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JULY 14 (Reuters) — NASA’s New Horizons team leaders held a news conference on Monday (July 13) to announce that the spacecraft was on course to pass Pluto within a day. “20 Hours, 22 minutes zero seconds, we are about 625,000 miles (1,005,840 km) from Pluto right now I won’t read down the numbers as they go but it’s going to be a really dynamic next 24 hours plus,” former astronaut and five time space […]
(REUTERS) NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is poised to become the first probe to visit distant Pluto, capping a reconnaissance of the solar system that began more than 50 years ago. NASA said images they are recieving from New Horizons, taken on July 9 from 3.3 million miles (5.4 million kilometers) away, are “tantalizing signs of geology on Pluto”. “It is just amazing what we are seeing now. It was a gradual approach and every […]
By Aimee V. Mendoza If we are avoiding scam sellers, we should too be aware of scam buyers. If you are an online seller, you should be aware of your buyers even if they promise to pay you a larger amount for the goods you are selling. For those who are planning to have their online business, or sell something online by signing up on several online shops, you should become technology literate. According to […]
JULY 3 (Reuters) — A new NASA computer simulation made at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland has revealed what scientists there believe to be gamma-ray light produced by the smashing of dark matter particles in the gravitational pull of a dark hole. The revelation allows scientists a new view into the elusive particle, which research astrophysicist Jeremy Schnittman says remains a mystery for much of the world. “I’ve long been interested in black […]
JULY 3 (Reuters) — A Swiss man attempting to circumnavigate the globe with an aircraft powered only by the sun’s energy has broken a world record for the longest non-stop solo flight, the project team said on Thursday (July 02). The Solar Impulse, which took off from Japan on Monday on the seventh leg of its journey and is expected to land in Hawaii by the weekend, shattered the solo-flight record threshold of 76 hours […]
JUNE 26 (Reuters) — Japan’s No.3 mobile carrier SoftBank Group Corp, Brave Robotics Inc, and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy showed off their new transformer prototype last week at the annual toy fair. The companies, including SoftBank owned Asratec Corp, displayed two models of the transformer robots, one miniature at 26.5 cm (10.4 in) tall and 0.75 kg (1.65 lb), and another at a taller and heavier 1.3 m (51.18 in) and 35 kg (77.16 […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, June 23) – It is a common sight these days. People walking around, headphones or earphones on, without a care in the world. Besides the obvious accident waiting to happen – not hearing an incoming vehicle – wearing earphones or headphones have a detrimental effect on our hearing, specially if improperly used. Imagine blasting loud music directly to your eardrums. Now, it isn’t too hard to conclude that this […]
(Reuters) Two teachers from Indiana created a 3D print out of a young girl’s face for her blind deaf mother, a video posted to a social media website showed. In the video Ron Shaffer and Cory Howard, two high school teachers, were seen taking photographs of Denise Altheide in order to efficiently model the 3D print out. More footage showed Denise’s mother, Faith Altheide, delighted to receive her gift and hugging her daughter. Howards said their […]
JUNE 19 (Reuters) — Autonomy for robots is the Holy Grail for scientists seeking to expand their use in complex natural environments. As scientists develop robots for use in search and rescue, disaster response situations, health care and even exploration of other planets or deep oceans, improving the ability to adapt creatively and quickly is fast becoming an important factor. A team of French researchers say they have moved a step closer with ‘spider’ robots […]
JUNE 17 (Reuters) — NASA released an ultra high resolution video on Monday (June 15) displaying the life of astronauts through a remarkably clear lens. The video quality and new filming capability is called 4K Ultra High-Definition, or UHD video. According to NASA, the new and improved video resolution will enable researchers to gain new insight into the experiments performed aboard the space station with improved clarity. But perhaps more exciting to the senses than […]
JUNE 15 (Reuters) — A thin and flexible implant that can be applied directly to the surface of the spinal cord to administer electrical and chemical stimulation has been developed by scientists in Switzerland. The e-Dura implant, made from a silicon substrate embedded with electrodes, replicates the properties of the soft living tissue around the spinal cord; meaning it can remain in situ without discomfort. In 2012 the researchers showed how electrical-chemical stimulation could restore […]
JUNE 9 (Reuters) — The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) test run of a Mars landing system came to a quick end on Monday (June 8) when the saucer-shaped vehicle’s parachute tore away after partly unfurling high over the Pacific Ocean, a NASA TV broadcast showed. A similar problem bedeviled the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator’s (LDSD) debut run last year. The parachute was redesigned and reinforced for the second flight, but more work will be needed […]
