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New robots help humans cope with illness Valencia, Spain (AFP) Aug 2, 2009
Robots that can cook, dance to Michael Jackson songs or guide the blind are among the gadgets aimed at helping humans cope with illnesses on display in Spain at one of the world's biggest annual gatherings of new technology enthusiasts. Standing 58 centimetres (23 inches) tall and with a plastic shell for a body, a humanoid robot called Nao drew a crowd at the Campus Party in Valencia as it ... read moreField Testing For The Moon
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 03, 2009When President Kennedy announced on Sept. 12, 1962, that the United States would go to the moon before the end of the decade, life and work at NASA changed in monumental ways. By then, NASA had four manned spaceflights under its belt. A trip to the moon would leverage years of spaceflight knowledge, but traveling out of low Earth orbit, past Geosynchronous orbit to the moon, would demand increas ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case
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EAA AirVenture: An Aviator's Dream World
Oshkosh WI (SPX) Aug 03, 2009Aviation enthusiasts seek out certain destinations. There are Paris and Farnborough for the big international crowd, Kill Devil Hills, N.C. for the historians and Oshkosh, Wisc., for those who crave a look at aircraft that are a little different. For a week every summer a small airfield in central Wisconsin is an aviator's dream world. It's been that way for more than half a century, since ... more Analysis Of New Approach Trajectories At DLR
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 03, 2009New noise abatement approach trajectories for conventional transport aircraft have been tested in flight by the German Aerospace Center. The trajectories under consideration promise ground-noise reduction along most of the flight path by relocating and concentrating high noise levels into selected areas. A new, high-precision autopilot for automated flight operation was installed onboard ... more Want Responsible Robotics? Start With Responsible Humans
Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 03, 2009When the legendary science fiction writer Isaac Asimov penned the "Three Laws of Responsible Robotics," he forever changed the way humans think about artificial intelligence, and inspired generations of engineers to take up robotics. In the current issue of journal IEEE Intelligent Systems, two engineers propose alternative laws to rewrite our future with robots. The future they foresee is ... more |
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Biofuel And Crop Research Grows
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 24, 2009CSIRO and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers, have been awarded a A$1.6 million grant to increase the understanding of genes responsible for growth and yield in grasses for use as bio-energy and food crops. The research team will identify the genes associated with key plant properties responsible for growth, flowering and grain-filling in grasses. They will use the ... more Payload Transfer To Kibo Complete
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 24, 2009Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and his space shuttle Endeavour crewmates completed transferring three payloads from a cargo carrier to Kibo's Exposed Facility. This was the first operational use of the Kibo robotic arm. MAXI, SEDA-AP and ICS all are installed on the Exposed Facility. MAXI is the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image experiment and SEDA-AP is the Space ... more 40 Years On, Renaissance Begins For Lunar Exploration
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 23, 2009The 40th anniversary of the Apollo lunar landing is a time to look back and, especially, an opportunity to look forward to future space exploration, including the Moon missions now being planned by NASA and other space agencies, said Mark A. Bishop, an associate research scientist with the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute. Bishop talked with commentators Matthew Abraham and David B ... more |
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