TECH SPACE - ROBO DAILY

Japan finds rich rare earth deposits on seabed: study

Mar 21, 2013 (AFP)

Japanese researchers said Thursday they have found a rich deposit of rare earths on the Pacific seabed, with reports suggesting it could be up to 30 times more ...

Smartphone app turns home drone into spacecraft

Mar 21, 2013 (ESA)

A free ESA app turns a popular iPhone-controlled 'home drone' into a spacecraft. The augmented reality game lets owners of Parrot AR.Drone quadcopters attempt d...

NASA Awards Astrotech Contract For SMAP Spacecraft Processing

Mar 20, 2013 (SPX)

Astrotech Corporation, reports that its Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) subsidiary has been awarded a NASA task order contract to provide payload processing se...

Scientists claim new glasses-free 3D for cellphone

Mar 20, 2013 (AFP)

Fancy watching a movie on your mobile phone, where figures leap out from the screen in 3D, rather as Princess Leia did in that scene from "Star Wars"? That's th...

Earth will drown in garbage

Mar 19, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

Man-made garbage cluttering from near space is a very intensive process. Therefore, it may happen that within the coming 20 years safe near-Earth orbits which i...

Europe triples recycling but still lags target

Mar 19, 2013 (AFP)

Recycling of household waste has tripled in Europe over the past decade but some countries are dragging their feet for meeting a target set for 2020, the Europe...

First Laser Communication System Integrated, Ready for Launch

Mar 18, 2013 (SPX)

A new NASA-developed, laser-based space communication system will enable higher rates of satellite communications similar in capability to high-speed fiber opti...

Mobile LIDAR technology expanding rapidly

Mar 18, 2013 (SPX)

Imagine driving down a road a few times and obtaining in an hour more data about the surrounding landscape than a crew of surveyors could obtain in months. Such...

Raytheon's dual-band datalink tested with Thales radar

Mar 18, 2013 (SPX)

Raytheon tested its company-funded dual-band datalink with a Thales Nederland Advanced Phased Array Radar (APAR). The test took place at a shore-based Dutch fac...

Videogame power harnessed for positive goals

Mar 16, 2013 (AFP)

Even as videogames come under scrutiny for potential harmful impacts, researchers and developers are touting digital games for positive effects on health, learn...

Novel technique for chemical identification at the nanometer scale developed

Mar 14, 2013 (SPX)

For more than 20 years, researchers have been using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to measure and characterize materials at the nanometer scale. However AFM-base...

Breaking the final barrier: room-temperature electrically powered nanolasers

Mar 14, 2013 (SPX)

A breakthrough in nanolaser technology has been made by Arizona State University researchers. Electrically powered nano-scale lasers have been able to operate e...

New Technique Creates Stronger, Lightweight Magnesium Alloys

Mar 14, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys that have potential structur...

Aspirin may lower melanoma risk

Mar 13, 2013 (SPX)

A new study has found that women who take aspirin have a reduced risk of developing melanoma-and that the longer they take it, the lower the risk. The findings ...

NIST quantum refrigerator offers extreme cooling and convenience

Mar 13, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a solid-state refrigerator that uses quantum physics in micro- and na...

Star-shaped waves spotted in shaken fluid

Mar 13, 2013 (SPX)

A new wave phenomenon in liquids has been spotted by physicists in France. By shaking small cylindrical dishes of silicone oil, the team created standing waves ...

Russian satellite hit by remnants of destroyed Chinese spacecraft

Mar 12, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

A small Russian spacecraft in orbit appears to have been struck by remnants of a destroyed Chinese satellite. It's just the second time in history that an activ...

NUS graphene researchers create 'superheated' water that can corrode diamonds

Mar 12, 2013 (SPX)

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) led by Professor Loh Kian Ping, Head of the Department of Chemistry at the NUS Faculty of ...

Researchers Solve Riddle of What Has Been Holding Two Unlikely Materials Together

Mar 12, 2013 (SPX)

For years, researchers have developed thin films of bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) - which converts heat into electricity or electricity to cooling - on top of gall...

SSBV And zero2infinity Team Up For Airdrop Recovery

Mar 11, 2013 (SPX)

SSBV Aerospace and Technology Group (SSBV) and zero2infinity announce the signing of an agreement regarding the use of SSBV's ACRIDS airdrop and vehicle recover...