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When tracking a long-haul flight on a map, it is common to see aircraft flying far north, sometimes appearing to pass close to the North Pole. Routes between North America,Europe, and Asia routinely cross Greenland, northern Canada, or the Arctic Ocean. At the same time, scheduled commercial flights almost neverContinue Reading

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Flock cameras are marketed to police and local officials as a way to track criminals, but the camera network has come under scrutiny., Flock cameras are marketed to police and local officials as a way to track criminals, but the camera network has come under scrutiny., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading

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Skyfly Technologies is making the electric propulsion system it built for its own aircraft available to other aircraft manufacturers through the secondary market, and has unveiled a separate hybrid propulsion system for unmanned aircraft that use distributed electric propulsion. The electric system is the one powering the company’s production-spec Axe,Continue Reading

Will new batteries give China’s EVs the jolt they need to charge past their rivals?

On a cloudy evening in late April, a tech event hosted at Beijing’s National Convention Centre by Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) drew nearly 1,000 people eager for a glimpse of next-generation electric vehicle (EV) batteries that could reshape the global automotive landscape. Gao Huan, chief technology officer for the auto business at CATL…Continue Reading