Two Flying Jetmans along Emirates’ Airbus A380 (and the behind the scenes)

Charles Elachi, director of JPL of Lebanese origins to retire in June 2016

On October 28, 2015, Charles Elachi, the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of Lebanese origins, announced his intent to retire by June 2016 to become a professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
The following video includes Elachi’s announcement as well as an amazing summary of 15 years worth ofachievements at JPL & NASA

Full story @ JPL NASA

Interesting Animated Map of the Internet of Things Undersea Cables

[via: Business Insider]

Kaufman’s Folly, or, How Movies Can Secretly Drive You Mad

Lebanon’s 2020 Digital Telecom Vision

Earlier this month I was invited to attend the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications’s launching ceremony of its 2020 Digital Telecom Vision (لبنان ٢٠٢٠ رؤية الاتصالات الرقمية) which occurred on Wednesday July 1 2015 at the Grand Serail (ie; Governmental Palace).

Among the attendees were the Prime Minister Saeb Salam, Telecommunications Minister Boutros Harb, head of Ogero Abdel Moneim Youssef, and several others including tens of invited businessmen and technology experts.