MIT Flies Aircraft Powered by Ionic Wind that has No Moving Parts

MIT ion powered aircraft

MIT has successfully created and flown an ionic wind powered aircraft prototype that has no moving parts. Yes, that is correct. It has no moving parts and flies.

This eco-friendly aircraft prototype stays in the air with wires that are charged by ions at 40,000 volts. It works by taking the negative charged electrons from air molecules, as they are attracted to the electrodes (negatively charged) at the back of the flying ionic wind powered aircraft. This scientific process described above allows it to fly with no moving parts required.

MIT was able to successfully create a custom power supply capable of generating the right output to successfully stay in the air. This technology still needs to be developed further, but it looks very promising for eco-friendly aircraft. This prototype was flown across a gym floor, which was approximately 197 feet.

This ionic wind powered aircraft with no moving parts created by MIT is quite a fascinating accomplishment that is sure to expand upon existing aircraft technology.

Curse Gaming is Moving its Headquarters to Huntsville, AL

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Curse is moving their headquarters to Huntsville, AL, bringing 20 to 30 new jobs to the area.

Curse boasts to be one of the largest gaming information companies in the world, with more than 22 million unique visitors a month. Curse owns over 60 video game websites, and has 2.95 million active users of their software and gaming tools. Huntsville, AL is a perfect fit for Curse gaming headquarters, with a community that has a strong emphasis in technology and IT, and hordes of engineers. It is no wonder Curse has made the well-informed decision in moving to Huntsville.

Before choosing Huntsville, Curse also considered other cities like Boulder, CO, Las Vegas, NV, Los Angeles, CA, and Seattle, WA. After an analysis of the four other cities, Huntsville was the most competitive of the five. For the past three years, Curse has maintained a team development office at: 305 Church Street, Suite 601, Huntsville, AL 35801. Curse also has offices in New York, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, and Ireland. Their current headquarters is located in San Francisco, CA.

VP Donovan Duncan said this about the move: "We made the decision to move to Huntsville earlier this year. Basically we were looking for a place that would be a good change for our employees and a successful business environment for us to place ourselves in. We own and operate over 60 different web properties, do over a billion - with a B - page views per month on our different properties, we're 100 employees strong, and we're profitable, which in our space says a lot."

Residents of Huntsville, AL are excited about Curse moving their headquarters to the former BB&T building in downtown Huntsville.

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle said "This is what we as a city is striving to do -- is bring the best and the brightest - those young workers to the community."