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Japan's 'Sense-Roid' replicates human hugTokyo (AFP) June 23, 2011 Japanese inventors have pushed the frontiers of technology with the ultimate companion for lonely singles - a wired torso-shaped device that you can hug and that hugs you back. The "Sense-Roid" looks like a tailor's mannequin with silicon skin and is packed with pressure sensors. It is connected to a jacket worn by the human user that replicates the embrace with the help of air compressors. The illusion of a mutual hug with the half-humanoid is enhanced by artificial muscles and vibrating devic ... read more |
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  ESA reentry vehicle on track for flight in 2013 ESA and Thales Alenia Space Italia have announced an agreement at the Paris Air and Space Show to begin building the IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle for its mission into space in 2013. E ... more | .. |
  European space freighter is destroyed after mission A robot freighter was destroyed on Tuesday in a scheduled operation after a successful mission to supply the International Space Station (ISS), the European Space Agency (ESA) said. ... more | .. |
  Evolution to the rescue Evolution is usually thought to be a very slow process, something that happens over many generations, thanks to adaptive mutations. But environmental change due to things like climate change, habita ... more | .. |
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  Stretching Old Material Yields New Results for Energy Researchers at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. recently found a way to improve electricity generating fuel cells, potentially making them more efficient, powerful and less expensive. Specifically, ... more | .. |
  Carnegie Mellon methods keep bugs out of software for self-driving cars Driver assistance technologies, such as adaptive cruise control and automatic braking, promise to someday ease traffic on crowded routes and prevent accidents. Proving that these automated systems w ... more | .. |
  Helicopter lost over Libya is new US drone: officials A drone helicopter that lost radar contact with NATO over Libya is a Fire Scout, an unmanned US chopper, defense officials said Tuesday, revealing the use of the new robotic aircraft in the war. ... more | .. |
 Genius of Einstein, Fourier key to new humanlike computer vision Two new techniques for computer-vision technology mimic how humans perceive three-dimensional shapes by instantly recognizing objects no matter how they are twisted or bent, an advance that could he ... more |
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 Despite budget stress, US space ties strong: NASA Relations between the United States and its partners in space remain strong, despite tighter budgets and concerns about costs and delays in building the space station, NASA chief Charles Bolden said on Friday. ... more | .. |
  CMU and Astrobotic Technology Complete Structural Assembly of Lunar Lander Astrobotic Technology Inc. and Carnegie Mellon University researchers have completed structural assembly of the lunar landing craft that will deliver the Red Rover robot to the moon in 2014. The hal ... more | .. |
  Countering Contamination for Mars Spacesuits To search for life on Mars, future astronauts would naturally want to step outside their living habitat for a walk. But the spacesuits keeping them alive might also carry Earth microbes or ingredien ... more | .. |
 International Conference On Low-Cost Planetary Missions Devising ways to explore space in tight fiscal times tops the agenda of the 9th International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions, set for June 21-23, 2011, at the Johns Hopkins University App ... more |
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  Space Shuttle Endeavour - A Lasting Legacy Space program employees, media and several hundred thousand spectators held their breath in rapt attention as the minutes ticked down to launch - then space shuttle Endeavour's main engines ignited ... more | .. |
  U.S. escalates war on al-Qaida in Yemen The United States is ramping up its war against al-Qaida in Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral home. ... more | .. |
  MESSENGER's Solar Arrays Probe to Operate in Extreme Temperatures Orbiting Mercury Key technologies and hardware developed by Northrop Grumman gave the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury a power system that works to its maximum even in the searing heat that surrounds the planet clo ... more | .. |
  Etrion Engages ABB for 10 MW Solar Project Etrion has announced an agreement with ABB, a power and automation technology group, to complete Etrion's 10 MW Helios ITA 3 solar project under construction in the Puglia region of Italy. Etrion wi ... more |
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Greenland truce or Trump win? Davos "framework" pauses tariffs but not the takeover boasts
Greenlanders doubtful over Trump resolution
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  State of Japan's nuclear disaster Three months after Japan's massive quake and tsunami sparked the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, emergency crews are still months away from bringing damaged reactors under control. ... more | .. |
 Japan's next gizmo: brainwave-controlled cat ears A team of Japanese inventors have come with a new device that blends the country's fascination with cuteness and its penchant for experimental high-tech - brainwave-controlled cat ears. ... more | .. |
 NASA Spending Shift to Benefit Centers Focused on Science and Technology Euroconsult along with the consulting firm Omnis have announced the findings of a study foreseeing a significant shift in NASA spending toward Earth science and R and D programs and away from legacy ... more | .. |
 A Salute to the Spirit of Mars The Voyagers are, perhaps, the best known example. Launched in the 1970s to explore the outer planets, the iconic spacecraft have zoomed far beyond their original targets to the edge of interstellar ... more |
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 Opportunity Studies Rock Outcrop Opportunity has exceeded 30 kilometers (nearly 19 miles) of odometry! The rover spent the last few sols investigating some exposed rock outcrop en route to Endeavour crater, now just a few kilometer ... more | .. |
 Industry Helps Engineering Students Reanimate Robotic Mine Vehicles In just 10 weeks, a group of University of Arizona engineering students took five crates of surplus hardware and two heavy-duty test vehicles, which didn't run, and mixed them with youthful enthusia ... more | .. |
 Five Steps Toward Future Exploration The NASA Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP) program has announced a set of new projects to develop and test technologies that will enable the astrobiological explorati ... more | .. |
  Russian arms depot blasts force evacuation of 28,000 Russian firefighters on Friday battled a blaze raging through an arms depot where tonnes of artillery shells and rockets were stored, as some 28,000 people living nearby were evacuated from their homes. ... more |
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 Shuttle STS-134 back from enhancing Space Station The wheels of Space Shuttle Endeavour touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning at 06:35 GMT (08:35 CEST) after a 16-day mission that added a pioneering experiment to the I ... more | .. |
 Camera Duo on Mars Rover Mast Will Shoot Color Views Two digital color cameras riding high on the mast of NASA's next Mars rover will complement each other in showing the surface of Mars in exquisite detail. They are the left and right eyes of the Mas ... more | .. |
  5 new hot spots where medicine and technology will converge Medicine and technology are converging in patient care at a faster pace than most people realize. Space age advancements from point-of-care health technologies like telemedicine to medical robots pe ... more | .. |
 The hand as a joystick Before a new vehicle rolls off the assembly lines, it first takes shape as a virtual model. In a cave - a room for the virtual representation of objects - the developers look at it from all sides, t ... more |
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  On-Orbit Orion MPCV Navigation System Tested During STS-134 Shuttle Mission In an unprecedented on-orbit maneuver, Commander Mark Kelly completed the first ever Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)-like approach to the International Space Station at 3:24 a.m. CDT as part ... more | .. |
NASA and Hawaii Partner for Space Exploration NASA and Hawaii have agreed to collaborate on a wide range of activities to promote America's human and robotic exploration of space. The partnership also will contribute to the development of educa ... more | .. |
 Building the future at ESA - ESA Bulletin 146 In a first for the Bulletin, we take a wide look at technology development across the whole agency, from Science and Robotic Exploration, to Earth Observation and Telecommunications and Integrated A ... more | .. |
 Stars help to track space junk A team of researchers from the Royal Institute and Observatory of the Navy (ROA) in Cadiz (Spain) has developed a method to track the movement of geostationary objects using the position of the star ... more |
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