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more about #airport more comments → Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: I'd be impressed. But the Mayans managed to build this stuff quite a while ago... more » FooSchnickens - BPH Free: Maybe France should take a cue from this while they're rebuilding CDG. more » Thorax707: Note to fat guys, don't lean against the Istanbul airport. more » brianmi40: Fatal flaw? I'm gonna go with Tsunami/Perfect Storm for #1. Pilots having to qualify for landing on an aircraft carrier to get a route into San Dieg... more » Hello Mister Walrus: Didn't Cobra try to do this, and then the GI Joes crashed a giant helicopter into it? #floatingcaliforniaairport more » frigg: If there is a fatal flaw it's that there don't appear to be plans to ferry passengers off the island. For the first year or so of operation, it's easy... more » ludwigk: Can they not build a peninsula into the ocean instead of this free-standing floating doohickey? I was in Korea last summer where they also have troubl... more » F1Morgan: Um have any of you heard of the Osaka airport, so this Mr. Englund didn't come up with this. The Japanese made a massive island to make the Osaka airp... more » Benguin: As a native San Diegan, I can tell you that this idea has been around for awhile. I remember reading an article about it in the 4th grade, some 13 yea... more » Skyman747: They don't have any other options. Lindbergh sure as hell isn't expanding downtown, and using Miramar isn't going to be allowed by residents. They are... more » (Starman) Starman: And this is where we Bay Area residents come in and yell, "That's what you guys get for blanketing yourself under a suburb circuit board!" "Meanwhile... more » ucnyc2: I live in San Diego they've been talking about this for years. This city's government is "Enron" by the sea. This will never happen although it woul... more » Jay Swanson: Same basic concept as Kansai International in Osaka, although they built an artificial island as opposed to the "oil rig" design here. Given the land... more » ripfire: Apple rumors doesn't last very long. #apple more » phunnyballs: Seriously... how hard is it to put in 4gb STANDARD? It would cost wholesale like $10 #apple more » -
#architecture
The World’s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building
The new terminal at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport is the world's largest earthquake-safe building. You're looking at the over two million square feet of scaffolding that support it, all resting on top of giant geological roller skates. More » -
#concept
San Diego Floating Airport Would Be A City Of Its Own
San Diego is in desperate need of an new airport, but no one wants it near their land. The so-obvious-that-you'll-slap-your-forehead solution? Don't build it on land, the ocean's right there. There's even a plan, but it's more than an airport. More » -
#rumor
New Apple Products Leaked, Sources Claim
AppleInsider claims that they got word of all the product announcements coming today from Apple, including specs for a new iMac, new Mac Mini, and some other surprises. Update: K84 BEST BTR product may be a new MacBook. More » -
#ufo
Very Stupid UFO Spotted at New York's JFK Airport
As you can hear in this audio record, a Delta pilot spotted an UFO at New York's JFK airport this Sunday. Allegedly, the object was a "paraglider" who landed illegally, and then took off on a potential collision course: More » -
#apple
Airport, Time Capsule Get Dual-Band Wi-Fi, 'Guest Networking'
Accompanying the refreshed Mac Pro, Mac Mini and iMac are interesting (if incremental) upgrades for the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule. Both products get dual-band wi-fi, along with an interesting "guest networking" feature.
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#apple
Apple Store Down, Rumors Point to Upgraded Desktops, Time Capsule, Airport Extreme
And so the cycle continues: the Apple store goes down, people ask us why, and we speculate. So! Assuming this isn't just a cruel red herring, here are the most likely possibilities. More » -
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#architecture
New WTC Transport Hub: One Part Memorial, One Part Stegosaurus From Space
The Port Authority has released renderings of the plan for the World Trade Center Transport hub, and they look fantastic. With an arched, spiny roof and striking curves, the hub — though it will only serve as a train station and vestibule to the new WTC — has more in common with Bilbao's beautiful international airport than with Grand Central Terminal (they have the same designer, after all). More » -
#airport
Why: Heathrow Airport Terminal 5's High Tech Failings
London Heathrow airport's latest building, Terminal 5, launched last month after almost two decades of planning, $8.5 billion dollars in cost, and 100 million hours in manpower. It is a glass and concrete and steel marvel, the largest free standing building in the UK, with over 10 miles in suitcase moving belts, and was supposed to be a cure for the Airport's famous congestion by way of massive automation. But on its opening day it just did not work right. This week, British Airways' plans to move its long haul operations from the crowded main terminal to the new terminal were pushed back til June. Much of the press was quick to say that tech was the source of the failings in parking, luggage handling and check in, but here are the details I can find on what exactly caused endless lines and delay for so many passengers of Terminal 5. More » -
#apple
Apple Time Machine Now Works With AirPort Disk
Apple issued a firmware update for the Airport Extreme today that allows any USB hard drive connected to the router to function with Time Machine. It's nice for those with MacBooks and external HDDs who find it troublesome to have to plug and unplug their drive everytime they take their lappy on the go. [TUAW]
