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March 20, 2013

Friend or foe? Civilian drones stir debate
Washington (AFP) March 16, 2013
Drones: A flying technological marvel that could save lives or a sinister robot spy which edges the United States ever closer towards becoming a surveillance society? The imminent proliferation of unmanned aircraft in American skies has stirred a debate which veers between excitement at the possibilities to deep concern they may be deployed to snoop on law-abiding citizens. Congress has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to open up airspace to unmanned aircraft by October 2015, a decisi ... read more

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US drone strikes violate Pakistan sovereignty: UN US drone strikes targeting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda violate Pakistan's sovereignty because the government says publicly it has not consented to the attacks, a UN envoy has said. ... more		Google buys machine learning startup Google said Wednesday that it has bought a Canadian startup specializing in getting machines to understand what people are trying to say. ... more		Iranian fighter tries to intercept US drone in Gulf: US An Iranian fighter jet tried to intercept a US Predator drone over the Gulf but backed off after encountering two American military aircraft, the Pentagon said Thursday. ... more
				Videoconference robot Beam walks the walk at SXSW After a long day at the South by Southwest (SXSW) interactive trade show, Susie Kim and her colleagues took a leisurely two-block stroll back to their hotel in downtown Austin. ... more		UAV Industry Will Create 70,000 Jobs Over Next 3 Years Today, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) unveiled a new study, which finds that the unmanned aircraft industry is poised to create more than 70,000 new American jobs ... more

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Northrop Grumman to Produce More Fire Scouts for U.S. Navy The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a contract valued at more than $71 million to produce six additional next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. The Fire ... more		An Internet for robots Researchers of five European universities have developed a cloud-computing platform for robots. The platform allows robots connected to the Internet to directly access the powerful computational, st ... 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		Pentagon has second thoughts on drone warrior medal The US military said Tuesday it halted production of a new medal for drone and cyber warfare, ordering a review after critics called the award an insult to combat veterans. ... more
				US drone strike in Pakistan kills militant: officials A US drone strike on Sunday killed at least one militant riding on horseback in a mountainous area of Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, security officials said. ... more		Yeti Helps Conquer Some "Abominable" Polar Hazards A century after Western explorers first crossed the dangerous landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have successfully deployed a self-gu ... more

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Germany eyes new Internet industrial revolution Known throughout the world for quality cars and industrial giants, Germany is now seeking to position itself for the coming revolution, "industry 4.0", powered by Internet. ... more		Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Joint STARS, Global Hawk Interoperability Northrop Grumman recently completed a successful exchange of radar data during a flight test involving the U.S. Air Force's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) and the R ... 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		Brown unveils novel wireless brain sensor A team of neuroengineers based at Brown University has developed a fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of relaying real-time broadband signals from up to 100 neurons in ... more
				What Lies Beneath: NASA Antarctic Sub Goes Subglacial When researcher Alberto Behar from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., joined an international Antarctic expedition last month on a trek to investigate a subglacial lake, he brough ... more		NASA's Curiosity rover to be back online next week NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since it landed to much fanfare last August, should be running at full capacity next week, after a memory glitch set the robot back. ... more

Friend or foe? Civilian drones stir debate

US drone strikes violate Pakistan sovereignty: UN

Iranian fighter tries to intercept US drone in Gulf: US

NASA Awards Astrotech Contract For SMAP Spacecraft Processing

Mobile LIDAR technology expanding rapidly

First Laser Communication System Integrated, Ready for Launch

Surprising Control over Photoelectrons from a Topological Insulator

Organic nanowires open the way for optoelectronic device miniaturization

Ultra-high-speed optical communications link sets new power efficiency record

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Britain gives green light to new nuclear plant

Crippled Japan nuclear plant hit by power cut: report

	Blueprint for an artificial brain Scientists have long been dreaming about building a computer that would work like a brain. This is because a brain is far more energy-saving than a computer, it can learn by itself, and it doesn't n ... more		Robot can help in polar expeditions An autonomous robot dubbed "Yeti" could help explorers in the arctic and Antarctica avoid deadly crevasses hidden in ice-covered landscapes, researchers say. ... more		Europe presses ahead on UAS development Despite constrained economic conditions, the U.S. and global market for unmanned aerial systems is forecast to experience strong growth over the next 10 years. ... more		SpaceX's capsule arrives at ISS A privately-owned unmanned US space capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing to the space outpost food, scientific materials and other crucial equipment. ... more

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NASA Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample

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