Meet Boeing’s 1970 concept for flying aircraft carrier

Facebook is being sued again, Tesla driver caught sleeping while going 93 MPH on Autopilot [Interesting Engineering]( }}) Friday, 18 Sep 2020 Time to wrap up the workweek. Your briefings: - Smoke from the fires devastating much of the U.S. West Coast [has reached]( as far as Europe. - SpaceX [has aborted]( the launch of another batch of 60 Starlink satellites. - Today, we commemorate the 237th death anniversary of one of the greatest mathematicians of all time: Leonhard Euler. In his memory, let's look at the [most important equations]( that shaped our modern world. The headlines of the day are waiting below. [Facebook Is Being Sued for Spying on Instagram Users Again]( Facebook has once again been accused of spying. [Facebook Is Being Sued for Spying on Instagram Users Again]( [News]( [alexsi/iStock]( Last month, the firm was accused of harvesting its users' biometric data. This time, it is being sued for watching Instagram users through their phone cameras. [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tesla Driver Caught Sleeping While Going 93 MPH on Autopilot]( The driver was sound asleep with their seat "fully reclined" at 93 mph (150 km/h). [Tesla Driver Caught Sleeping While Going 93 MPH on Autopilot]( [Autonomous Cars]( [RCMP Alberta/ Twitter]( Stories of Tesla drivers recklessly using their car's Autopilot feature are nothing new, but this one might just take the cake. [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Engineers Introduce First Ever Flat Fisheye Camera Lens]( Engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell have developed the first-ever wide-angle lens that is completely flat. [Engineers Introduce First Ever Flat Fisheye Camera Lens]( [Innovation]( [Mikhail Shalaginov, Tian Gu, Christine Daniloff, Felice Hankel, Juejun Hu]( Although fisheye lenses are great at capturing panoramic views, they are inherently bulky and often costly to produce. But what if you could get the same effect from a flat lens? [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [This Beat Up Ford Econoline Beer Truck Is For Sale Online for $2,500] [Al Jackson/Facebook]( [News]( [This Beat Up Ford Econoline Beer Truck Is For Sale Online for $2,500]( This vintage lite beer delivery truck could be your next passion project for a relatively small sum. [> Read More]( [Anonymous Teen 'Blasts Away' Crucial Retina Tissue Staring Into Laser Pointer] [v2osk / Unsplash]( [Science]( [Anonymous Teen 'Blasts Away' Crucial Retina Tissue Staring Into Laser Pointer]( This teenager didn't know how little it takes to cause permanent damage to your eyes and vision. [> Read More]( [Nebra Sky Disk Might be Younger Than First Thought] [Dbachmann/Wikimedia Commons](Nebra_Scheibe.jpg) [Space]( [Nebra Sky Disk Might be Younger Than First Thought]( Was it Bronze Age men or Iron Age men who created the Nebra Sky Disk? [> Read More]( [Meet the Boeing 747 AAC: A 1970s Concept for Flying Aircraft Carrier] [Duotech Services/Mustard]( [Defense & Military]( [Meet the Boeing 747 AAC: A 1970s Concept for Flying Aircraft Carrier]( Flying aircraft carrier: Are they science fiction or could they become a reality in a not-too-distant future? [> Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Video of the Day [Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 vs. Reality: Landing Airbus A320 at LAX]( [Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 vs. Reality: Landing Airbus A320 at LAX]( With Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020's mesmerizing visuals in mind: Can you tell which one is which? [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [youtube]( [linkedin]( You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to our newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( to manage your newsletter subscriptions. [Display on interestingengineering.com]( Interesting Engineering, Inc 201 Spear Street, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94105 © Copyright 2020 | Interesting Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved