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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2009 
Japan on Friday launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the HTV transportation vehicle atop an H-2B rocket, which is also on its first flight, as scheduled just after 2:00 am (1700 GMT Thursday) ... read more 
Washington DC (AFNS) Sep 15, 2009Two seemingly different U.S. Army organizations gathered robotics experts, technologists, academecs, soldiers and companies from across the country in search of solutions to help save soldiers' lives. The 3rd Corps and U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, or TARDEC, based on Fort Hood, Texas, hosted the first Robotics Rodeo to showcase what's new in the ... 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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Moss Landing CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2009Like the robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which wheeled tirelessly across the dusty surface of Mars, a new robot spent most of July traveling across the muddy ocean bottom, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) off the California coast. This robot, the Benthic Rover, has been providing scientists with an entirely new view of life on the deep seafloor. It will also give scientists a way to documen ... more  
Houston, Texas (AFP) Sept 12, 2009The Discovery astronauts found sunny skies in California on Friday as they descended to a weather-delayed landing at Edwards Air Force Base to end a demanding two-week mission to the International Space Station. Earlier in the day, thunderstorms twice prevented the seven astronauts from landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a replay of the foul conditions on Thursday that kept the shuttle ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2009Japan early Friday launched its first cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) atop an H-IIB rocket, which is also on its first flight, as scheduled just after 2:00 am (1700 GMT Thursday ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 3, 2009A large piece of space debris drifted toward the International Space Station Thursday, but NASA said it would not affect the second of three spacewalks outside the orbiter. "Mission control evaluated a piece of space junk and decided it's not necessary to move the space shuttle/space station to avoid it," NASA said on its Twitter feed. Astronauts Danny Olivas and Christer ... more 
Tokyo (UPI) Sep 2, 2009 Japanese scientists say they've built a robot designed to cope with the world's aging population by assisting staff and patients at care facilities. Researchers at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in Tokyo and Japan's Tokai Rubber Industries Ltd. named the robot Riba -- Robot for Interactive Body Assistance. The scientists said Ribia makes use of the latest in sensor, c ... more  
Moffett Field, CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2009NASA officials have signed an agreement with Unimodal Systems, LLC to collaborate on the use of NASA-developed control software and human factors techniques to evaluate acceleration, jerk and vibration of an advanced transportation vehicle system. The control software was originally designed to control robots and other applications. The collaboration will help NASA better understand the software ... more |
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