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January 18, 2010
S.Korean scientists develop walking robot maid
Seoul (AFP) Jan 18, 2010
South Korean scientists have developed a walking robot maid which can clean a home, dump clothes in a washing machine and even heat food in a microwave. Mahru-Z has a human-like body including a rotating head, arms, legs and six fingers plus three-dimensional vision to recognise chores that need to be tackled, media reports said Monday. "The most distinctive strength of Mahru-Z is its v ... read more

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Mini drone and iPhone take video games to real world
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Mint robot puts shine on hardwood floors
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 10, 2010
Evolution Robotics is betting that folks with hardwood or tile floors are craving mechanical maids to keep them beautiful. The firm used the Consumer Electronics Show ending Sunday in Las Vegas to show off a Mint Cleaner that automatically dusts or wet mops hard-surface floors using cleaning cloths such as Swiffer. "We are using a lot of technology to very meticulously clean an area," Te ... more

Goddard Scientist Breakthrough Given Ticket To Mars
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2010
The quest to discover whether Mars ever hosted an environment friendly to microscopic forms of life has just gotten a shot in the arm. "Mars was a lot different 3-1/2 billion years ago. It was more like Earth with liquid water," said Jennifer Eigenbrode, a scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "Maybe life existed back then. Maybe it has persisted, which is possible ... more

Mars Spirit Rover Facing End Of Mission Decision
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2010
NASA's Mars rover Spirit will mark six years of unprecedented science exploration and inspiration for the American public on Sunday. However, the upcoming Martian winter could end the roving career of the beloved, scrappy robot. Spirit successfully landed on the Red Planet at 8:35 p.m. PST on Jan. 3, 2004, and its twin Opportunity arrived at 9:05 p.m. Jan. 24, 2004. The rovers began missions intended to last for three months but which have lasted six Earth years, or 3.2 Mars years. During this time, Spirit has found evidence of a steamy and violent environment on ancient Mars that was quite different from the wet and acidic past documented by Opportunity - halfway around the planet. ... more

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Mars rover Spirit's 6-year stint may be ending: NASA


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India's First Manned Space Flight In 2013

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Indian "Vyomanauts" All Set To Rise Up In Space

That Sinking Feeling Ebbs Away At Spirit

Dune Symmetry Inside Martian Crater

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Roscosmos Reserves Site For Vostochny Spaceport

USAF Awards ULA WGS-4 Satellite Launch

ISRO Plans Special Launch Pad At Sriharikotta

New Satellite Maps Of Haiti Coming In

Fault Responsible For Haiti Quake Slices Island's Topography

First Satellite Map Of Haiti Earthquake

New Horizons Now Closer To Pluto Than Earth

Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen

The PI's Perspective - Farewell 2009

Giant Ribbon At The Edge Of The Solar System: Mystery Solved

Hubble Catches End Of Star-Making Party

New Research Resolves Conflict In Theory Of How Galaxies Form

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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

Brigade Combat Team Modernization To Enter Production
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 04, 2010
Boeing reports that Increment 1 of the U.S. Army's Brigade Combat Team Modernization program was approved to begin Low-Rate Initial Production early in 2010 as a result of the Milestone C production review by the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) on Dec. 22. As the prime contractor, Boeing, along with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI], is responsible for the develop ... more

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Moving Video To Captcha Robot Hackers


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Lockheed Martin F-35B Begins In-Flight STOVL Operations

RC-12X Guardrail Airworthiness Certification Process Achieves Major Milestone

Taser adds mobile phone monitoring tool to its arsenal

Israel's vaunted missile shield 'flawed'

US Space-Based Missile Warning System Achieves Key Milestone

China tests missile intercept system

Pentagon gives OK for Taiwan missile deal: official

UK Awards Javelin Joint Venture For Javelin Missile Rounds

Raytheon wins $1.1B missile deal

Rolls-Royce wins massive RAF contract

Indonesian military clings to businesses

Northrop gets $577M Army deal

S.Korean scientists develop walking robot maid

Mint robot puts shine on hardwood floors

Cockroaches Offer Inspiration For Running Robots

GSK says swine flu vaccine sales hit 835 million pounds

France's swine flu epidemic ends: doctors

Under fire WHO ready to review handling of flu pandemic

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Cockroaches inspiration for robots

Japanese researcher unveils 'hummingbird robot'

UK Outlines Science Priorities

Silicon Technology Offers Extended X-Ray Vision Of High-Energy Cosmos

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

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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

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

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