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Up until recently, meteorologists used a combo of  ground weather sensors, weather balloons, satellite imagery and computer calculations to determine the current weather conditions and future forecast for your location. AirDat uses wallet-sized sensors, attached to commercial jets, to deliver some of the most accurate weather forecasts ever presented. Covering more ground than ever before, AirDat can deliver specific local specs, rather than regional conditions. AirDat already has 160 sensor-equipped planes making daily flights out of 225 airports across all... Continue reading

Remember that one summer in Coney Island where you sat down at a boardwalk game, trying to win a prize for your girlfriend? You had to shoot the water into a dude’s face until it a bell went off and little did you know it but you actually had a knack for this game. Now fast forward to today. You’re divorced, lonely and you’re smoking entirely too much pot. Due to recent investments in GFSE stock, you’ve got $11,000 to... Continue reading

Finding new ways to make eco-friendly biofuels is going to be crucial to surviving this whole global warming thing. That’s why it’s so exciting that someone’s figured out how to power jets with alga. A synthetic biology company named Solazyme has figured out how to make jet fuel using oil produced by caged marine microorganisms. Other companies are researching algal jet fuel, but Solazyme’s formula is the only one that’s passed government tests for Aviation Turbine Fuel. Link (via)

I don’t know anything about this video and I can’t read Japanese but this video shows some waterfall device shooting out dolphins, letters and all kinds of crazy shit with water jets. Enjoy. Link (Thanks, Dennis!)

We all hate long flights. We always wind up sitting next to the vomiting baby whose parents are those people you’ve heard about that need more than one seat to fit comfortably, yet only pay for one, slyly overflowing into your seat. Hypersonic jets might one day make those torturous 20-hour flights pleasant 2-hour jump. Hypersonic jets soar faster then the speed of sound. New innovations might lead to lighter weight and higher fuel efficient jets. A commercial hypersonic jet... Continue reading

Those rich guys just never have enough, do they? As if having an olympic sized swimming pool and lagoon style spa wasn’t enough. The Hot Pod Floating Spa helps the wealthy not have to strain their legs by walking ten feet to their in ground hot tub, by bringing the spa to the pool. They can now enjoy both the cool, refreshing feeling of pool water, with the relaxing hydro therapy of spa luxury. The Hot Pod Spa works by... Continue reading

Have you ever had the impulse to travel at speed’s upwards of Mach .82? If your answer is yes and you have an extra 1.25 million dollars to shell out, consider yourself a modern day Lindberg. The Maverick solo jet is man’s answer to the question “Why can’t human’s fly?”. For a cool lump of change, mankind is now able to own a personal jet capable of climbing at speeds of 8000 ft/min, or roughly 600+ miles per hour. Which... Continue reading