A new search is underway for MH370. New technologies and search methods being employed in an area expanded from previous searches.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mh370-malaysia-airlines-flight-disappear-search-ocean-infinity-rcna193779
https://www.wdrb.com/news/2nd-victim-in-louisville-plant-explosion-was-pulled-from-rubble-hours-later-mayor-says/article_1cae35ca-a1cf-11ef-a94e-8f28d847bf8b.html
Givaudan Sense Colour plant in Louisville, KY.
Possibly a powder/dust explosion but no details as yet.
BBC article with link to video of the onset of a lithium battery fire which ultimately took 23 lives.
Link
Brad Waybright
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What looks like an electrical fire in the nose gear. Everyone got off the plane in about 90 seconds, and the reports indicates it was essentially full. The evacuation was pretty orderly except for the first couple of folks through the wing exits wandering out onto the wing...
Starting a dedicated thread here. After a pretty smooth flight test today, assuming no big anomalies occurred with the ground systems, it looks like SpaceX is back on track with testing and development. We should see more flights in the near future.
Both vehicles were lost before completing...
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Dive boat fire
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/years-after-fire-engulfed-california-scuba-dive-boat-104242902
Charges filed against the captain. Doesn't sound like too much will come of it.
Brad Waybright
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A typical scaling system includes one or more load cells, a summing board if more than one load cell, and a controller to convert the load signal to an engineering unit. I am wondering if I cannot build a scale where the load cells connect directly to PLC analog inputs. A simple routine would...
More trouble for NASA, probably good news for SpaceX and Blue Horizons.
https://www.space.com/nasa-sls-megarocket-artemis-1-engine-test-fire
Brad Waybright
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Now there is a new problem with some 787s. No detail about what the issue is, other than to say it's a manufacturing defect related to fuselage section connections.
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/boeing-tells-airlines-to-ground-eight-dreamliners/
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We are conducting an R&D experiment to dry material in a vacuum dryer (about 200 mmHg absolute). It is proprietary so I cannot include any specifics. Much more particulate exits the dryer with the solvent vapor than expected. We have mechanical filters installed in the vacuum line but they...
Controlled demolition involves engineering, I guess--
https://www.enr.com/articles/48762-leaning-tower-of-dallas-still-standing-after-failed-demolition
Brad Waybright
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If anyone is up to a challenge, I have been working all day to figure out a good way to convert data retrieved from some legacy devices from ASCII format via SINT array to floating point. Putty returns the following;
My communication module returns each individual character as a SINT data type...
The Boeing Starliner spacecraft launched today will fail to dock with the ISS as intended. The test apparently failed due to a software error which prevented reaching the proper orbit.
Brad Waybright
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A launch failure today after sabotage was recently noted on a previous mission to the ISS. Until the Soyuz program gets back on track, we now have people stranded on the ISS.
https://www.space.com/42097-soyuz-rocket-launch-failure-expedition-57-crew.html
Brad Waybright
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Another bridge collapses during construction. I don't know if this is a new trend, but there have been several of late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJF99qbHSYk
Brad Waybright
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All,
At a customer site yesterday, they have several MicroLogix 1200 controllers. Some of the controllers have 2 communication ports, 2 of them have only one on the front. Using RSLinx Classic and a PM02 (series B) cable, I was able to connect to each of the ports on the controllers with 2...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/italy-highway-collapse-in-genoa-traps-cars-under-rubble-today-2018-08-14/
An interesting theory from the article: "Italian news agency ANSA said authorities suspected that a structural weakness caused the collapse".
Brad Waybright
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