Article
Senator McCaskill grills FAA chief over 'arbitrary' electronic device restrictions
Senator Claire McCaskill (D, MO) has long spearheaded a campaign against the Federal Aviation Continue reading…
FLASH DANCE!
The Verge
Aviation articles
-
-
Article
Texting contributed to fatal helicopter crash, US transportation board rules
The crash of an emergency medical transport helicopter in Missouri in 2011, which killed all four Continue reading…
-
Article
FAA and FBI investigating pilot's report of a drone over Brooklyn (updated)
An Alitalia jet pilot claims he saw a small unmanned aircraft flying over New York on Monday Continue reading…
-
Article
Is the 787 Dreamliner a lemon?
Yesterday's decision by the Federal Aviation Administration to ground all US-based Boeing 787s — Continue reading…
-
Article
Masimo's iPhone oximeter puts vital health information at the tip of your finger (hands-on)
There are seemingly countless gadgets and apps to help monitor your health nowadays, but few can Continue reading…
-
Article
Iconic Wright brothers photo was photographer's first
More than a century ago, a man named John T. Daniels photographed the most iconic moment in aviation Continue reading…
-
Article
Boeing to outfit planes for in-flight cellphone use by 2013
Boeing has announced plans to outfit some of its aircraft with equipment that would allow for Continue reading…
-
Article
Gamera II human-powered helicopter breaks flight record, falls short of 60-second goal
Students from the Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland made history with their Continue reading…
-
Article
TSA's full-body scanners easily defeated by hidden pockets, says critic
Can the TSA's $200,000 apiece full-body scanners be foiled simply by placing objects to the side of Continue reading…
-
Article
Tests poke holes in FAA's electronics ban on takeoff and landing — but does it matter?
Will the fallout from Alec Baldwin's ill-timed Words With Friends move ultimately lead the FAA to Continue reading…
-
Dish bails on Sprint acquisition to focus on Clearwire
-
US and Russia agree to use Cold War-era hotline to stave off cyberwar
-
Chipotle becomes first US fast food chain to label all genetically modified ingredients
-
Nvidia will license its Kepler GPU technology to tap into the 'exploding' smartphone market
-
Google asks for permission to publish FISA data, says 'misleading' reports hurt the company
