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December 31, 2012

Explore Your Curiosity with New Rover-Themed Badge on Foursquare
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 31, 2012
NASA and the mobile application Foursquare have teamed up to help you unlock your scientific curiosity with a new rover-themed Curiosity Explorer badge. Users of the Foursquare social media platform can earn the badge by liking NASA on Foursquare and checking in at a NASA visitor center or venue categorized as a science museum or planetarium. Upon earning the badge, users will see a special message on Foursquare: i>"Get out your rock-vaporizing laser! You've explored your scientific curiosities j ... read more

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Curiosity Rover Takes Detailed Self-Portrait on Mars A series of photos taken by NASA's Curiosity and combined into a single composite picture offer a rare, detailed glimpse of the rover patrolling the surface of Mars on a rocky terrain with its targe ... more		Working Through the Holidays Opportunity is on the inboard edge of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater, positioned at a location called "Copper Cliff." Over the long holiday period, the rover has been stationary an ... more		Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology Autonomous is nearly a household word. We hear about autonomous cars, military drones and robots. But what about spacecraft? NASA is working on that - technology to autonomously land a spacecraft on ... more
				US drone strike kills four in Pakistan: officials US drones targeting a suspected militant compound on Friday killed four people in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. ... more		Japan security firm to offer private drone A Japanese security company plans to rent out a private drone that takes off when intruder alarms are tripped and records footage of break-ins as they happen, a spokeswoman said Thursday. ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Seoul says has other drone options than Global Hawks South Korea is not necessarily committed to buying US Global Hawk surveillance drones, a spokesman said Wednesday, after the Pentagon requested congressional permission for such a sale. ... more		Pentagon to sell spy drones for $1.2bln to South Korea The Pentagon is going to sell four of the Block 30 versions of the Global Hawk high-altitude spy drones to South Korea, of which the US Department of Defense has informed Congress recently. Th ... more		Greenland is helpful, but not vital, for US missile defense European military mission in Greenland as US aim 'remains intact' Amazon expands 'sovereign cloud' in Europe		Smart SPHERES Fly High Aboard the International Space Station On Dec. 12 engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and Johnson Space Center in Houston conducted an experiment using small, free-flying robotic satellites called "Smart SPHE ... more
				Opportunity For Some Shoulder Workout At Copper Cliff Opportunity is working at "Matijevic Hill" (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. There, the rover has been conducting in-situ (c ... more		DARPA developing robotic mule The use of robotics and similar technology has added a new dimension to the battlefield for all fighting forces, but the U.S. military in particular. ... more

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Northrop Grumman, US Navy Complete At-Sea Deck Handling Trials of X-47B Unmanned Demonstrator Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS H ... more		Pakistani drone crashes in northwest: officials A Pakistani reconnaissance drone has crashed in a restive northwestern tribal region after developing a technical fault, security officials said on Friday. ... more		Greenland is helpful, but not vital, for US missile defense European military mission in Greenland as US aim 'remains intact' Amazon expands 'sovereign cloud' in Europe		CU-Boulder team develops swarm of pingpong ball-sized robots University of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor Nikolaus Correll likes to think in multiples. If one robot can accomplish a singular task, think how much more could be accomplished if you had hun ... more
				Head-mounted cameras could help robots understand social interactions What is everyone looking at? It's a common question in social settings because the answer identifies something of interest, or helps delineate social groupings. Those insights someday will be essent ... more		Flexing fingers for micro-robotics: Berkeley Lab scientists create a powerful, microscale actuator Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an elegant and powerful new mic ... more

Japan security firm to offer private drone

US drone strike kills four in Pakistan: officials

Seoul says has other drone options than Global Hawks

Liquid crystal research, future applications advance

All Systems Go for Highest Altitude Supercomputer

UKube-1 Signs up for Launch and Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing

Marvell hit with billion-dollar verdict in patent case

China shows electronic circuit advance

Physicists take photonic topological insulators to the next level

Toshiba to sell 16 percent stake in Westinghouse: report

Active fault may close Japan nuclear plant

Japan's new govt to review zero-nuclear policy

	Hat Trick for X-37B The third launch of the US Air Force's X-37B robot spaceplane opens new challenges to this robust spacecraft. For the first time, an X-37B mission is underway with a used vehicle. The spaceplane tha ... more		NASA Gravity Probes Prepare to Hit the Moon A pair of NASA spacecraft that have been studying the Moon's gravitational field are being prepared for a controlled descent into a mountain near the Moon's north pole. Impact is expected at about 2 ... more		Research: Tiny robots may think as a group A U.S. researcher says a swarm of tiny robots could be a better solution to accomplishing tasks than one big one and has made "ping-pong" ball-sized examples. ... more		Boeing Demos Unmanned Little Bird for Republic of Korea Army Boeing has demonstrated affordable unmanned aircraft technology that could be integrated onto Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) MD 500 helicopters to expand the fleet's mission capabilities. A Boe ... more

An earthquake on a chip: New tech could make smartphones smaller, faster

Engineered ligands deliver durable high efficiency perovskite solar cells

Pendulum device taps power from ocean currents

Boeing's Reusable, Unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Begins Second Flight		Mystery Air Force space plane launched		Custom robots could do Fukushima cleanup		US drone strike kills at least three in Pakistan		NASA Announces Multi-Year Mars Program With New Rover In 2020
Iran tells US to 'recount' drones		Swimming robot crosses Pacific Ocean		Opportunity Rover Does Walkabout Of Crater Rim		AeroVironment to Offer Tier II Vertical Takeoff and Landing		Sudan drone down in Khartoum area: official media

Squirrels and Birds Inspire Researchers to Create Deceptive Robots

X-37B Space Plane: Still in Search of a Mission

Iran claims US drone captured

First Catapult Launch of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Launched

Engineering professor looks to whirligig beetle for bio inspired robots

Prototype of European combat drone makes maiden flight

US drone strike kills at least one in Pakistan: officials

Ground Based Laser System Demonstrates In Tests Against Rockets and UAVs

US drone appears to miss Pakistan target: officials

Robot buddy to keep Japan astronaut company

Driving drones can be a drag

Curious About Life: Interview with Roger Summons

Study of risks to humankind proposed

Matijevic Hill Survey Complete And Rover Passes 22 Miles Of Driving!

Rise of the Machines: Combat Drones to look for in the near future

Scotch tape finds new use as grasping 'smart material'

Robotic Fish Research Swims into New Ethorobotics Waters

Precision, Wireless Ground Handling of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft

Lockheed Martin Acquires Chandler May

Toshiba unveils dog-like robot for Fukushima plant

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