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April 13, 2018
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MSAB and URSA Partner on Drone Forensic Technology



Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 13, 2018
MSAB reports that the company has partnered with URSA Inc., expanding tremendously on its' drone forensic capabilities. URSA's Idetic Unmanned tools are designed to collect, integrate, analyze, and present UAV related data. The company provides the most accurate understanding of drone telemetry data and metadata to support academic, law enforcement, insurance, and intelligence investigations in the rapidly evolving unmanned vehicle and robotics ecosystem. David Kovar, CTO and co-founder of U ... read more

ROBO SPACE
Want computers to see better in the real world? Train them in a virtual reality
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 13, 2018
Scientists have developed a new way to improve how computers "see" and "understand" objects in the real world by training the computers' vision systems in a virtual environment. The research t ... more
ENERGY TECH
The raw power of human motion
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Apr 13, 2018
Autonomy is a much-anticipated feature of next-generation microsystems, such as remote sensors, wearable electronic gadgets, implantable biosensors and nanorobots. KAUST researchers led by Husam Als ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
'Ideas' conference to grapple with dark side of tech
San Francisco (AFP) April 9, 2018
At a conference where thinkers and luminaries gather to discuss world-changing ideas and innovations, the talk is shifting to the dark side. ... more
MARSDAILY
NASA's Idea to Send Swarm of Robots to Mars
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2018
NASA has announced their intent to fund research which will send a swarm of Robot bees up to Mars to explore the red planet. Sputnik spoke to Sethu Vijayakumar, Professor of Robotics at the Universi ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Cargo-packed Dragon arrives at space station
Tampa (AFP) April 4, 2018
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived Wednesday at the International Space Station, packed with food, gear and science experiments for the astronauts living in orbit. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Russia's Robot FEDOR to Be the First to Fly to Space on Board New Spacecraft
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2018
The new Russian manned spacecraft Federatsiya (Federation) is designed to deliver people and cargo to low earth orbit, as well as to the moon. The first such spaceship is expected to be commissioned ... more
TECH SPACE
Space Maid: Robot Harpoon and Net System to Attempt Space Cleanup
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2018
Humanity has grown accustomed to autonomous cleaning robots since the Roomba's debut in 2002. Now, we might have an upgrade: scientists have sent a prototype satellite equipped with a net and harpoo ... more
ROBO SPACE
Visual recognition: Seeing the world through the eyes of rodents
Trieste, Italy (SPX) Apr 05, 2018
Man or woman, happy or sad. Sometimes a glance is enough to say it. Yet, the visual process that allows us to recognize the gender or emotional state of a person is very sophisticated. Until recentl ... more
UAV NEWS
OFFSET "Sprinters" to Pursue State-of-the-art Solutions for Second Swarm Sprint
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 03, 2018
DARPA's OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarm ... more
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MARSDAILY
Marsquakes could shake up planetary science
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 29, 2018
Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars. That's when NASA will send the first robotic lander dedicated to exploring the planet's subsurface. InS ... more
MARSDAILY
Opportunity making extensive study of rock target Aguas Calientes
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018
Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about half way down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valle ... more
MOON DAILY
India to Experiment With Igloo-like Structures on the Moon - Minister
New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 23, 2018
Indian scientists will use robots and 3D printers to build igloo-like structures using lunar soil and other suitable materials. Indian space scientists have already finalized five designs for such l ... more
ROBO SPACE
Make way for the mini flying machines
New Orleans LA (SPX) Mar 23, 2018
Tiny floating robots could be useful in all kinds of ways, for example, to probe the human gut for disease or to search the environment for pollutants. In a step toward such devices, researchers des ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Pipe-crawling robot will help decommission DOE nuclear facility
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 23, 2018
A pair of autonomous robots developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute will soon be driving through miles of pipes at the U.S. Department of Energy's former uranium enrichment plan ... more


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TECH SPACE
New 'AR' Mobile App Features 3-D NASA Spacecraft
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2018
NASA spacecraft travel to far-off destinations in space, but a new mobile app produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, brings spacecraft to users. The new app, called Spac ... more
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A new way to combine soft materials
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 20, 2018
Every complex human tool, from the first spear to latest smartphone, has contained multiple materials wedged, tied, screwed, glued or soldered together. But the next generation of tools, from autono ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Scientists mimic neural tissue in Army-funded research
Research Triangle Park NC (SPX) Mar 18, 2018
U.S. Army-funded researchers at Brandeis University have discovered a process for engineering next-generation soft materials with embedded chemical networks that mimic the behavior of neural tissue. ... more
MARSDAILY
360 Video: Tour a Mars Robot Test Lab
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 12, 2018
NASA's InSight lander looks a bit like an oversized crane game: when it lands on Mars this November, its robotic arm will be used to grasp and move objects on another planet for the first time. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Tokyo Tech's six-legged robots get closer to nature
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2018
A study led by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has uncovered new ways of driving multi-legged robots by means of a two-level controller. The proposed controller uses a netw ... more
MARSDAILY
Next NASA Mars Rover Reaches Key Manufacturing Milestone
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 14, 2018
NASA's Mars 2020 mission has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase of its development, on track for a July 2020 launch to Mars. The first planned ATLO activities will inv ... more
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MSAB and URSA Partner on Drone Forensic Technology
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 13, 2018
MSAB reports that the company has partnered with URSA Inc., expanding tremendously on its' drone forensic capabilities. URSA's Idetic Unmanned tools are designed to collect, integrate, analyze, and present UAV related data. The company provides the most accurate understanding of drone telemetry data and metadata to support academic, law enforcement, insurance, and intelligence investigatio ... more
+ Air Force contracts with SRC for drone supplies, services
+ OFFSET "Sprinters" to Pursue State-of-the-art Solutions for Second Swarm Sprint
+ Israeli drone crashes in southern Lebanon
+ Insitu tapped to manage ScanEagle UAS in Afghanistan
+ CPI Antenna receives new contract for UAV comms from Cubic Mission
+ Swift Navigation introduces Skylark for high-precision GNSS services
+ AeroVironment to supply Egypt with unmanned aerial systems
Latest Updates from NASA on IMAGE Recovery
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 11, 2018
IMAGE's signal remains too weak to achieve frame lock, which is necessary to retrieve data from the spacecraft. But important steps have been taken this week to be prepared in case of re-established contact. Last week, the engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, successfully established network connections with both the antennas at NASA's Wallops Flight Faci ... more
+ Invisibility material created by UCI engineers
+ Scientists create 'Swiss army knife' for electron beams
+ Smart ink adds new dimensions to 3-D printing
+ Thin engineered material perfectly redirects and reflects sound
+ Programming: a highly sought talent in Silicon Valley
+ Swansea scientists discover greener way of making plastics
+ A UC3M study analyzes the keys to fragmentation of metallic materials


Diamond-based circuits can take the heat for advanced applications
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2018
When power generators like windmills and solar panels transfer electricity to homes, businesses and the power grid, they lose almost 10 percent of the generated power. To address this problem, scientists are researching new diamond semiconductor circuits to make power conversion systems more efficient. A team of researchers from Japan successfully fabricated a key circuit in power conversi ... more
+ A new kind of quantum bits in two dimensions
+ The thermodynamics of computing
+ Mini toolkit for measurements: New NIST chip hints at quantum sensors of the future
+ Next-generation electronics one leap closer to reality
+ Precision atom qubits achieve major quantum computing milestone
+ Broadcom moves back to the US
+ Smaller and faster: The terahertz computer chip is now within reach
Namibia president denies graft in nuclear deal
Windhoek (AFP) April 9, 2018
Namibian President Hage Geingob on Monday strongly denied corruption accusations stemming from a French anti-corruption probe centered on the purchase of Canadian mining company Uramin by French nuclear giant Areva. "The accusations of corruption concern the conduct of Areva and/or Uramin and do not implicate Dr. Geingob or the government of the republic of Namibia," the president's lawyer, ... more
+ Framatome displays year of powerful performance, supports 44 nuclear power outages in 2017
+ NRC approval brings Framatome's fuel technology closer to market
+ Nuclear safety: AREVA develops an innovative technology for reactor inspection
+ NRC approval brings Framatome's fuel technology closer to market
+ Putin launches Turkey nuclear project, vows faster arms delivery
+ UAE says its first nuclear reactor complete
+ Pipe-crawling robot will help decommission DOE nuclear facility
Arrest over suspicious packages sent to US military bases, CIA
Washington (AFP) March 27, 2018
A 43-year-old man has been arrested after around a dozen packages containing potentially explosive material were posted to military and intelligence facilities around the US capital, the FBI said Tuesday. Thanh Cong Phan, who lives near the northwestern city of Seattle, was taken into custody after the FBI "determined that the packages contained potential destructive devices and appeared to ... more
+ NATO to announce 'measures' over UK poisoning: statement
+ Pentagon confirms Qaeda higher-up killed in Libya strike
+ German far-right activist held in Hungary over arms sales
+ New laser technique may help detect chemical warfare in atmosphere
+ Hero French policeman dies after jihadist shooting spree
+ UK says to invest more in chemical weapons defence after spy poisoning
+ Tunisian man chased by police 'blows himself up': ministry
Carbon taxes can be both fair and effective, study shows
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018
Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the use of fossil fuels, coupled with returning the generated revenue to the public in one form or another, can be an effective way to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. That's one of the conclusions of an extensive analysis of several versions of such proposals, carried out by researchers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laborat ... more
+ Trump rolls back Obama-era fuel efficiency rules
+ Lights out for world landmarks in nod to nature
+ Puerto Rico power grid snaps, nearly 1 million in the dark
+ Grids from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan could be connected
+ Coal phase-out: Announcing CO2-pricing triggers divestment
+ State utilities called to pass U.S. tax benefits to consumers
+ Magnetic liquids improve energy efficiency of buildings


Cheaper, less toxic and recyclable light absorbers for hydrogen production
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 12, 2018
Mimicking photosynthesis in plants, using light to convert stable and abundant molecules like water and CO2 into a high energy fuel (hydrogen) or into chemicals of industrial interest, is a major research challenge today. However, achieving artificial photosynthesis in solution remains limited by the use of costly and toxic metal-based compounds to harvest light. Researchers at CNRS, CEA a ... more
+ Overcoming a battery's fatal flaw
+ New sodium-ion electrolyte may find use in solid-state batteries
+ New technology could wean the battery world off cobalt
+ The raw power of human motion
+ Ultra-powerful batteries made safer, more efficient
+ Scientists discover a link between superconductivity and the periodic table
+ The mirror-like physics of the superconductor-insulator transition
Flowers on the Moon? China's Chang'e-4 to launch lunar spring
Beijing (XNA) Apr 13, 2018
China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe is expected to do many things unprecedented in space history after it launches later this year, such as touching down softly on the far side of the Moon and taking the first flowers to blossom on the lifeless lunar surface. The probe will carry a tin containing seeds of potato and arabidopsis, a small flowering plant related to cabbage and mustard, and probabl ... more
+ China's 'space dream': A Long March to the moon
+ China says Earth-bound space lab to offer 'splendid' show
+ Tiangong-1 expected to burn up on reentering atmosphere
+ Earth-bound Chinese spacelab plunging to fiery end
+ Chang'e-4 Lunar Probe will Reach the Far Side of the Moon
+ China to launch Long March-5B rocket next year
+ China plans to develop a multipurpose, reusable space plane


Take it from me: I'm not signing up to become a space tourist just yet
Melbourne, Australia (The Conversation) Apr 11, 2018
Elon Musk's SpaceX reportedly has two people signed up for a trip around the Moon (although these plans have been delayed slightly), and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has advanced plans to launch space tourists from 2018 for a mere US$250,000 each - hundreds of people have already registered. Is there anyone reading this who didn't want to be an astronaut when they were a child? I was ... more
+ First Steps to Space: Yuri Gagarin's Military Service Archive Declassified
+ Top tomatoes thanks to Mars missions
+ 'Big ideas' conference steps up funding for 'audacious' projects
+ 'Ideas' conference to grapple with dark side of tech
+ Virgin Galactic completes first rocket-powered Unity space craft launch
+ Cargo-packed Dragon arrives at space station
+ SpaceX Dragon arrives at ISS with material samples and new testing facility
The Rock Outcrop 'Tome' Continues to Garner Interest On Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 12, 2018
Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about halfway down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valley near an apparent flow stream island. A set of outcrops is garnering great interest and discussion among the science team. The rover is position on a surface target called "Tome." The Alph ... more
+ Trace Gas Orbiter reaches stable Mars orbit, ready to start science mission
+ Mars Express to get major software update
+ UAH gets NASA early-stage funding for "Marsbees" concept
+ ExoMars poised to start science mission
+ MIPT physicists design a model of Martian winter
+ NASA's Idea to Send Swarm of Robots to Mars
+ Opportunity Completes In-Situ Work on 'Aguas Calientes'


ISRO not facing funds crunch: Chairman K.Sivan
New Delhi (IANS) Apr 13, 2018
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not facing any funds crunch for its ongoing activities, the agency Chairman said on Thursday. ISRO Chairman K.Sivan made the remark while was speaking to reporters here after the successful launch of the navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, a part of the NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) series, earlier in the day. The 1,425 kg sa ... more
+ Boeing HorizonX Invests in Reaction Engines, a UK Hypersonic Propulsion Company
+ NEXT-C Advanced Electric Propulsion Engine Cleared to Begin Production
+ Deep Space Industries to provide Comet satellite propulsion for BlackSky, LeoStella
+ Ariane 5 launches two satellites
+ Rocket Lab 'Its Business Time' launch window to open 20 April 2018 NZT
+ Student Launch Teams Rendezvous in Huntsville for NASA Competition
+ New research payloads heading to ISS on SpaceX Resupply Mission
Trouble in Paradise: Tourism surge lashes Southeast Asia's beaches
Koh Phi Phi Ley, Thailand (AFP) April 11, 2018
Hordes of tourists clamber across the white sand with selfie sticks as Thai park rangers wade into turquoise waters to direct boats charging into the cliff-ringed cove. Made famous by the 2000 movie "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Maya Bay on the western Thai island of Koh Phi Phi Ley is now a case study in the ruinous costs of runaway tourism, swamped by up to 4,000 daily visitors. ... more
+ French startup Plume out to crowd-source air quality
+ Swamp microbe has pollution-munching power
+ Rivers worldwide threatened by pharma waste: studies
+ Agricultural fires can double Delhi pollution during peak burning season
+ Philippine tourist island in chaos as shutdown looms
+ India's eco warriors who sent Bollywood's Khan to jail
+ Philippines to close Boracay island to tourists for six months


With bikes, transit, Uber unveils urban transport vision
Washington, United States (AFP) April 11, 2018
Uber said Wednesday it plans to add mass transit, bike-sharing and other options to its mobile app, as it unveiled a vision for urban transport that goes well beyond its core ridesharing offer. Chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi presented the plans during a visit to Washington, where he said the ride-hailing pioneer would seek a more diversified model offering various transport options, inclu ... more
+ EU unveils new consumer protections after 'dieselgate' scandal
+ US investigating fatal Tesla crash in California
+ Tesla says 'Autopilot' was engaged during fatal crash
+ Research hints at double the driving range for electric vehicles
+ Waymo and Jaguar team up on self-driving luxury ride
+ Tougher US rules needed on autonomous cars: advocate
+ BMW sued in US over diesel emissions
A treasure trove for nanotechnology experts
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-efficient devices. 2D materials were first discovered almost 15 years ago, but only a few dozen of them have been synthesized so far. Now, thanks to an approach developed by researchers from EPFL ... more
+ UCLA researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materials
+ Nanostructures made of previously impossible material
+ Mining hardware helps scientists gain insight into silicon nanoparticles
+ Big steps toward control of production of tiny building blocks
+ New technique allows printing of flexible, stretchable silver nanowire circuits
+ Nanomaterials: What are the environmental and health risks?
+ UT Dallas team's microscopic solution may save researchers big time


Latest Updates from NASA on IMAGE Recovery
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 11, 2018
IMAGE's signal remains too weak to achieve frame lock, which is necessary to retrieve data from the spacecraft. But important steps have been taken this week to be prepared in case of re-established contact. Last week, the engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, successfully established network connections with both the antennas at NASA's Wallops Flight Faci ... more
+ Invisibility material created by UCI engineers
+ Scientists create 'Swiss army knife' for electron beams
+ Smart ink adds new dimensions to 3-D printing
+ Thin engineered material perfectly redirects and reflects sound
+ Programming: a highly sought talent in Silicon Valley
+ Swansea scientists discover greener way of making plastics
+ A UC3M study analyzes the keys to fragmentation of metallic materials
Organic fertilizers are an overlooked source of microplastic pollution
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2018
Organic fertilizers from biowaste fermentation act as a vehicle for microplastic particles to enter the terrestrial environment, with the amount of microplastic particles differing based on pre-treatment methods and plant type, a new study shows. Recycling of organic waste through composting or fermentation, followed by application of the resulting fertilizer products to agricultural land, ... more
+ Plants really do feed their friends
+ Fixing soybean's need for nitrogen
+ Hybrid swarm in global mega-pest
+ In Cambodia, fears tarantula may go off the menu
+ Bats to blame for pig-killer virus in China: study
+ UN food agency urges 'agroecology' to fight famine
+ Treating women subsistence farmers for intestinal worms will boost food production
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