Monthly Archives: April 2012

Flying Cars – Finally Coming Soon?

Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 by MegaZone

Flying cars have been capturing the popular imagination for decades, but none of the attempts have every proven to be practical, or at least not commercial successes. A couple of well known examples of past attempts are the Fulton Airphibian, … Continue reading →

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Virgin Media Standardizes on TiVo in Collections, Hawks Them With David Tennant

Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 by MegaZone

Building on the runaway success of their TiVo deployment in the UK, Virgin Media has revamped their service ‘bundles’ into three new ‘Collections’, all of which feature TiVo as standard. At this point if you sign up for service with … Continue reading →

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Google Gets Into Augmented Reality With Project Glass

Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 by MegaZone

A long running staple of science fiction and cyberpunk stories is augmented reality. Some kind of glasses, contact lenses, or implants that give a character a layer of information on top of what their standard perceptions of the world around … Continue reading →

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The Legacy Of The Lockheed Martin F-16

Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 by MegaZone

As part of their commemoration of the production of the 4,500th F-16 Fighting Falcon, Lockheed Martin has released a few videos. I posted one previously, and this one features LockMart employees talking about the legacy of the F-16: Also, I’d … Continue reading →

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Thai Airways International First Airbus A380: Episode 1

Posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 by MegaZone

Airbus released this video of Thai Airways International’s first A380 being manufactured. When it is delivered later this year Thai Airways International will be the ninth A380 operator, flying it on routes between Bangkok and Europe. Given the video is … Continue reading →

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