Airborne

As recent history proves, airborne respiratory infections are not to be trifled with. Now, a new sprayable coating applied to standard air filters might give us a leg up in the war against the pathogens that cause these diseases.Measles. Influenza. SARS. MERS. Pneumonia. Think of a major infectious disease, and the chances are that it is spread by airborne pathogens. Currently, COVID-19 and TB are the world's deadliest infectious diseases, and both are transmitted through the air. So when it comes to tamping down the risk…

After the partial failure of a plan to simultaneously steal an NFT and a Van Gogh painting, a team of art thieves led by mastermind Cyrus (Kevin Hart) must work with Interpol to lift $500m worth of gold bullion from a passenger plane at 40,000ft in this brash, hollow heist movie. It’s a picture that desperately wants to emulate the easy, freewheeling charm of the Oceans series but lacks the wit, charisma and pleasing ingenuity to do so. Perhaps aware of the limitations of the screenplay, director F Gary Gray deploys an…

Helping lift others Stray Fawn has announced that they’ve scooped up the publishing duties for The Wandering Band’s upcoming city-builder Airborne Empire. The current plan is to launch it into Early Access in 2024. Airborne Empire is the sequel to 2020’s Airborne Kingdom, a game that I can’t believe I haven’t played. It’s a game about building floating cities! However, it also ties in exploration, as a flying city is the ultimate mobile home. Airborne Empire will introduce pilots into the mix, making it so you’ll…

via Lifetime Self-explanatory titles can often be helpful in letting prospective viewers know what they’re getting into, so in those terms the moniker of Deadly Mile High Club does a sterling job of just that. As you can imagine, though, the movie is every bit as stupid as its nomenclature would suggest, not that it seems to have put off streaming subscribers. Per FlixPatrol, the Lifetime original that’s since migrated over to Paramount Plus has been embarking on an ascent through the most-watched charts,…

Red Bull had to call on the engineering capabilities of its Formula One team to pull this insane gag off; the wooden skate bowl originally built for the shot was too heavy to lift into the air, at around six tons. So composites experts from Red Bull Advanced Technologies – the tech division of the Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 team – stepped in to build a much more lightweight bowl out of carbon fiber. Still, this thing had to be big enough for some legit tricks, and even in carbon, the final prop weighed a lot. The exact…

via Netflix The vast expanses of the skies have made it the setting for countless great movies spanning multiple different genres, ranging from action blockbusters like Con Air and Air Force One to classic comedy Airplane, via the terror of Blood Red Sky and instant classic Top Gun: Maverick. Netflix’s Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga may not be deemed worthy of joining such esteemed company, but that hasn’t prevented it from flying high on streaming. Per FlixPatrol, director Ajay Singh’s airborne caper has crash-landed…

French sailor Tanguy de Lamotte, CEO of Candela US, drives the company's "flying" electric C-8 boat in Sausalito, California on February 8, 2023. Appearing at a glance to be just a simple pleasure boat floating on the San Francisco Bay, as the hydrofoil-equipped vessel picks up speed it suddenly begins rising above the water, grabbing the attention of passengers on a nearby ferry.…

via Quiver Distribution There are some movies that look, sound, and are deemed to be so stupid that there’s no way they weren’t made with that exact intention in mind, and anyone that’s seen last year’s Money Plane will be aware that it surely has to be among that number. Every bit as self-explanatory as it sounds, a professional thief is left with no other option but to rob an cargo plane casino to pay off a $40 million debt and save his family’s lives, but the aircraft in question happens to be filled with…

Mahindra is one of the popular SUV manufacturer in the country. They have models like Thar, Scorpio and Bolero in their stable. One of the latest SUV that was launched by Mahindra in the market was XUV700. It was an all-new product that was launched last year. XUV700 is the most feature-loaded and technologically advanced SUV from Mahindra till date. It became so popular that the waiting period on this SUV even today is over 6 months (depending on the variant). We have seen several modification videos of XUV700 on the…

By Washington University in St. Louis December 6, 2022A farmer spraying herbicide on crops.Amines can have a damaging effect on human and environmental health.“Dicamba drift,” or the movement of the herbicide dicamba through the atmosphere, can cause unintentional damage to surrounding plants. Other chemicals, usually amines, are added with dicamba to “lock” it in place and prevent it from volatilizing, or turning into a vapor that flows more readily in the atmosphere.Assistant professor of energy, environmental and…