Virgin gets OK for first 'sustainable fuel' transatlantic flight
Virgin Atlantic is on the verge of a first: a transatlantic flight powered entirely by sustainable fuels
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Lego searching for climate-friendly bricks
With one of its main efforts to make its bricks environment-friendly abandoned, Lego is testing more new materials for its bricks
Helsinki makes waves: autonomous water taxis
Helsinki is experimenting with autonomous water taxis to link the city and its surrounding archipelago
Everest base camp gets high-speed WiFi
Super high-speed WiFi has been installed in a base camp on China's side of the mountain and will soon be available to visitors and climbers
Is an AI pilot in your flying future?
Added safety feature, or pilot replacement? New systems are under test
Label it green: Stationery maker goes solar
Avery Dennison, the stationery company, is generating part of its own energy at a plant in Belgium
Wave goodbye to 3G as it retires
The spread of 4G and now 5G means the end for networks that were once the newest thing
NASA pushing passenger SST project
NASA issues two study contracts with the goal of a Mach 4 jetliner, twice the speed of Concorde
Airlines sign on to NASA/Boeing X66 project
With airlines signed on to help in the development, Boeing's CEO thinks its X66 joint project with NASA might be key to future planes.
NASA, Boeing ready to build X66 prototype
A NASA/Boeing project to develop technologies for future airliners is ready to create a full-size prototype from an old MD-10
TSA facial recognition test raises questions
New technology to speed up and improve accuracy in airport security lines comes with issues of privacy and bias attached
World's largest zero-emission plane coming
Retrofitting hydrogen-electric engines to a regional airliner is the next big step in zero-emission aviation.
Inflight WiFi to get a big boost soon
New satellites going into service soon will mean big boosts for inflight WiFi speed and reliability
Thomas Edison's Invention Factory
Edison built this New Jersey facility for his most important invention: industrialized Research and Development
Airbus test flights 'sniff' fuel emissions
Two planes flying in tandem are testing emissions effects of sustainable fuel by in-flight 'sniffing'