Mid-range headphones are all over CES, and many of them have a celebrity name attached to them. These two pairs have the Marley name attached to them, they are the Rhythm (pictured below) and Flight (above). The Rhythm headphones are on-ear headphones with the earpieces entirely covered in canvas so they rest on your ear more »

Riding in airplanes is one of the only times when an individual will willingly turn off their mobile phone. It’s not like they have much of a choice as that is the rule on most commercial flights. Still, the moment the plane touches the ground, everyone frantically reaches for their phones to see how the world had changed since they went offline. Regular people will continue to live in cellular limbo while flying, but business types can get the Aircell Smartphone and talk freely in-flight.

ITA Software and Hipmunk are now working together to provide something new in flight search on the web. Rating flights by how much “agony” they cause and an intriguing display method, Hipmunk is raising some eyebrows. ITA Software provides quick access to it’s popular shopping system used by many other flight search sites. What set more »

Frequent fliers probably use services such as Kayak and Bing Travel to find out flight information. Google doesn’t have a very comprehensive database when it comes to flying, but that is definitely going to change in the coming months. On July 1, Google announced the acquisition of ITA Software for $700 million and will soon more »

To combat air pollution, noise pollution, and the constant rise of gas and oil prices everywhere, a little-known company called Pipistrel started work on possibly the world’s first commercial electric powered light aircraft, and they’re calling it the Taurus Electro. It’s a kick-butt two-seat ultralight aircraft with a 15 meter wing-span and is also intended for glider pilots. Right now, they’re still few steps behind completing the project but if they keep on it, the Taurus Electro just might start hitting runways everywhere by the end of 2008.

Tine Tomazic, the company’s test pilot, has confirmed that Pipistrel indeed has the technology to create such a thing already in their hands. And according to Pipistrel CEO Ivo Boscarol, the Taurus Electro’s battery pack recharges (yes, it’s rechargeable) at about the same time that it takes a cellphone to charge, and works just as efficient as its gasoline-powered counterpart.

All in all, the technology behind the Taurus Electro seems simple. It uses a lithium-polymer battery pack weighing 101 pounds for power, and with a wingspan of about 15 meters it achieves enough power to climb up to 6,000 feet up into the air, at a rate of 560 feet per minute. Pipistrel says that this still unpatented electric aircraft technology is costing them almost 1 Million EUR now, but once the final product comes out, you’ll be able to bag one of these babies for yourself at only $100,000 a piece (give or take a couple thousand). Continue reading for a video of the Taurus Electro in action.