In-Flight Emergency: When the Masks Come Down
This past weekend’s Southwest Airlines incident has everybody talking and wondering about inflight decompressions. What is a decompression, exactly? How deadly are they? https://gizmodo.com/what-would-you-do-during-a-flight-emergency-tweet-pict-5788273 Let’s start with a review of pressurization: The cabin is pressurized so that passengers and crew are able to breathe normally, without the need for supplemental oxygen. Pressurizing the cabin effectively…
Get Your 2011 Gadget Forecast Here
Certain gear starts generating buzz long before it actually hits the shelves, and it sucks to have to sit around and wait for it to arrive, especially when, as is so often the case, the expected release dates are shrouded in mystery. Do you hold out until the bitter end, then stand in line all…
