Rescuers at the Lucky Friday mine near Mullan, Idaho, have started assembling the robot digger. They had to bring the drone front end loader into the mine in pieces, now they’re putting it together.
On Friday a 75 feet section of mine collapsed on two brothers working in the mine. One got out, the other […] Continue Reading…
The Red River has flooded North Dakota, now flooding in Manitoba, Canada is being called “unprecedented”.
Emergency Measures Minister, Steve Ashton, says this is one of the worst flood situations Manitoba has seen in 150 years. The flood is expected to hit Winnipeg by the first of May.
“Flood fighters” in North Dakota are still […] Continue Reading…
Today, April 18, Standard & Poors downgraded the long term credit rating of the U.S., to a negative rating!
“More than two years after the beginning of the recent crisis, U.S. policymakers have still not agreed on how to reverse recent fiscal deterioration or address longer-term fiscal pressures.”-Nikola Swann, Standard & Poor’s
Standard […] Continue Reading…
The missile system is actually based on the old U.S. designed Hawk missile system. The Iranians call their updated version ‘Shahin’ (not to be confused with ‘Shaheen’ which is a different missile system).
Most of the upgrades are related to search and track capabilities. They say it’s a mid-altitude missile, one source saying its range […] Continue Reading…
“The LX model is outfitted with an EF7 gasoline engine and a CNG-based engine. The ELX version is equipped with a turbo-charged EF7 engine.”-Nima Mosleh, IKCO deputy CEO for New Product Development
The Iran Khodro Company says it hopes exports of their new car, Dena, will hit 15,000 for the new year.
The car called […] Continue Reading…
NHK reporting that the robot sent by the Idaho National Laboratory has measured radiation levels inside reactors 1 and 3.
The robots were sent to Japan to help deal with the damaged Fukshima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The max radiation level inside the Reactor 3 building is 57 millisieverts per hour, while max level in Reactor 1 […] Continue Reading…
About 30 USAF reservists, from Colorado, headed to Texas on April 16. They will be using their C-130 Hercules transports to drop fire retardant on the Coahuila fire in Mexico. That fire is the largest fire in Mexico’s history, as of April 16 it was within 96.5km (60 miles) of the Texas border.
The […] Continue Reading…
I used to live in Texas, back in the mid 1980s, and asking the Federal government for anything was a dishonorable thing to do, if you’re from Texas. I guess things are pretty bad if Texas Governor Rick Perry is asking President Obama for help.
“Texas is reaching its capacity to respond to these emergencies […] Continue Reading…
For those of us, in Idaho, that like the idea of renewable, clean, energy sources, like wind and solar, it seems efforts to bring wind power to our state is blowing against the wind.
Just a few years ago the Idaho media was full of positive stories about wind energy bringing needed jobs, and power, […] Continue Reading…
Robots from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are about to start work in the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Originally developed to assist with high-risk reconnaissance and the disposal of explosives and hazardous materials, The TALON has been modified for its new job.
The INL is also supplying Japan with radiation-sensing packages for Japanese robots, and […] Continue Reading…