It’s only a matter of time before the iPad erases print entirely. The Federal Aviation Administration has granted early approval for the use of iPads in airplane cockpits – meaning before long, we could see the end entirely of paper maps and charts aboard planes. It would seem commercial airlines can’t wait to hop abourd the iPad bandwagon …plane… whatever, with none other than Delta already applying for approval to test the iPad (as well as other tablets) aboard its flights. The iPad would be a significant change for airlines, as current-gen aviation computers can weigh almost twenty pounds….

There is no question that there are a ton of planes in the sky at any given point. Understanding just how crowded the skies are requires more than just a bird’s-eye view, so someone took a satellite-camera view and turned it into a nifty video. As the shadow of night passes over the different continents, it’s clear that flight patterns are based upon the sun. Many flights leave the US east coast in the middle of the night, flying against the shadow to land in Europe at dawn. Heading west, there seems to be no reason to go against the shadow, so the vast majority of congestion in the air happens from morning…

I think it is safe to say that it was everyone has had at least one point in their lives where they dreamt of escaping the gravity of this world and spending some time weightless in space. Well, Space Adventures is going to be offering space flights at half the price of it’s competitors allowing dreamers to visit space for just over $100,000. The new price point has been achieved by the company teaming up with Armadillo Aerospace, which will be developing rockets for the journeys. Their approach is simple: strap you in, aim towards the sky, shoot you up 62 miles in a rocket, and turn the engines off allowing…