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- MB Moon Magick (exe)
- MB Moon Magick is a simple guideline for people practicing magic rituals based on lunar magic. It gives you different correspondences between the position of the moon and its effect on magic rituals. During its transition around the Earth, when the Sun and the Moon are positioned on the opposite...
- Tags: earth, moon, magic, mysticboard, mb moon magick
- Software downloads 2008-07-24
- An history of bilateral teleoperation
- In case you're not familiar with the concept of bilateral teleoperation, this is just a way to remotely control robots. Two researchers have written a technical paper which covers more than 50 years of history of bilateral teleoperation. This paper has just received the 'Automatica Best Paper' in the survey/tutorial...
- Tags: moon, robots, emerging technologies, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Roving robots explore moon, desert
- Whether it's exploring the moon's craters or the inhospitable Chilean desert, robots are aiding in the research work that humans wouldn't ordinarily be able to do. At a recent visit to Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi gets up close and personal with the...
- Tags: emerging technologies, news, kara tsuboi, carnegie mellon university, lunar x prize, robots, jared kohler, moon, mars, solar, space
- Videos 2008-05-28
- Zodiac Clock 3D Screensaver (exe)
- The Moon goes around the Earth, which goes around the Sun. We take it for granted. But our predecessors didn't think so. Zodiac Clock 3D Screensaver allows you to travel through Time and Space to see what ancient people thought of the place of our planet in the universe. The...
- Tags: 3d, earth, sun microsystems inc., 3planesoft, moon, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, microsoft windows, software
- Software downloads 2008-04-24
- Will the Earth fry future moon astronauts?
- Will the Earth fry future moon astronauts?Land on the back side.I'm guessing that if there were a problem, it would be on the side of the moon facing the planet. So, maybe land on the back side.RE: Will the Earth fry future moon astronauts?Sounds like a potential source of energy.Does...
- Tags: moon, satellite, back side
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Will the Earth fry future moon astronauts?
- Researchers working for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission have discovered that the Earth's magnetic tail could be harmful to future astronauts. The moon stays inside Earth's 'magnetotail' for six days every month -- during full moon. This can have consequences ranging from lunar 'dust storms' to strong electrostatic discharges, according...
- Tags: earth, nasa, moon, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-20
- Photos: Oribter takes closeups of Martian moon Phobos
- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took snapshots as it whizzed past Phobos, the larger of Mars' two tiny moons. by CNET News.com
- Tags: moon, snapshot, photograph, cnet news.com
- Image galleries 2008-04-10
- Total lunar eclipse
- The moon turned a shade of red Wednesday evening as the Earth's shadow completely eclipsed it. If you missed it, watch CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi's recap video. Or, you can wait until December 10, 2010, the date of the next total lunar eclipse.
- Tags: kara tsuboi, chabot space and science center, lunar eclipse, moon, sun, atmosphere, oakland
- Videos 2008-02-20
- Solar System - Moon 3D Screensaver (exe)
- The Moon is closer to you than ever. With this space screensaver, you can observe the lunar surface as if you were looking through the largest telescope you can imagine. The level of detail is so high that you can see all craters and impact effects. This version is the...
- Tags: 3d, crater, moon
- Software downloads 2008-02-13
- Moon Phase Calculator (exe)
- Moon Phase Calculator is simple and easy to use tool that allows you to calculate the phase of the Moon for any time in the past or future and to search for the next or previous full moon, new moon or first or last quarter. The day, month, and year...
- Tags: moon, moon phase calculator, keyboards, mice, productivity, hardware, peripherals
- Software downloads 2007-12-19
- CraterSaver (zip)
- You'll understand how large-scale features we see on the moon could be achieved by incremental small-scale modification. A crater-simulation program implemented as a screensaver, that slowly turns a flat piece of ground in to a scarred, Mercurial landscape. The idea was basically to try and understand how large-scale features we...
- Tags: moon, crater
- Software downloads 2007-11-28
- Phases of the Moon - Animated Screensaver (exe)
- Enjoy the beauty of the moon with this animated screensaver. Would you like your computer to have an animated and beautiful screensaver? Just have a look at the Animated Screensaver Phases of the Moon. The Moon is great, the Moon is beautiful. The Moon have a 10 phases and you...
- Tags: screensaver, moon
- Software downloads 2007-11-28
- (Photos: From the moon to the Earth--in HD)
- (Photos: From the moon to the Earth--in HD)Great photos, but not first "hi-def"Project Apollo carried a three man crew. The caption on photo 2 leaves out Bill Anders. These are the first hight def electronic photos from the moon. Don't forget that Hasselblad cameras were used on Apollo missions. Their...
- Tags: nasa, moon, photograph
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
- Photos: From the moon to the Earth--in HD
- The Japanese Space Agency's Kayuga spacecraft sent back the first high-definition photos of an Earth-rise and Earth-set from the moon. by CNET News.com
- Tags: moon, photograph, japanese space agency, cnet news.com
- Image galleries 2007-11-14
- The biggest sex event on Earth
- It's probably not what you think. Every year, and shortly after a full moon, billions of corals across a third of a million square kilometers of Australia's Great Barrier Reef enter in a frenzy of reproduction. Now, an international team of Australian and Israeli researchers has discovered the key to...
- Tags: moon, gene, biotechnology, roland piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Photos: Scientists unlocking Saturn moon mysteries
- NASA's Cassini probe that has been exploring Saturn and its moons for the past two years has found one moon with dark spots and another that's spewing. by CNET News.com
- Tags: nasa, moon, photograph, cnet news.com
- Image galleries 2007-10-11
- MoonDriver (exe)
- MoonDriver displays the current moon phase on your desktop. MoonDriver shows only the moon. The moon can be positioned anywhere, and sized from small to very large. The moon can be tinted. You can make the 'dark' portion invisible. You will enjoy MoonDriver for many moons.Version 2.4.2 may include unspecified...
- Tags: moon, desktops, hardware
- Software downloads 2007-10-05
- Photos: Japan probe approaches moon; who's next?
- A new space race is taking off with a different set of nations working toward similar goals. As many as five countries are expecting to land hardware on the moon within five years. by CNET News.com
- Tags: moon, photograph, cnet news.com
- Image galleries 2007-10-04
- X Prize winner says NASA 'silly' to go to moon again
- X Prize winner says NASA 'silly' to go to moon againI am not so sure returning to the moon ...... is a bad idea. If we had proceeded to build a moon base in the 1970s & 80s, we would have the capability to build and launch vehicles from...
- Tags: low earth orbit, rutan, moon, nasa, x prize winner, x prize
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- To the moon, Google-style
- From NextFest in Los Angeles: CNET's Molly Wood takes a look at how Google has teamed up with the X Prize Foundation, offering $30 million to the first private outfit to send a rover to the moon.
- Tags: google, x prize, x-prize, space, moon, aerospace, mission, prize, rover, molly wood
- Videos 2007-09-14
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