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April 14, 2015

Scientists hold breath for comet lander to wake
Vienna (AFP) April 14, 2015
Europe's comet lander Philae has remained obstinately silent since a new bid was launched to communicate with it, mission chiefs said Tuesday, but chances for contact were improving daily. Philae's orbiting mothership Rosetta reopened communications lines on Sunday to listen for any call from the little robot, project manager Stephan Ulamec told reporters at a meeting of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna. "At the moment the orbiter is in listening mode again," he said. "We are w ... read more

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Comet 67P springs magnetic surprise In a new twist in a landmark exploration, Europe's comet-chasing Rosetta mission has found that its target, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has no magnetic field, scientists reported Tuesday. ... more		Saucers, totes, cans, passion and dedication shape local students at JSC Flying saucers have landed at Johnson Space Center-and they are taking over the minds of our youth. OK, so they are not really flying saucers. Those landed a few years back. Actually, this year they ... more		Home Away From Home: NASA Spider-Droids to Build in Space A company called Tethers Unlimited is developing a futuristic "Arachnid-like" droid system, funded by the North American Space Agency, that hopes to help humanity's journey into - and settlement in ... more
				KUKA Systems Aerospace opens French facility A new facility for the research, development and production of robotic manufacturing systems has been opened in France by KUKA Systems Aerospace. ... more		DARPA Seeks to Create Software Systems That Could Last 100 Years As modern software systems continue inexorably to increase in complexity and capability, users have become accustomed to periodic cycles of updating and upgrading to avoid obsolescence-if at some co ... more

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Human 2 Mars Conference Mat 5-7 2015 - Washington DC

NASA selects proposals for ultra-lightweight material development NASA has selected three proposals to develop and manufacture ultra-lightweight (ULW) materials for future aerospace vehicles and structures. The proposals will mature advanced technologies that will ... more		Fukushima robot dies three hours after entering reactor vessel A robot sent to inspect a reactor' containment vessel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant stopped responding three hours into the operation. TEPCO hoped to take a look inside the vessel con ... more		'The war of tomorrow will begin in space': Macron UN watchdog calls on Iran to urgently allow 'long overdue' uranium stockpile verification How drones are altering contemporary warfare		Ultra-realistic robot proves there's more than one way to scare a fish In the world of the tiny zebrafish, the predatory red tiger oscar is the stuff of nightmares. And while the species has no natural reason to fear robots, researchers at the NYU Polytechnic School of ... more
				How To Train Your Astronauts Training an astronaut is no easy task. Astronauts go through years of rigorous technical, health and safety training to learn simple and complex tasks for a typical four to six month mission. They d ... more		Modular brains help organisms learn new skills without forgetting old skills New research suggests that when brains are organized into modules they are better at learning new information without forgetting old knowledge. The findings - published this week in PLOS Computation ... more

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Researchers build brain-machine interface to control prosthetic hand A research team from the University of Houston has created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle and other objects with a prosthetic hand, powered only by his thoughts. The technique, de ... more		Soft, energy-efficient robotic wings Dielectric elastomers are novel materials for making actuators or motors with soft and lightweight properties that can undergo large active deformations with high-energy conversion efficiencies. Thi ... more		'The war of tomorrow will begin in space': Macron UN watchdog calls on Iran to urgently allow 'long overdue' uranium stockpile verification How drones are altering contemporary warfare		Computer sharing of personality in sight: inventor The world has only touched the surface of technological progress and computers may soon be able to transmit the complexities of human personalities, a prominent inventor says. ... more
Artificial hand able to respond sensitively using smart metal wires Engineers at Saarland University have taken a leaf out of nature's book by equipping an artificial hand with muscles made from shape-memory wire. The new technology enables the fabrication of flexib ... more		Rover Amnesia Event Follows Latest Memory Reformatting The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity learned Thursday that the long-lived rover experienced a brief amnesia event related to its flash memory, the first since a reformatting ... more		Winged drones look and move like real butterflies German robotics company Festo makes robots inspired by nature. Its newest invention, a winged drone, may be its most realistic yet. The eMotionButterflies look, fly and behave like real butterflies. ... more		Future US Navy: robotic sub-hunters, deepsea pods The robotic revolution that transformed warfare in the skies will soon extend to the deep sea, with underwater spy "satellites," drone-launching pods on the ocean floor and unmanned ships hunting submarines. ... more

	Tiny bio-robot is a germ suited-up with graphene quantum dots As nanotechnology makes possible a world of machines too tiny to see, researchers are finding ways to combine living organisms with nonliving machinery to solve a variety of problems. Like oth ... more		Next Steps on Journey to Mars: Progress on Asteroid Initiative NASA Wednesday announced more details in its plan for its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), which in the mid-2020s will test a number of new capabilities needed for future human expeditions to deep s ... more

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Amazon robotics lead casts doubt on eye-catching humanoids

'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit

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US loses contact with drone over Syria: officials

Curiosity Rover Arm Delivers Rock Powder Sample

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New preschool lesson teaches programming theories

Comet mission in bid to contact dormant Philae probe

Wake up Philae! The world awaits news

Billionaire Teams Up with NASA to Mine the Moon

Dawn: We Have Arrived at Ceres

Russian SAR-401 Space Robot Ready for the ISS

Kids and robots learn to write together

Testing to Diagnose Power Event in Mars Rover

25 teams to participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

Curiosity confirms methane in Mars' atmosphere

Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Mojave' Site on Mount Sharp

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Japan's Robear: Strength of a robot, face of a bear

NASA wants to send a submarine to Saturn's moon Titan

Europe destroys last space truck to ISS

HAPTIX Starts Work to Provide Prosthetic Hands with Sense of Touch

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