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Japanese scientist unveils 'thinking' robotTokyo (AFP) Oct 11, 2011 Robots that learn from experience and can solve novel problems - just like humans - sound like science fiction. But a Japanese reasearcher is working on making them science fact, with machines that can teach themselves to perform tasks they have not been programmed to do, using objects they have never seen before. In a world first, Osamu Hasegawa, associate professor at the Tokyo Insitute of Technology, has developed a system that allows robots to look around their environment and do research ... read more |
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  US 'fighting a war' in Pakistan: Panetta Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday the United States is waging "war" in Pakistan against militants, referring to a covert campaign the CIA steadfastly refuses to publicly confirm. ... more | .. |
  UK Space Agency investment targets growth in the local space industry The first 8.5 million pounds of investment from the UK's National Space Technology Programme was announced Tuesday by the Science Minister, David Willetts. This boost to the UK space sector will mat ... more | .. |
  NASA Developing Instruments For New Solar Orbiter Mission NASA will begin development and testing of two science instruments, in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), to be placed on ESA's newly selected Solar Orbiter mission. The spacecraft wi ... more | .. |
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  The Secrets of Asteroid Minerva and its Two Moons Since the discovery of its two moons, the triple asteroid Minerva has been the focus of space and ground-based telescope studies that have attempted to unravel the secrets of this intriguing system. ... more | .. |
  UN highlights everyday benefits from space science and technology Understanding more about space science and that benefits that such technology has brought to everyday life is essential to helping the world address its most urgent problems, the United Nations said ... more | .. |
  Joysticks transform US warfare in Afghanistan In battle they take out Taliban fighters with joystick-controlled weapons, while back at base American soldiers hook up their Xboxes and kill their way through video games. ... more | .. |
 Robot Brain Implanted in a Rodent With new cutting-edge technology aimed at providing amputees with robotic limbs, a Tel Aviv University researcher has successfully implanted a robotic cerebellum into the skull of a rodent with brai ... more |
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China's birth rate falls to lowest on record
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UT Scientist Searches for Moons Around Asteroids Most people know that some planets have moons but would be surprised to know that some asteroids do, too. According to Joshua Emery, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences at the Univer ... more | .. |
  Monkeys 'move and feel' virtual objects using only their brains In a first ever demonstration of a two-way interaction between a primate brain and a virtual body, two monkeys trained at the Duke University Center for Neuroengineering learned to employ brain acti ... more | .. |
  NASA Mars Rovers Win Popular Mechanics 'Breakthrough' Award More than seven years after completing their three-month prime missions on opposite sides of Mars, NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity have been selected for lifetime achievement award honors as part ... more | .. |
 Dark and bright: ESA chooses next two science missions The powerful influence of the Sun and the nature of the mysterious 'dark energy' motivate ESA's next two science missions. Solar Orbiter and Euclid were selected by ESA's Science Programme Committee ... more |
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  US defence chief in Naples for NATO talks on Libya With NATO's campaign in Libya nearing an end, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta flew to the allied command in Naples on Thursday to confer with officers overseeing the air war. ... more | .. |
  DLR ROKVISS robotic arm returns from space The ROKVISS (Robotik-Komponenten-Verifikation auf der ISS - Robotic Components Verification on the ISS) technology experiment developed by the German Aerospace Center has returned to Earth after six ... more | .. |
 Dawn's fourth anniversary Dawn's fourth anniversary of being in space is very different from its previous ones. Indeed, those days all were devoted to reaching the distant destination the ship is now exploring. Celebrating i ... more | .. |
  Microgravity Science Glovebox Team Celebrates 10,000 Hours of Glovebox Operation The Microgravity Science Glovebox team has reason to celebrate. On Sept. 13 at 7:45 p.m. CDT, the science facility hit 10,000 hours of operation, orbiting high above us on board the International Sp ... 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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  Budget battle splits U.S. scientists U.S. scientists are split over congressional threats to cut funding for the overdue and over-budget James Webb Space Telescope, observers say. ... more | .. |
  Tiangong-1 Forms Cornerstone Of China's Space Odyssey China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, is slated to blast into orbit between 13:16 and 13:31 GMT Thursday, just one day prior to China's National Day on Oct.1. It will be the latest showcase of ... more | .. |
 Drilling into Arctic Ice Drill Hill is a circular mound of impact breccia about a kilometer (0.6 miles) in diameter, one of many such mounds that litter the floor of Haughton Crater. It's a large pile of rock rubble, initia ... more | .. |
  NASA Partners Uncover New Hypothesis On Crater Debris A team of researchers partnered with the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) has developed a new hypothesis for the origin of crater ejecta-debris that is launched out of a crater during meteorite i ... more |
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  Hexagon Enhances Satellite-based Positioning Solutions with Locata Local Constellation Locata Corporation has announced Hexagon will integrate the revolutionary Locata positioning technology with Hexagon's positioning receivers. This partnership will leverage each company's expertise ... more | .. |
  Building the Tools for Astrobiology's Future The NASA Astrobiology program has selected eight new projects for funding under the Astrobiology Science and Technology for Instrument Development Program (ASTID). The ASTID program is an essential ... more | .. |
 Locata Unveils World's First GPS-style Indoor Positioning Solution Locata Corporation has announced it will unveil the TimeTenna, a breakthrough positioning antenna technology that - for the first time - allows centimeter-accurate, GPS-style positioning indoors. ... more | .. |
 NASA Posts Global Exploration Roadmap NASA is releasing the initial version of a Global Exploration Roadmap (GER) developed by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group. This roadmap is the culmination of work by 12 s ... more |
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Quantum transport method reads open quantum states
Scientists uncover new quantum state that could power future technologies
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 Exploring an asteroid with the Desert RATS Earlier this month, European scientists linked up with astronauts roaming over the surface of an asteroid. Desert RATS, NASA's realistic simulation of a future mission, this year included a European ... more | .. |
 Neil Armstrong says US space program 'embarrassing' Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, told lawmakers Thursday that the end of the space shuttle era has left the American human spaceflight program in an "embarrassing" state. ... more | .. |
  Secret bases mark step-up in terror wars Recent disclosures that the CIA is setting up a ring of secret bases for its unmanned aerial vehicles in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa signal a sharp escalation in the U.S. wars against terror. ... more | .. |
 Robots are coming to aircraft assembly Up to now, aircraft have been put together in huge assembly cells, but to build the necessary facilities is expensive and time-consuming. That is why Fraunhofer researchers have come up with a flexi ... more |
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 What did we get from the US space program In addition to the Global Positioning System, Tang, Velcro, direct to home (DTH) television, new medical instruments and improved national security, there are many other benefits that have come from ... more | .. |
  Gamma-ray bursts shed light on the nature of dark energy Dark energy is the basic constituent of the Universe today, one that is responsible for its accelerated expansion. Although astronomers observe the cosmological effects of the impact of dark energy, ... more | .. |
  KVH Takes HDTV Global with New TracVision HD11 Marine Satellite TV System Reaffirming its dedication to providing innovative, world-class satellite TV technology for mariners, KVH Industries, Inc., will unveil its new 1-meter TracVision HD11 marine satellite TV system at ... more | .. |
  A Coral Reef in the Arctic Devon Island, the bulk of which straddles 75 degrees North latitude, well above the Arctic Circle, is a geologic wonderland. Today it is mostly polar desert. But it wasn't always so. Its tale ... more |
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