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January 19, 2014

NASA Invites Public to Send Names on an Asteroid Mission and Beyond
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 19, 2014
NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names to be etched on a microchip aboard a spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in 2016. The "Messages to Bennu!" microchip will travel to the asteroid aboard the agency's Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. The robotic mission will spend more than two years at the 1,760-foot (500-meter)-wide asteroid. The spacecraft will collect a sample of Bennu's surface and return ... read more

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A Decade in the Dust NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, were launched from Earth in 2003. The two rovers were designed as robotic geologists, and were to spend 90 days roaming the surface of th ... more		The Cyborgs Era Has Started Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials, but also give rise to major ... more		NASA Space Launch System Could Make 'Outside the Box' Science Missions Possible When it comes to scientific probes exploring the far reaches of our solar system, the rules could be changing. The human spaceflight community joined the space science community Jan. 13-14 at the Ou ... more
				Cygnus Work Under Way, Normal Station Operations Continue Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus commercial cargo craft has arrived at the International Space Station on its Orbital-1 resupply mission. NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins captured Cygnus with the station's ... more		ISEF-riding an asteroid to the future On Thursday, Washington, D.C. hosted the first ever ministerial-level meeting of space-faring countries. High-ranking officials from more than thirty nations came to the U.S. capital to attend ... more

Technology one step ahead of war laws Today's emerging military technologies-including unmanned aerial vehicles, directed-energy weapons, lethal autonomous robots, and cyber weapons like Stuxnet-raise the prospect of upheavals in milita ... more		Robots invade consumer market for play, work The robots are coming, and they're here to help. ... more		EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief NATO 'far from being in a crisis' over Greenland: top commander 'War is back in vogue,' Pope Leo says		Wake Up Yutu After two weeks of frigid lunar night, China's Yutu Moon rover and the Chang'e-3 lander that carried it will soon awake from their slumber. Surviving the lunar night is probably the last of the big ... more
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Electronic 'mother' watches over home Resembling a Russian nesting doll, the pint-sized robotic device wants to be your "mother." ... more		Wall-Crawling Gecko Robots Can Stick In Space Too Climbing robots that mimic the stickiness of gecko lizard feet could work in space as well as on Earth, ESA has shown, raising the prospect of hull-crawling automatons tending future spacecraft. ... more		EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief NATO 'far from being in a crisis' over Greenland: top commander 'War is back in vogue,' Pope Leo says		Geckos in space: Novel robot takes a step to cosmos A wall-crawling robot inspired by the gecko has taken a small but important step towards a future in space, scientists said on Thursday. ... more
				After Impressive Demonstrations of Robot Skill, DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials Conclude On December 20-21, 2013, 16 teams were the main attraction at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials, where they demonstrated their prototype robots' ability to perform a number of critical real- ... more		Lockheed Martin Team Moves Forward In DARPA Robotics Challenge Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) recently completed the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge trials at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Lockhee ... more

Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System Surpasses 100,000 Combat Flight Hours

Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Boasts Best Safety Record Designation

McCain fury over 'secret' Congress move on drones

ISS delays planned orbit raise due to space junk threat

IBM to invest $1.2 bn to expand 'cloud'

Space fishing: Japan to test 'magnetic net' for space junk

Eye-catching electronics

Intel to cut staff in face of stagnant earnings

2-proton bit controlled by a single copper atom

Japan's Tepco to restart nuclear reactors?

India and South Korea to cooperate on nuclear power?

Japan approves TEPCO business plan to switch on reactors

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Japan to test deep sea rare earth mining to cut China reliance

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AI gobbling up memory chips essential to gadget makers

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Opportunity Rover Robotic Arm Within Reach of Rock Outcrop

X-37B Marks One Year On Orbit

Russian android may take on outer space operations at ISS

Droids dance, dogs nuzzle, humanoids speak at Madrid robot museum

Japanese firm describes proposed 'power belt' for the moon

Curiosity Resumes Science After Analysis of Voltage Issue

Spotlight on China's Moon Rover

Spanish scientists are designing a robot for inspecting tunnels

A new, flying jellyfish-like machine

NASA Sees 'Watershed' Cosmic Blast in Unique Detail

Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil

Penguin-inspired propulsion system

Artificial heart to pump human waste into future robots

Quantum world record smashed

UC Research Brings a Future of Mind-Reading Robots Ever Closer

Distant artificial atoms cooperate by sharing light, international research team shows

The secrets of a bug's flight

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Artificial heart to pump human waste into future robots

An intersection of math and biology: Clams and snails inspire robotic diggers and crawlers

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