Blog Heap o'Transport Links 5 June 2009
Blog-Heap links regarding transportation and related infrastructure,
also energy, because it takes energy to transport,
and virtuality, because telepresence saves on transpresence.
Transport Future
google.com Fri 2009 Jun 5, 5:25pm
Nearly 70 percent of the world's airspace is not radar-controlled, and the existing radar system is likely to remain for at least another decade.
Energy
thestreet.com Fri 2009 Jun 5, 3:03pm
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States fell by 12 this week to 887, down roughly 1,000 from a year ago. Of the rigs running nationwide, 700 were exploring for natural gas and 179 for oil....
Animals and Transport
breitbart.com Fri 2009 Jun 5, 5:20pm
Busy beavers were on Friday blamed for a train derailment that spilled more than 20,000 liters of diesel fuel into the Ottawa River
sfgate.com Fri 2009 Jun 5, 3:20pm
The dog's owner, an 18-year-old man, rode a bicycle around the crossing arms as the train approached... dog apparently began following its owner and pulled the woman into the train's path... both died...
Transport Tragedy
breitbart.com Fri 2009 Jun 5, 5:13pm
France's transportation minister said Friday that French forces have found no evidence of an Airbus A330 airplane that vanished over the Atlantic and urged "extreme prudence" about suspected debris fished from the ocean. Dominique Bussereau said he regretted that an announcement by Brazilian teams that they had recovered plane debris from Air France flight 447 turned out to be false.
google.com Fri 2009 Jun 5, 12:47am
The case had been unraveling in recent months because of a lack of eyewitnesses and physical evidence. Last month, a gravel truck driver gave a sworn statement acknowledging he might have accidentally run over McClelland.
Digital Convergence
weirduniverse.net Fri 2009 Jun 5, 5:36pm
Scientists at the University of Florida are developing a neural implant that can think independently. This is not just an implant that deciphers brain signals, but one that can learn, adapt to various scenarios and help the host achieve certain goals.
Just random links galore, along with snarky comments 
probably to be regretted later.
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