The first time I saw a playground covered in recycled rubber, I was a little surprised. I grew up when playgrounds were covered in dirt and grass and, yes, sometimes gravel. The kids with me were barefoot and I stopped them before they ran in to caution them that the black rubber would probably burn [...]
Everyone likes the idea of better gas mileage. We typically focus on fuel type and engine design to maximize fuel usage in our vehicles, but the basic math is this - lighter weight vehicles use less gas. Vehicle manufacturers have been using glue (not glue like we use - this is super advanced epoxy space [...]
Five people climbed aboard a small Mooney airplane in Franklin County, Tennessee, and attempted to take off. The plane apparently could not get lift to clear oncoming power lines so the pilot banked to avoid them and crashed into the ground. Some reports say the plane flipped once, but it looks like it impacted hard on its belly [...]
On April 10, 2014, a tour bus full of high school students were on their way to tour college campuses when a FedEx truck pulling a double trailer crossed over the median and hit them head on. One of the students said he saw the trailers "skewed at a weird angle" before the truck hit them. [...]
Tragedy Strikes ISU as Basketball Coach and Athletic Director are Killed in Plane Crash Authorities report is was a particularly foggy day when the small plane carrying 7 passengers and crew crashed outside of Bloomington Illinois killing all aboard. They would not release a list of the passengers, but an email to ISU athletic staff [...]
Today is Drowsy Driving Awareness Day and the National Highway Transportation Association wants you to know that this is a real and present danger on Tennessee roads. Safety officials say that over 20% of all deaths in any year are caused by people falling asleep at the wheel. They report that a growing number [...]
Preliminary Findings of Germanwings Crash Point to Murder/Suicide As the stunned world tries to absorb the preliminary findings of authorities, the horrific reality of a deranged co-pilot killing 149 innocent souls and himself on purpose is hard to stomach. While there were many possibilities floating around until last night, the New York Times first broke [...]
The live flight track of doomed Luthansa Germanwings Flight 4U 9525, an airbus 320, shows the sudden loss of communcation with air traffic controllers and the plane and pilots. This prompted the controllers to issue a distress call on behalf of the flight. Early reports said that the pilots issued a distress call, but that [...]
We watched in 2014 as millions of vehicles were recalled due to faulty Takata airbags and now 2015 begins with a second round of recalls for the same airbag. If you own a vehicle that has been issued an airbag recall, you now have two separate issues with your airbag. The first problem is your airbag could [...]
Opryland Hotel, the Flu, and Hand Sanitizers - They've got more in common than you might guess. We get bombarded with alot of health information. The latest that has impacted thousands of Tennesseans is that this season's flu vaccine is about 23% effective against this year's strain of flu. Basically, the medical elite were outsmarted by [...]