I highly recommend you to view the following video about the Joint Strike Fighter contract competition for building the new All-in-one fighter for the USAF, Marines and Navy. You almost need two hours for watching it (you have the audio transcription in this site Nova Transcript). But please, read first this post. It’s about competition,…
On the Aeriaa Airport Dashobard (part II). Architecture
In the previous post (On the Aeriaa Airport Dashobard part I) I introduced the environment of this little demo project. I want in this post define the project scope, in order to develop the “Project Charter” Aeriaa airport, principal stakeholder need an airport dashboard for viewing the status of the primary airport processes. These processes (or…
On airport models
Today I want to delve into a passion since I was a kid, the models. I think I made more than 100 airplane models, mainly in 1/72 scale, every Xmas I wrote a letter with 10 models, fun for months 🙂 The best brand I bought those days were Hasegawa and the worse probably Italieri (I didn’t…
That’s one small instruction for a machine, one giant leap for computing
Let’s me take the most famous quote in the Space Race history from Neil Amstrong. “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” One month ago, an ex-colleague @mt_aertec shared a link that fascinated me instantly. It was about the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) that put Apollo 11th on the Moon. Then…
On airports Mobile Apps (ANA Portugal)
This is a new section dedicated to mobile apps developed by airports. I want to start with ANA Portugal Airports App. Absolutely fantastic. I can’t stop seeing these pictures. (Let me put them big sized :))
On the Aeriaa Airport Dashboard (part I)
I would like to start this section with a homemade post. I like planes, I like computers, I like airports, I like the connection between techonology and aviation, so lets make a little application related to airports using some technologies, some of them new for me, to build a demo with some sense. The purpose…