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August 15, 2011
IRON AND ICE
Asteroid Photographer Beams Back Science Data
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 12, 2011
The Dawn spacecraft has completed a graceful spiral into the first of four planned science orbits during the spacecraft's yearlong visit to Vesta. The spacecraft started taking detailed observations on Aug. 11 at 9:13 a.m. PDT (12:13 a.m. EDT), which marks the official start of the first science-collecting orbit phase at Vesta, also known as the survey orbit. Survey orbit is the initial and highest orbit, at roughly 1700 miles (2700 kilometers) above the surface, which will provide an overvi ... read more

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THE STANS

US officials slam report on Pakistan drone war dead
US officials on Friday strongly rejected allegations in an independent study that a covert drone war in Pakistan has killed large numbers of civilians, saying the numbers are "way off the mark." ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Honda plans nuclear mission for robot: media
Japan's Honda is hoping to retool its humanoid robot ASIMO for a nuclear mission so it can join emergency work inside the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, a press report said Friday. ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Scientists find eruption at undersea volcano after forecasting the event
A team of scientists just discovered a new eruption of Axial Seamount, an undersea volcano located about 250 miles off the Oregon coast - and one of the most active and intensely studied seamounts i ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Honda denies nuclear mission for robot
Japan's Honda has denied a press report it is hoping to retool its humanoid robot ASIMO to enable it to join emergency work inside the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Rehab robots lend stroke patients a hand
Robot-assisted therapy has measurable benefits for patients with a weaker arm following a stroke. This is according to new research featured in the journal Clinical Rehabilitation, published by SAGE ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

US scientists predict eruption of undersea volcano
US scientists said Tuesday they have for the first time successfully predicted the eruption of one of the world's most active undersea volcanoes off the coast of the western state of Oregon. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Wearable device that vibrates fingertip could improve sense of touch
A little vibration can be a good thing for people who need a sensitive touch. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a glove with a special fingertip designed to improve t ... more
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STATION NEWS

Crew Stows Spacesuits, Completes Robotics Checkout
The six Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station wrapped up a busy workweek Friday as they stowed equipment used in Wednesday's spacewalk and completed an extensive checkout ... more
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CYBER WARS

Children learn hacker ways at DefCon
Nine-year-old Anna focused intently as she screwed a circuit board into place in a first-ever "DefCon Kids village" created to tutor children in the ways of hacking. ... more
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MILTECH

US Army Selects SMSS Autonomous Vehicle for Afghanistan Deployment
The U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force, through the Robotics Technology Consortium, selected the Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) to deploy to Afghanistan for a first-of-i ... more
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AEROSPACE

Southampton engineers fly first printed aircraft
Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world's first 'printed' aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design. The SULSA (Southampton Univ ... more
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STATION NEWS

The Orbital Perspective of Astronaut Ron Garan
"Hello from space!" greets astronaut Ron Garan as an opening to his recently published video blog. Garan's goal is to show how this orbital research facility can help improve life on Earth, while al ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Bionic microrobot mimics the 'water strider' and walks on water
Scientists are reporting development of a new aquatic microrobot that mimics the amazing water-walking abilities of the water strider - the long-legged insect that scoots across the surface of ponds ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Taiwan's Foxconn to use one million robots by 2014
Taiwan IT giant Foxconn - hit by a spate of suicides at its Chinese plants - plans to replace 500,000 workers with robots in the next three years, state media reported Monday. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

WISE Mission Finds First Trojan Asteroid Sharing Earth Orbit
Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known "Trojan" asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth. Trojan ... more
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STATION NEWS

New uses for Space Station
For more than a decade, the International Space Station has been a busy orbiting research lab. But it could soon take on a new role as a testbed for ambitious missions deeper into space. Futur ... more
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STATION NEWS

NASA and International Partners Discuss New Uses for Space Station
The Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) for the International Space Station partner agencies met Tuesday, July 26, to discuss how to use the space station as a test bed for technologies that will ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Robot seagull flies in Scotland
A German engineering firm says it has developed a robotic seagull so lifelike it fooled real birds into believing it was part of the flock. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Certification for ISS onboard astronaut
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has been providing basic training to be certified as an astronaut for the International Space Station (ISS) to astronaut candidates Kimiya Yui, and Takuya Ohni ... more
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EXO LIFE

Caltech Researchers Create the First Artificial Neural Network Out of DNA
Artificial intelligence has been the inspiration for countless books and movies, as well as the aspiration of countless scientists and engineers. Researchers at the California Institute of Technolog ... more
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CAR TECH

EU adopts automaker eco-innovation credit
The European Commission has officially adopted a policy of allowing auto manufacturers to gain carbon dioxide emission credits through the use of "eco-innovations." ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Inside the innards of a nuclear reactor
As workers continue to grapple with the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerplant in Japan, the crisis has shone a spotlight on nuclear reactors around the world. In June, The Associated Press re ... more
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ENERGY TECH

NASA and Chevron Partner to Benefit the Energy Industry
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and Chevron Corporation in San Ramon, Calif., have announced a partnership to develop a range of advanced technologies that can be used in harsh ... more
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Quantum transport method reads open quantum states
Scientists uncover new quantum state that could power future technologies
Early universe dark matter born red hot before cooling
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TECH SPACE

Sharper deeper faster 3D imaging
For modern biologists, the ability to capture high-quality, three-dimensional (3D) images of living tissues or organisms over time is necessary to answer problems in areas ranging from genomics to n ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA's Next Mars Rover to Land at Gale Crater
NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale crater. The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity, is scheduled to launch late this year and lan ... more
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INTERNET SPACE

Google buys computer vision startup 'PittPatt'
Google on Monday said it has bought a computer vision startup spun out of the robotics institute at Carnegie Mellon University. ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Space Shuttle final landing marks end of an era
Thus was history made: Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth. The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generati ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Tiny robots could find nuclear plant leaks
Small, spherical robots with a camera could someday navigate the underground pipes of a nuclear reactor to check for corrosion or leaks, U.S. researchers say. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

New graphene discovery boosts oil exploration efforts, could enable self-powered microsensors
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to harvest energy from flowing water. This discovery aims to hasten the creation of self-powered microsensors for more acc ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Deep below the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
For the first time, scientists gathered oil and gas directly as it escaped from a deep ocean wellhead - that of the damaged Deepwater Horizon oil rig. What they found allows a better understanding o ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA says Mars mountain will read like 'a great novel'
The US space agency's unmanned Curiosity rover will explore a mountain on Mars that should read like "a great novel," revealing if signs of life ever existed on the red planet, NASA said Friday. ... more
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