by Beth Holmes | May 9, 2022 | News, Places On Our Bucket List, Technology, Travel
Voyager Station: Is a luxury space hotel in orbit really only 5 years away? No one would call the International Space Station a hotel, or luxurious in any way. Only a little larger than a six-bedroom house, it’s been plenty for the 3-6 people who have been up...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 7, 2022 | News, Technology, Travel
Alice, the world’s first all-electric passenger aircraft, is just weeks away from her first flight. Air travel is far from environmentally friendly, as a way to travel. Strictly talking about fuel, the industry average is approximately 51 gallons of fuel per...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 7, 2022 | News, Technology, Travel
Floodmapp, a safety app is helping to protect drivers in the middle of a natural disaster in flooded Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk is a city beset by water. Tucked into the confluence of the Elizabeth River and Chesapeake Bay, the low-lying city is crossed by dozens of...
by Admin | May 1, 2020 | Art & Culture, Education, Technology, Travel
Working together, Harvard University and the Egyptian Tourism Board have created a true masterpiece of tourism-from-home art: a virtual tour of an Egyptian tomb. Entry is free for your virtual visit to the tomb of Queen Meresankh III, and you’re guaranteed to have the...
by Admin | Apr 15, 2020 | Art & Culture, International, Technology, Travel
Businesses as dependent on tourism as hotels are hurting badly during the COVID-19 crisis. Their rooms and restaurants are empty, and their chefs and concierges are furloughed. But some of them are making an effort to remain relevant during this time of isolation,...
by Admin | Mar 20, 2020 | News, Technology, Travel
As country after country closes its borders and more cities and states institute shelter-in-place guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic, travel is becoming irresponsible at best, and impossible at worst. But staying home isn’t the same as being trapped there—not...
