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Now Arriving at an Airport Lounge Near You: Peloton Bikes, Nap Pods and Caviar Service

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At La Guardia Airport, caviar service will be available for pre-order. In addition to amenities, the new lounges provide an ambience reminiscent of a luxury hotel lobby, both in interior design and scale, and fit several hundred people at a time. Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling?

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Linear Labs closes $4.5M seed round to fund commercialization of new electric motor technology

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The data shows that when applying the same frame size as used in commercially available propulsion units, a significantly higher efficiency (especially at the low speed region) can be achieved. With virtually no end windings, the LL machine allows for reduced copper losses. —Fred Hunstable, CTO of Linear Labs.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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The second instrument was a highly experimental Multispectral Scanner System (MSS) designed by Virginia T. The MSS, though, operated until 6 January 1978, outliving its design life by four and a half years and recording more than 300,000 images. Everyone assumed the camera would be the workhorse of the mission.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. Total DOE award: $14,999,927.

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US Army, Uber to partner on vertical lift research; stacked co-rotating rotors; Launchpoint for motors

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Ride-sharing company Uber and US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Army Research Laboratory, have entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to advance technologies supporting Future Vertical Lift. Uber and Army will continue to explore future developments in this sphere.

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Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport

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The library is never busy; it’s beautifully designed and has a variety of comfy seating,” added Ms. At various airports in Texas (Austin, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth), there are cupcake vending machines offering a bevy of flavors from popular brand Sprinkles. Linda Norris, of Treadwell, N.Y., Norris, 68. Not a cheese fan?