Stories about: Transportation

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TSA installs full-body scanners to screen air travelers 06 March, 2010 10:12

Full-body scanners were installed at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday, a technology that some see as important in identifying terrorist threats but which others worry is an invasion of privacy.
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Security expert: US would lose cyberwar 24 February, 2010 08:19

The U.S. government, if confronted in a cyberwar today, would not come out on top, a former U.S. director of national intelligence said Tuesday.
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Exploding batteries on planes: Rare and small risk 12 February, 2010 08:14

As the U.S. Department of Transportation proposes stricter rules on the shipments of lithium batteries, a close look at Federal Aviation Administration data finds that mid-air incidents involving batteries have been both rare and, apart from one catastrophe, relatively benign.
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Australian airports to deploy body scanning technology 09 February, 2010 17:20

The attempted terrorist attack aboard a US-bound Christmas Day flight has prompted the Federal Government to introduce body scanning technology at international airports, as part of a $200 million airport security boost.
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US GAO calls for more testing of whole body scanners 30 January, 2010 12:54

A Government Accountability Office report this week called on the Transportation Security Administration to ensure that the controversial Whole Body Imager undergo thorough operational and vulnerability testing.
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Union Pacific Railroad ditches its mainframe for SOA 09 January, 2010 05:40

At the heart of Union Pacific Corp.'s railroad operations is an IBM mainframe-based transportation control system that's been chugging along like a hardworking locomotive for nearly 40 years. According to industry experts, it was a pioneering system when first introduced, and it made the Omaha-based transportation giant one of the first companies in the world to make extensive use of online transaction processing technologies.
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Texting drivers are more dangerous than talkers 22 December, 2009 12:30

You obviously don't need to be told that texting and driving are two complex tasks that don’t mix well. But a new study by University of Utah researchers sheds light on why and finds that this activity is even more dangerous than talking on a cell phone while driving.
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NASA helicopter crash tests flying airbag 11 December, 2009 07:44

NASA is looking to reduce the deadly impact of helicopter crashes on their pilots and passengers with what the agency calls a high-tech honeycomb airbag known as a deployable energy absorber.
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Virgin Galactic blasts into the great unknown 09 December, 2009 05:52

Virgin Galactic has rolled out the very cool looking suborbital SpaceShipTwo spacecraft it expects will take thousands of space tourists on a rocket ride to near space.
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US and Australia dominate MAGIC robot competition short list 06 November, 2009 11:38

Robots from the US and Australia dominate the shortlist of entries for the first round of the Multi-Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge (MAGIC), sponsored by the US Department of Defense and Australia's Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO).
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DHS privacy report: Laptop searches at airports infrequent 26 September, 2009 03:45

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's annual privacy report card revealed more details on the agency's controversial policy involving searches of electronic devices at U.S. borders.