Aaron Koblin collected a single day’s worth of mundane air-traffic data from the FAA and rendered the associated traffic patterns and density output as a gorgeous video. He then laid a gentle, trance-y soundtrack over the top of it, and the result is an abstract, interpretive map of the US.
Equal parts genius and beauty, the light-display-map shows familiar shapes, drawn by flight patterns, emerging from the darkness. Can’t spot Hawaii? You will in about 5 seconds.
[Via Collision Detection]
During the frantic no-liquids-on-planes crisis recently we learned that pretty much any kind of liquid or balm was illegal to bring on board a plane. If you happened to be traveling at this time, then chances are you had to dump something, whether it was lipstick or some deodorant or whatever. Well, now we’re all a bit more calmed down the good folks at the FAA have relaxed things a bit, and have loosened the stringent requirements of what can and cannot be brought on board.
According to this CNN report, travelers can now take up to four ounces of non-prescription medicine, glucose gel for diabetics, solid lipstick and baby food. I didn’t read here whether solid lipstick meant chap stick, of serious importance to many of us who are addicted to the stuff, but I hope so. Oh, as and you might imagine, all aerosols are prohibited.