Scientists and bio engineers are unfairly feeling the brunt of some negativity - 

 Safety engineers can sometimes be whistling a lonely tune,  but not in this case .....

 There is always a solution to the simplest of problems - trust the engineers to arrive at an answer - and this is the answer to what must be an increasing problem for commuters 

 Kaneko Sangyo Co . Japan has developed a portable toilet ''Kurumarukun'' for use inside a car that totally conceals the user with a curtain.

 Read the article and draw your own conclusion !!

 WASHINGTON: NASA is withholding 24,000 responses to safety questionnaires supplied by airline pilots and others to avoid shaking public confidence in the air transport system, over the objections of the survey's designers. But Federal Aviation Administration officials expressed doubts about the data's usefulness.

 Serious fun with an underlying target to design and engineer safety equipment for space travelers

Only in China

 Yes,  if it's me under the knife,  I'd like to know that everything possible had been done to keep me safe and sound

 Suddenly there are eyes eveywhere - and a good thing too - safety is much too important for guesswork

A small low-priced 3D CMOS camera has been developed for applications such as blind-spot monitoring in cars, robot control and for monitoring building access points.

Isn't that what they are all used for ? maybe there is a need for some design mods for a purpose designed helicopter

 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has raised questions about the use of the Robinson R22 for aerial cattle-mustering operations.

I'm sure that we will hear a lot more about this as the details emerge

 South Africa plans to inspect its mines for safety after 3,200 trapped miners had to be rescued from a gold shaft, Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Friday.

 All done through engineering and production driven initiatives

 This Toy Story just keeps on getting more sequels - when will it stop ?

 WASHINGTON - More than a half-million Chinese-made products were recalled Thursday, including “Pirates of the Caribbean” and Baby Einstein toys, because they contain dangerous levels of lead.  Business practice to improve ?

 sometimes you feel that you just can not win - whatever you do - I know what to do ! - build noise into them, because a flashing light is no good

 
BALTIMORE (AP) — Gas-electric hybrid vehicles , the status symbol for the environmentally conscientious, are coming under attack from a constituency that doesn't drive: the blind.

 It's always difficult reporting a story like this - very sad - lets hope that learnings come from it to prevent a re occurence

 When fire broke out deep underground at a hydroelectric plant in the Rockies , officials at the surface dropped a radio down to five trapped men in a tunnel and were relieved to learn they were OK.

 So now there is no need to be deflated !!! there's a joke in there somewhere !!

 If you're struggling and feeling a bit down - you're not on your own and I'ts good for business to be able to fix the problems

 Science Daily — Enhanced and systematic efforts to identify and treat depression in the workplace significantly improves employee health and productivity, likely leading to lower costs overall for the employer, according to a study published September 26, 2007, in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

 I've got to fully agree with this action and commend the government - power to the people

 WASHINGTON: After two crashes in the United States in 1996 that together killed 375 people, a White

House commission set an ambitious goal for the airline industry and its regulators: to reduce the

domestic rate of fatal accidents 80 percent over 10 years .

 yes , I know a few dummies who could have been used for this project

 The BioRID-II biofidelic dummy for Pam-Crash/Pam-Safe 2G helps designers to minimise the whiplash injuries which can occur during a rear crash