/06/2004 10:09 PM
Reuters - U.S. employers added just 32,000 workers to payrolls last month, a surprisingly weak number that led Wall Street to fret about second-half economic growth and to expect a slower pace of interest-rate rises.

Job Growth Meager, Markets Stunned
(Reuters)

Job Growth Meager, Markets Stunned
(Reuters) 08/06/2004 11:50 AM
Reuters - U.S. employers added a paltry 32,000 workers to payrolls last month, the government said on Friday in a startlingly weak report that led Wall Street to forecast a slower pace of Federal Reserve interest-rate rises.

Netflix Stock Up on Recent Subscriber
Growth (Reuters)

Netflix Stock Up on Recent Subscriber
Growth (Reuters) 05/11/2004 03:04 PM
Reuters - Shares of Netflix Inc. (NFLX.O) gained 9 percent by midafternoon on Tuesday following a recent round of analyst research and reports of continued subscriber growth at the online DVD rental service.

IBM Boosts Hiring Forecast, Sees Growth
(Reuters)

IBM Boosts Hiring Forecast, Sees Growth
(Reuters) 08/12/2004 07:04 PM
Reuters - International Business Machines Corp. (IBM.N) will hire 8,800 more people this year than it had previously expected, due in part to growth in its worldwide services business, the company said on Thursday.

Fast Phones Are Key to Mobile Music
Growth (Reuters)

Fast Phones Are Key to Mobile Music
Growth (Reuters) 05/29/2004 08:04 AM
Reuters - Although the fight continues over how to divvy up proceeds from ringtone sales, all parties do agree on one thing: The discussions mean nothing unless the consumer comes to the table.

Motorola Expects Strong Sales Growth
(Reuters)

Motorola Expects Strong Sales Growth
(Reuters) 08/17/2004 04:01 AM
Reuters - Motorola Inc., the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it expects to sustain strong sales growth in the second half of 2004 thanks to new handsets with innovative designs and features.

IBM CEO Sees Growth Topping Industry
Rate (Reuters)

IBM CEO Sees Growth Topping Industry
Rate (Reuters) 05/19/2004 04:15 PM
Reuters - IBM expects to grow more quickly than the overall technology market as it taps into new markets, its top executive said on Wednesday, countering concerns about slowing growth.

Hey, Google: Paid Search Growth May Slow
(Reuters)

Hey, Google: Paid Search Growth May Slow
(Reuters) 08/08/2004 11:54 AM
Reuters - A new Internet advertising forecast shows slower growth for paid search listings in the next five years, a projection that raises questions about Web search leader Google Inc.'s prospects as it goes public.

Quantum CEO Sees Growth in Storage
Transition (Reuters)

Quantum CEO Sees Growth in Storage
Transition (Reuters) 05/27/2004 09:19 PM
Reuters - Almost two years ago, Rick Belluzzo decided it was better to be the No. 1 at mid-sized data storage company Quantum Corp. (DSS.N) than the No. 3 at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O)

Economic Growth Brisk, Profits Surge
(Reuters)

Economic Growth Brisk, Profits Surge
(Reuters) 03/30/2005 09:36 AM
Reuters - The U.S. economy ended 2004 with brisk momentum on the strongest surge of corporate profits in three years, the government reported on Wednesday, though there were signs that price pressures might be picking up.

Autodesk Rejigs Operations for China
Growth (Reuters)

Autodesk Rejigs Operations for China
Growth (Reuters) 08/11/2004 01:10 AM
Reuters - You can't change China, so you have to change your business, says Jack Gao, vice president of design software maker Autodesk Inc. and former head of Microsoft China.

Global Chip Sales Growth Moderates in
July (Reuters)

Global Chip Sales Growth Moderates in
July (Reuters) 09/02/2004 10:10 AM
Reuters - Global sales of semiconductors rose 1 percent in July as consumer uncertainty and swelling inventories restrained the industry's pace of growth, the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association reported on Thursday.
Grok Description matches for Hitachi, NEC See Sharp Growth (Reuters)
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Syntax Groups' Olevia Brand of LCD TVs
Brings Value & Affordability to Micro
Center Consumer Electronics
Consumers--National Debut at Micro
Center Gains Rapid Consumer Acceptance

Syntax Groups' Olevia Brand of LCD TVs
Brings Value & Affordability to Micro
Center Consumer Electronics
Consumers--National Debut at Micro
Center Gains Rapid Consumer Acceptance 08/09/2004 02:05 AM
Syntax Groups continues its market momentum for delivering high value LCD TVs at consumer-friendly, affordable prices. It's Olevia brand LDC TVs are now available at Micro Center’s network of technology stores throughout the United States. [PRWEB Aug 9, 2004]

A.I. Helicopter?

A.I. Helicopter? 12/18/2003 11:52 AM
CowboyRobot writes "Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization just launched the Mantis, a 'low-cost, intelligent small ...

How not to land a helicopter

How not to land a helicopter 03/23/2005 01:19 PM
David Pescovitz: This video may be old news, but I'd never seen it before. A military helicopter tries to land on a ship and, well, fails. Link to 2.6mb WMV file (Thanks, Michael-Anne Rauback!)

Along those same JG Ballardian lines, the House of Rapp has a gallery of links to other aircraft crash videos. Lin k

Two die as US helicopter crashes

Two die as US helicopter crashes 01/23/2004 11:01 PM
Two US pilots are killed when their helicopter comes down in north Iraq, the US military says.

Helicopter Fuck

Helicopter Fuck 08/16/2004 02:15 PM
Please don't try this at home. You may have spotted Japanese web oddity Micky Yanai's -- um -- work on Rotten.com. Now, Fleshbot has more on "the most creative porn actor who invented 'Helicopter Fuck!'," as one fan-site enthusiastically proclaims. Male pattern baldness mullet. Bad '80s novelty sunglasses. Spandex. Sequined American flag codpiece. If that doesn't add up to buzzkill, I don't know what does. Lin k to Fleshbot item, which includes pointers to "Helicopter Fertish" (sic) galleries. NSFW, duh.

RC Helicopter Simulator 1.0.12

RC Helicopter Simulator 1.0.12 04/21/2004 06:35 PM
A fully configurable radio-controlled helicopters simulator.

Mi-24 helicopter in Afghanistan

Mi-24 helicopter in Afghanistan 07/07/2004 04:43 AM
Custom paint job on Afghan Hind attack chopper .. Mean Looking Mil 24 Hind .. Quote: .. images

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The helicopter checkride

The helicopter checkride 12/17/2004 06:36 PM

Last Friday I took a checkride to add a Private helicopter rating to my Commercial pilot's certificate.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will, in theory, examine applicants for this rating but in practice prefers that you pay a Designated Examiner.  The fun started at 9:00 am in Nashua, NH at CR Helicopters with Joe Brigham, a retired legend in the cranberry bogs of New England.  The oral portion of the exam lasted until nearly 11:00 am at which point the winds had picked up from calm to a typically unpleasant New England 10 knots gusting 15.  When the objective is to hold the helicopter steady within a foot or two of a reference point on the ground these kinds of winds make life tricky, especially in the Robinson R22, one of the world's lightest helicopters.

Running the startup checklist on the R22 takes about 4 minutes during which one tests the engine's dual independent ignition systems, the carb heat, the sprag clutch that enables the rotors to freewheel if the engine quits, and the low RPM warning horn that sounds if the blades begin to slow down.  The test complete, I called Nashua Tower to ask for clearance to a grassy area east of the paved 5500'-long runway.  Once we got across the runway Joe asked to see a sideways hover taxi then a backwards hover taxi.  These are done with the skids of the helicopter 3-5 feet off the ground.  I set the helicopter back on the grass and Joe asked me to pick it back up.  When we were 2' from the ground he twisted the throttle on his side of the ship to idle, simulating an engine failure.  The helicopter immediately started a yaw to the left.  I pushed the right antitorque pedal to bring the nose back to where it had been pointed.  As the R22 settled towards the ground I pulled the collective pitch control to use some of the rotational energy of the blades to cushion the impact.  Every time you pull more collective the helicopter wants to yaw to the right so I had to step on the left pedal.  We thumped down on the ground about 1 second after Joe had closed the throttle, reasonably smoothly and within about 5 degrees of where we'd started on the heading.  The standard for a Private rating is 10 percent and Joe declared that I had demonstrated a hovering autorotation.

The next maneuver was the Quickstop, simulating an attempt to take off and then an abort due to failure to clear trees or the appearance of an obstacle.  We had to get over to the side of a small hill about 1000' away.  I accelerated the helicopter to about 40 knots and 40' above the ground and then pulled sharply back on the cyclic to flare off the speed while simultaneously lowering collective to prevent the helicopter from ballooning up in altitude and using the antitorque pedals to prevent yaw.  At the end of the Quickstop Joe asked for a running landing to simulate bringing the helicopter down at a high altitude in which the machine lacks sufficient power to hover.  We slid into the grass.

We were near the hill at this point so it was time to demonstrate slope operations.  One approaches the slope at a 45-degree angle with the helicopter yawed so that the skids are parallel to the slope at all times.  You hover so that the upslope skid is about 2-3' above the ground and then gradually lower the ship until the upslope skid touches.  At that point you push the cyclic into the slope to lock the skid against the slope while simultaneously adjusting collective pitch to hold a level attitude.  After pausing in that position for a moment I lowered the collective to bring the downslope skid into contact with the ground while simultaneously adding addition cyclic towards the upslope to keep that skid locked.

Slope operations complete we started with a normal takeoff and normal approach.  Unless you are all by yourself in a Blackhawk you don't take off straight up in a helicopter.  You bring the ship up into a hover and then push the cyclic forward until the helicopter is flying fast enough that the blades are biting into fresh undisturbed air.  This is called "Effective Translational Lift" (ETL) and the helicopter rapidly picks up speed and then altitude beyond this point.  The normal approach and landing is a reasonably shallow angle coming down toward some traffic cones abeam the Nashua windsock.  Once back on the ground Joe asked for a maximum performance takeoff in which one does try to depart as nearly vertical as is possible.  This involves spending some time under the R22's "deadman's curve", a combination of having a low airspeed and a low altitude such that it would be impossible to make a smooth landing in the event of an engine failure.  Joe asked for a steep approach to the cones.  This is not straight down as you might think but rather just steep enough that you could clear the trees around a mid-size field before landing on someone's helipad.

Next up was an autorotation.  This involves closing the throttle about 700' above the ground and gliding down at about 65 knots and 1500'-per-minute descent rate.  Starting roughly 40' above the ground I began to pull back on the cyclic to slow our forward speed and reduce the descent rate.  When the forward speed was just about gone I leveled the ship with the cyclic so that the tail did not strike the ground and began to let the R22 sink towards the ground with just a bit of forward speed.  At the last minute I pulled the collective to cushion the final impact with energy from the rotating blades.

The final part of the checkride was escaping from a vortex ring state.  Joe took the controls and slowed the helicopter down so that we had lost almost all forward speed.  Then he lowered the collective to start a 500 foot-per-minute descent from our 700' altitude.  The helicopter began "settling with power" into its own disturbed air, falling suddenly much faster than the initial descent rate established by Joe.  The controls became mushy just as he said "You have the controls".  The way to escape from a vortex ring state is by pushing the cyclic forward to try to fly the helicopter forward out of the disturbed air while simultaneously lowering the collective so that the helicopter isn't beating the air so hard.  Once I had recovered some flying speed I pulled on the collective to resume a climb.

That was it.  What can one do with a Private helicopter rating?  Take friends for rides, basically, and that's about it.  I'll be starting work on my Commercial rating next week.

Helicopter Anthropology

Helicopter Anthropology 02/10/2004 02:44 AM

Today was my 20th and last hour of helicopter instruction in Panama (tomorrow morning I'll get on an American Airlines flight to Toronto, staying at www.metropolitan.com).  After a couple of autorotations in which one learns how to land the helicopter after the engine quits we proceeded up the Rio Chagres.  This is a national park, established to protect the rainforest in the Canal's watershed.  In the past few decades Embera Indians have moved up from the remote malarial province of Darien, on the border with Columbia, to this region where the jungle environment is the same but access to health care and tourism jobs is much easier.

Our approach to the little village of grass huts involved flying up the center of the twisting river, about 10' above the water, at 50 mph.  Steep hillsides with big trees constitute the banks of the fast-flowing Chagres and constitute a bit of a distraction for a beginning student.  Thanks to the lack of development in Panama one is safe from powerlines, those perennial killer of helicopter pilots, but we rounded a couple of corners to find people motoring along in dugout canoes.

The little Embera village that we visited contained 84 people from 17 families, each of whom lived in an elevated grass hut.  A traditional anthropologist might spend God knows how long paddling around looking for this village and then 12 months living here in one of those huts.  The  helicopter anthropologist sleeps in an air-conditioned bed in a modern hotel overlooking the Canal, takes a 30-minute flight into the village, and waits for Johnson, the one resident who speaks English, to come down towards the riverbank as the rotors spin down.  Here's what we learned...

The Embera sustain themselves by catching fish in the river, killing wild pigs in the surrounding rainforest, growing some crops, and harvesting various wild plants.  They manufacture their own clothing, which is nada for the young kids, a loin cloth for the adults, and a beaded bikini top for women.  They make some cash by guiding cruise ship passengers on package tours and selling them handicrafts.

Technological comforts are limited to three hours of electricity per night and one channel of broadcast television that can be received through a gap in the ridge.  Cable and Wireless, the telecom monopoly that has been restricting Panama's economic growth (it cost $7 to make a one-minute phone call from my hotel to Canada), installed a pay phone around which the Embera built a thatch phone booth.  It has been broken for six months.

There are no shops.  You can't buy bottled water, Diet Coke, or any other packaged food.

At the center of the village is a single concrete building:  the schoolhouse.  The Panamanian government sends a teacher out for the wet season so that the children learn Spanish.  Imagine the dedication of this woman, a Latino from Panama City, to live in such a small isolated community in which many residents speak only the native Embera language.

[http://www.photo.net/philg/digiphotos/200401-panama-embera/ has some snapshots from the trip]

X2 Technology Demonstrator Helicopter

X2 Technology Demonstrator Helicopter 06/05/2005 11:46 PM

Super-copter:

Sikorsky Aircraft today announced plans to build and test a demonstrator for a new class of coaxial X2 Technology helicopters that maintain or improve on all the vertical flight capabilities of rotorcraft and whose high speed configuration will cruise at 250 knots.

Via PhysOrg. (The original article is posted here.)

Helicopter to Catch Satellite

Helicopter to Catch Satellite 08/20/2004 08:42 AM

NASA prepares to catch a falling star sample: This is awesome. It's rare that the world of geeks and the world of action movie stars collides so enjoyably.

To increase understanding of the sun's composition, NASA in 2001 launched the $264 million Genesis mission to collect samples from the solar wind — electrically charged particles blown out from the sun at up to 2 million mph. [...]

To prevent contamination and damage to the fragile silicon wafers that collected the star dust should the Genesis capsule hit the ground, NASA will try to snare the capsule in midair as it descends.

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Helicopter crashes in Highlands

Helicopter crashes in Highlands 09/19/2004 05:46 PM
A helicopter with two people on board crashes into a hillside in the Scottish Highlands.

Pixelito: Even Lighter Helicopter

Pixelito: Even Lighter Helicopter 08/19/2004 09:44 AM

So just a little while ago I mentioned that Epson had created the world's smallest flying robot. And while that may technically be the case, depending on how you define robot and if you define smallest by weight or by length or whatnot, this Pixelito helicopter hand-crafted by Alexander Van de Rostyne is pretty amazing. The frame is a single, twisted tube of 1mm carbon (fiber?), minus the tail boom which is 1.33mm in diameter, powered my a 6mm motor from the inside of a pager. It's remote controlled by infrared, and weighs in at a total 6.9 grams (stupid Most Bestest Whatevers titles beside,the Epson robot is 12.3 grams, although it has more features, too).

The Pixelito is the pinacle in a long line of tiny helicopters Alex has designed, but he is starting to question how much smaller they can go, due to the difficulty modellers will have constructing small machines. I'm confident that love will find a way, however.

And how can you hate on anyone who films their tiny, R/C helicopters with a hamster? I'm fairly sure that's scientifically impossible. (Thanks, Sebastian!)

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U.S. helicopter crashes near Fallujah

U.S. helicopter crashes near Fallujah 04/13/2004 10:09 AM

Viagra and Helicopter Gunships

Viagra and Helicopter Gunships 05/02/2004 07:36 PM

The most powerful tools for conservationists in the Galapagos turn out to be Viagra and helicopter gunships.  Introduced goats consume all of the vegetation that formerly fed the giant tortoises.  Efforts at eradication were unsuccessful until the authorities brought dogs over from Switzerland to herd the goats into headlands whereupon they were shot from helicopters.  Island after island is being declared free of goats and the tortoises are coming back.

Sea cucumbers are highly sought after in traditional Chinese medicine because they supposedly help us older guys, uh, "perform".  With Viagra as close as one's inbox, however, perhaps the illegal harvesting of these animals will stop.

(Off the boat now, in Guayaquil and headed for Peru...)

Human Powered Helicopter

Human Powered Helicopter 08/06/2004 10:17 PM

US helicopter downed over Najaf

US helicopter downed over Najaf 08/05/2004 06:52 AM
A US helicopter is shot down in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf during fighting between US troops and militia.

Helicopter rescue from waterfall

Helicopter rescue from waterfall 08/29/2004 01:45 AM
A girl and her father are winched to safety after falling into a river below a waterfall in mid Wales.

"At Least 15 Killed When U.S. Helicopter
Shot Down "

"At Least 15 Killed When U.S. Helicopter
Shot Down " 11/03/2003 10:03 AM

BXFlyer Four Rotor Helicopter

BXFlyer Four Rotor Helicopter 12/09/2003 03:46 PM
Bruce J. Weimer, MD decided to build an autonomous flying robot a few years ago and the SRS recently published an article he wrote about the results. He chose an electric powered, four rotor design similar to the Dragon Flyer. Bruce's robot is controlled by a BX24 microcontroller programmed in BASIC. His robot also looks very similar to the original prototype of the Dragon Flyer, which makes an occasional appearance at DRPG meetings.

"U.S. helicopter shot down in Iraq"

"U.S. helicopter shot down in Iraq" 11/03/2003 10:03 AM

Thirteen die as US helicopter downed

Thirteen die as US helicopter downed 11/02/2003 08:43 AM
US helicopter shot down in Iraq

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Second Helicopter Crashes in NYC in 4
Days (AP)

Second Helicopter Crashes in NYC in 4
Days (AP) 06/17/2005 04:37 PM
AP - A helicopter with at least five people aboard crashed Friday afternoon in the East River near the United Nations, police said. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.

British military helicopter crashes

British military helicopter crashes 07/19/2004 09:33 AM

Three Killed in Calif. Helicopter Crash

Three Killed in Calif. Helicopter Crash 12/24/2003 04:08 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 24 2003 3:41AM ET

U.S. Helicopter Shot Down in Iraq, One
Killed

U.S. Helicopter Shot Down in Iraq, One
Killed 01/02/2004 04:59 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 2 2004 3:56PM ET

Man jumps from helicopter at Grand
Canyon

Man jumps from helicopter at Grand
Canyon 06/11/2004 07:16 PM

Nine U.S. Soldiers on Helicopter Die in
Iraq (Reuters)

Nine U.S. Soldiers on Helicopter Die in
Iraq (Reuters) 01/08/2004 08:32 PM
Reuters - A Black Hawk helicopter went down killing all nine American soldiers aboard and a transport plane came under fire, in two more blows to U.S.-led efforts to restore a normal life and peace to Iraq.

CNN.com - U.S. helicopter shot down in
Iraq - Nov. 2, 2003

CNN.com - U.S. helicopter shot down in
Iraq - Nov. 2, 2003 11/03/2003 04:21 AM

Farmer Builds Helicopter From Scratch
(AP)

Farmer Builds Helicopter From Scratch
(AP) 02/16/2004 10:42 AM
AP - With directions from the Internet and an old Russian truck motor, a Vietnamese farmer fulfilled his dream of making his own helicopter. The job took two friends, seven years and $30,000.

Hitachi, NEC See Sharp Growth (Reuters)

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