Airplane Ash Cloud Detector Introduced The detector uses tiny infrared cameras mounted on tail wings of planes that enable pilots to identify ash up to 62 miles before being encountered and at altitudes between 5,000 to 50,000 ft. The technology is based on principles similar to airline storm detecting weather radar and has been warmly [...]
Is a GPS Always Reliable? When the geographic position system (GPS) was introduced to the public in 1983, the technology was rudimentary at best, showing very little but a basic grid position on a small very screen. It was also very expensive for the U.S. consumers, with an average cost of around 0 dollars retail. [...]
News Screensaver: Relax and Read News! For immediate release May 23, 2007 Contact: Dmitry Baranov Company: ExtraLabs Software Title: CEO E-mail: dmitry@extralabs.net News Screensaver: relax and read news! News Screensaver allows you to always have the most recent news, weather forecasts and stock quotes on your computer screen. The screensaver supports all [...]
Funny Animal Stock Photo to The Rescue! Cats and Dogs with Paintbrushes A friend of mine owns a painting company and asked me to create an image to help him promote his business as he enters the slow winter months. In the past I have helped him with images of dogs holding paintbrushes and so [...]
Common Causes of Car Accidents Among all the personal injury cases, road accidents that involve motorcycles or cars are the most frightening. It can affect the passengers, drivers and the passers by as well. People involved in car accidents can suffer different types of injuries – minor to serious. Severe car accidents may result in [...]
How to Protect Historical Sites How many times do we see forgotten historical buildings damaged by neglect and misuse? Each country must look after its historic locations. Because things like shops, parks and roads can be built anywhere. But a historic location which is forgotten and misused will lose its glory and over time will [...]
Farmers Can Now View Their Soil Moisture Probe or Weather Data From the Internet Sit back in your chair. Take a drink of your coffee and take a look at the soil moisture level of your almond orchard. Then pick up the data from your weather station. No it’s not too good to be true. [...]
Prepare Yourself for Weather-Wind-Resistant Umbrellas and Much More! Tropical Storm Fay has once again brought to our attention the need for everyone to be ready for wet and gusty weather conditions with suitable rain gear that includes a wind-resistant umbrella. The fact is hurricane season lasts until November 30th and inclement weather can strike at [...]
A Couple Of Tips To Prepare For A Typhoon Almost all countries near major ocean bodies are plagued occasionally by the occurrence of typhoons. In the Pacific, the weather disturbance is widely called typhoon. It is cyclone in the Indian ocean and in the United States, where most often it comes from the Atlantic, it [...]
Weather in the Maldives Weather in the Maldives The conditions in the Maldives is normally hot and sunny all year round. The region benefits from a humid type of weather and steady temperature right through nearly all of the year. The monsoon season is in truth what establishes the temperature and any rise and fall [...]