FAA ban on electronic devices making us less productive in the air

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Earlier this year, we wrote a post about flying with our gadgets and wondered if the takeoff and landing restrictions for electronic devices actually had any validity. Several of you chimed in with some insightful comments on the matter. Now, a report from the USA Today notes that we’re becoming less productive because of the… Read More…

Fly with The Science Guy: Bill Nye launches Kickstarter for educational bird-flying game

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Bill Nye is back again — this time, though, he’s not teaching science on the tube or challenging the skeptics of evolution. Instead, the former Boeing engineer is helping launch a neat Kickstarter campaign for the development of a physics learning game called AERO for the iPad. Nye is teaming with GameDesk to develop a 3-D… Read More…