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January 12, 2010
3-D and Web hot trends in adult entertainment
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 10, 2010
A 3-D mania stoked by stunning new television sets and the blockbuster film "Avatar" is being embraced by a porn industry notorious for helping new technologies access homes. Bad Girls In 3D used an AVN Adult Entertainment Expo that ended Sunday in Las Vegas to unveil an unprecedented online library exclusively in the format and a first-of-a-kind "turnkey digital 3-D viewing system." ... read more

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Mint robot puts shine on hardwood floors
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Goddard Scientist Breakthrough Given Ticket To Mars
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Mars Spirit Rover Facing End Of Mission Decision
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Lakeside On Ancient Mars
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Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

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Mars rover Spirit's 6-year stint may be ending: NASA
Washington (AFP) Jan 3, 2010
NASA Sunday celebrated Mars rover Spirit's bountiful, six-year stint on the red planet, way longer than the three months it was forecast to last. But it all may soon come to an end, stuck as it is in Martian sand. The tireless, 180-kilogram (400-pound), six-wheel robot broke through a crusty surface layer to strike sand in April at one edge of the Troy crater, west of the Home Plate plateau, ... more

Moon Mission In Running For Next Big Space Venture
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 04, 2010
Nearly 40 years after the Apollo astronauts first brought samples of the Moon to Earth for study, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis are leading an effort to return to the Moon for samples that could unlock secrets of the early Solar System. Known as MoonRise, the proposed Moon mission is one of three finalists now bidding to become NASA's next big space science venture, a ... more

Cockroaches Offer Inspiration For Running Robots
Corvallis OR (SPX) Jan 04, 2010
The sight of a cockroach scurrying for cover may be nauseating, but the insect is also a biological and engineering marvel, and is providing researchers at Oregon State University with what they call "bioinspiration" in a quest to build the world's first legged robot that is capable of running effortlessly over rough terrain. If the engineers succeed, they may owe their success to what's b ... more

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Brigade Combat Team Modernization To Enter Production


Moving Video To Captcha Robot Hackers


Instant online solar energy quotes

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Spectacular Years Ahead In Space

Indian "Vyomanauts" All Set To Rise Up In Space

Galactic GPS Possible With Pulsing Pulsars And Gravitational Waves

Martian Landform Observations Fill Special Journal Issue

Opportunity Brushes Out RAT Cuttings

Australian Lakes May Hold Clues to Life on Mars

USAF Awards ULA WGS-4 Satellite Launch

ISRO Plans Special Launch Pad At Sriharikotta

Arianespace Is Poised To Build On Its Success In 2010 And Beyond

Space Technology Helps Mitigate Climate Change

Two NASA Satellites See Edzani Power Up In Clouds And Rainfall

The PARASOL Satellite Moving Off The A-Train Track

New Horizons Now Closer To Pluto Than Earth

Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen

The PI's Perspective - Farewell 2009

How Galaxies Came To Be

How To Stir Galaxy Disks

SMU Hosts NOvA Scientists

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Jason Images Discovery Of Deepest Explosive Eruption On Sea Floor
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jan 04, 2010
Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea volcano actively erupting molten lava on the seafloor. Jason, designed and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the National Deep Submergence Facility, utilized a prototype, high-definition still and video camera to capture the powerful e ... more

Venus, Asteroids And Moon To Compete For Next New Frontiers Mission
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 30, 2009
NASA has selected three proposals as candidates for the agency's next space venture to another celestial body in our solar system. The final project selected in mid-2011 may provide a better understanding of Earth's formation or perhaps the origin of life on our planet. The proposed missions would probe the atmosphere and crust of Venus; return a piece of a near-Earth asteroid for analysis; or ... more

Cockroaches inspiration for robots
Corvallis, Ore. (UPI) Dec 30, 2009
Cockroaches are providing inspiration in the quest to build a robot capable of running effortlessly over rough terrain, scientists in Oregon said. "Cockroaches are incredible. They can run fast, turn on a dime ... and react to perturbations faster than a nerve impulse can travel," Oregon State University researcher John Schmitt said. Robots can walk, but none of them can run as w ... more

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Japanese researcher unveils 'hummingbird robot'


UK Outlines Science Priorities


Silicon Technology Offers Extended X-Ray Vision Of High-Energy Cosmos
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Nokia urges mobile developers to focus on poor nations

Sudan's Beshir quits army to run again for presidency

AU renews Somali peace force mandate

China overtakes US as world's largest auto market in 2009

Toyota Prius Japan's top-selling car in 2009

Sanyo rolls electric bicycles into US market

'Year 2010' smart-card bug turns Germans back to cash

Hubble Telescope peers at oldest ever galaxies

2010 tech bug hits German credit cards

Mini-Research Module MRM1 At Cape For Shuttle Processing

Astronauts Dock At ISS

Expedition 22 Keeps Busy While Awaiting Additional Crew Members

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

Aerospace Engineering Program To Launch Graduate Program In The Fall

ISRO Reviews Cryogenic Engine

Indian Cryogenic Engine Rocket Launch Put On Hold

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Space Debris A Concern In Satellite Launch

DLR Review Of The Year 2009

ESA Member States Give Green Light To ExoMars Programme

Arianespace To Launch Gaia For European Space Agency

War-torn 'nursery' hopes to send monkeys to Mars

French court orders Google to stop scanning French books

ESA signs Gaia launch contract

Bacteria used to power simple machines

China VP looks at greening of Japan's former 'iron city'

PHARAO Atomic Clock Agreement Signed By ESA And CNES

Unmanned unit tested for psychological war

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Underwater gas may hold clues on Turkish quake risk

Low Mass Planets May Be Common Around Nearby Stars

Biosatellite To The Moon

Opportunity Continues Investigation Of Marquette Island

Robot completes first underwater crossing of Atlantic Ocean

Magnetic Power Revealed In Gamma-Ray Burst Jet

US Air Force confirms 'Beast of Kandahar' drone

Opportunity Investigates 'Marquette' And 'Islington Bay'

Sandtrapped Rover Makes A Big Discovery

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

A Superbright Supernova That's The First Of Its Kind

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