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Heating Mars with mirrors

This University of Arizona UA project doesnt want to terraform the whole Red Planet. In fact, this project is funded with a very modest $9,000 grant from NASA and just wants to heat a one-square kilometer area of Mars surface by using space mirrors as reports New Scientist. The plan...

Tags: Space &, Aerospace, Science &, Nature, Engineering &, Innovation, Mars, Rigel Woida

Blog posts 2006-11-16

An antimatter spaceship for Mars?

If you're a science fiction reader, you know that spaceships are using antimatter to travel through space. Now NASA is working on such a spaceship to go to Mars in 45 days using only 10 milligrams of anti-electrons -- or positrons -- for the round trip mission. These positrons will...

Tags: Mars, spaceship

Blog posts 2006-04-19

Inside Mars rocks in 3-D

Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles UCLA have found a way to produce 3-D images of microfossils embedded in rocks. This new technique is not destructive and they were able to spot fossils up to 850 million years old. The scientists are now waiting for samples of...

Tags: technique, fossil, Mars, University of California at Los Angeles

Blog posts 2006-02-02

Exploring Mars will be a risky business

Are humans ready to stay on Mars for several months? Can we deal with all the risks that its environment may cause to astronauts and space missions? Red Nova says that some answers are contained in a report from NASA. According to this report, the #1 risk is Martian dust...

Tags: Mars

Blog posts 2005-10-31

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News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai’; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-13

News to know: Firefox 3.0; iPhone apps; Yahoo; LinkedIn; Millennials

Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: My most anticipated announced iPhone applications Nate McFeters: Fresh off the press: iPhoneDbg toolkit hotness Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 final - First thoughts. Gallery right Ed Burnette: Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., LinkedIn, Web Browsers, Data Centers, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

NASA robots on Moses Lake dunes

According to the Tri-City Herald, WA, NASA engineers in space suits have tested new robotic vehicles for two weeks on the dunes of Moses Lake, WA. These robots could be used on future NASA missions on the Moon and on Mars. According to the newspaper, five robotic vehicles were tested:...

Tags: NASA, WA, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Can we trust our GPS devices?

In recent years, we have become increasingly dependent on applications using the Global Positioning System GPS, such as railway control, highway traffic management, emergency response or commercial aviation. But in a very short news release, the American Geophysical Union AGU warns us that we can't always trust our GPS gadgets...

Tags: Satellite, Occultation, GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-10

News to know: NASA hack; Netbooks; Green IT

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Debunking yet another bogus malware study Dancho Danchev: Phoenix Mars Lander's mission site hacked Robin Harris: Mac Time Machine: backup for the rest of us? Christopher Dawson: Waiting for the right netbooks ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NASA, Hewlett-Packard Co., Green IT, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-03

News to know: Microsoft's social bookmarking; Google vs. Viacom; Adventures in Linux; Facebook

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to showcase social bookmarking at TechEd Larry Dignan: Google: Viacom's YouTube lawsuit threatens DMCA. Full complaint. Techmeme Ed Bott: Why is fear-mongering such a popular security sales tactic? ...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Social Bookmarking, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Viacom Inc., Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Viruses And Worms, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-05-27

News to know: Windows 7; Google's Safe browsing; Perlow's spine

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: How much do you need to know about Windows 7 today? Dancho Danchev: Google introducing Safe Browsing diagnostic to help owners of compromised sites Nate McFeters: More Snake Oil: LifeLock spokesperson's stolen id leads to law suits Jason...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Twitter, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Emerging Technologies, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-23

Self-healing computers for NASA spacecraft

As you can guess, hardwired computer systems are much faster than general-purpose ones because they are designed to do a single task. But when they fail, they need to be totally reconfigured. This can be just a costly problem in a lab on Earth, but it can be vital in...

Tags: NASA, Patent, Unit, Hardware, FPGA, Computer, UA, UA Engineer, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-25

News to know: Ubuntu; Microsoft's Albany; Google; Safari flap

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look: Hardy Heron Beta. Gallery: Installation. Screen shots: OS tour Mary Jo Foley: ‘Albany’: New Microsoft ‘home office’ in the works? Michael Krigsman: Is IT becoming extinct? Garett Rogers: New Google Mobile feature...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., CEO, MSM, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Wireless LANs, Operating Systems, Wireless, Open Source, Software, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-24

News to know: Excel patches; Firefox benchmarks; Spitzer and IT; YouTube; HDTV

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ring. Michael Krigsman: Eliot Spitzer's software nightmare Microsoft delivers 12 patches to plug Office; 7 for Excel flaws David Morgenstern: Microsoft updates Mac Office 2008, 2004 George...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Information Technology, Patch Management, YouTube Inc., HDTV, Eliot Spitzer, Vista SP1 Microsoft, Virtualization, Social Networking, Linux, Microsoft Excel, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Storage, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-12

News to know: Windows 7; eBay; Space race; Java

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 and Windows Live to get tighter Ed Bott: Vista virtualization: The bigger picture Via makes way for 64-bit chips Larry Dignan: eBay CEO Whitman steps down; execs shuffled amid weak...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Line Of Business, Java, eBay Inc., Phishing, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Keyboards, Cyberthreats, Open Source, Security, Spam And Phishing, Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2008-01-24

News to know: Green Grid; Windows 7; AMD speaks; Bebo

Notable headlines: David Berlind: With tech titan support, Green Grid to help datacenters go green with measurement standards Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 to get new touch features. Microsoft makes IE with component activation change available to testers. Larry Dignan: Ahead...

Tags: Bebo, Larry Dignan, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Grid, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Fleury, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-12-13

GPS accuracy for a robotic neurosurgeon

The MiniAture Robot for Surgical Applications MARS is already FDA-approved for orthopedic and spinal surgery. Now, Israeli scientists have given it GPS accuracy for keyhole neurosurgery. This is a minimally invasive procedure used for tumor biopsies or deep brain stimulation, but you need to know exactly where you operate. So...

Tags: Keyhole Inc., Robot, Registration, GPS, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-08

News to know: Gmail flaw; Leopard; DEMO

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Hackers expose holes in Gmail, search appliance. Trojan attack targets top executives. OpenOffice bug hits multiple operating systems. David Morgenstern: User group night: Backup, Leopard and productivity rule. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The question is not whether...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Gmail, California Institute Of Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Flaw, Microsoft Windows, Nanotechnology, E-mail Providers, E-mail, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-26

A talk with Neptec before Atlantis launch

The countdown for the launch of space shuttle mission STS-117 is going well and a liftoff of the shuttle Atlantis tomorrow evening is highly possible. One of the goals of this NASA mission is to expand the International Space Station ISS by adding two 17.5 tons trusses to it. To...

Tags: Space &, Aerospace, Robotics, Engineering &, Innovation

Blog posts 2007-06-07

News to know: Apple TV' Seagate drives; FBI data management; TheGORB

Notable headlines:Apple aims for TV breakthrough. SAP unit speeds up tracking of support engineers.George Ou: Cellular phones botch DST. DST blog focus. Computerworld: DST arrives; time switch appears to have been smooth.Seagate ships hard drives with encryption. Top 10 reviews of the week right.Jason OGrady: Jobs challenged to ditch DRM.Larry...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Seagate Technology LLC, Apple Computer Inc., FBI, DST, TV, TheGorb, Microsoft Corp., data management

Blog posts 2007-03-12