Category: Engineering (Page 1 of 3)

Reuters: Plane flips over in Toronto

Maybe it will come out later, but where is the video of the plane flipping over?  Airports must have cameras all over the place.  I’ve flown on plenty of Bombardier CRJ jets on the feeder airlines.  I didn’t like it so much.  While landing, the runway looks like it’s swinging back and forth like a pendulum.  The pilot aspires to touch down at the bottom of the arc.  So far, the brisk wind is suggested as a cause.

In a way, this crash inspires confidence.  There were 80 people onboard, and no deaths or life-threatening injuries.  Just getting people out of the inverted seats could be the cause of several injuries.  That is a sturdy little jet.

Tech Crunch: Exoskeleton

The tech, called MO/GO, short for “mountain goat,” is a hybrid soft/rigid system designed to assist wearer mobility and boost the wearer while walking.

Pretty sure they came up with MO/GO first, then came up with the “mountain goat” explanation.  Still, it would help a lot of people if it works.

The launch cost of $4,500 will almost certainly restrict its use for the non-mobility limited.

Depending on the performance specifications of the actual product, this could be big.  It’s certainly cheaper than a knee replacement and is in the price range of mobility scooters.  The military would be interested, along with people who aren’t impaired, just not up t the challenge.
MO/GO isn’t a great name, I’d go with “kicking pants”.