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New Japanese Humanoid Invites Grown-Ups To Play
Tokyo (AFP) Jul 24, 2007One of Japan's top toy companies said Friday it would launch small humanoids for adults to play with, hoping to tap a new market as the developed world gets older. The 16.5-centimetre (half-foot) tall robot, named i-Sobot, is able to make some 200 physical movements, including somersaults and other complex acrobatics, speaks some 180 words and responds to verbal commands. ... more GPS-Trusting German Trucker Gets Tangled With Swiss Tree 
Geneva (AFP) Jul 24, 2007Swiss council workers had to chop down part of a tree to clear a German truck which got stuck in a narrow dead end because of its driver's blind faith in his onboard navigation system, police said. The 37 year-old driver, who was looking for the factory where he was due to drop off his cargo, ignored several no entry signs to turn into the obviously narrow pedestrian lane in broad daylight ... more Life of a Comet Hunter: Messier and Astrobiology 
Moffett Field CA (ARC) Jul 24, 2007Messier was born in Badonviller in 1730. He grew up in a fairly affluent household until, at the age of 11, young Charles lost his father. Messier's formal education ceased, and his life was utterly changed. Charles had already developed a love for learning and a passion for astronomy. Now, under the tutelage of his brother Hyacinthe, Messier received a home schooling that would serve him well ... more ATK Wins Another Orion Launch Abort Subsystem Contract 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jul 24, 2007Alliant Techsystems has been selected by Orbital Sciences as part of the Orion prime contractor team, led by Lockheed Martin, to provide the attitude control motor (ACM) for NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle launch abort system (LAS). The new LAS contract is valued at approximately $70 million. The ACM adds to ATK's content on the LAS, which already includes the primary launch abort motor. ... more Station Crew Completes Successful Spacewalk 
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 24, 2007Two International Space Station crew members Monday successfully wrapped up a 7-hour, 41-minute spacewalk that saw the removal and jettison of a refrigerator-size ammonia reservoir. The spacewalk from the Quest Airlock ended at 2:06 p.m. EDT. Astronaut Clay Anderson was the lead spacewalker, EV1, wearing the spacesuit with red stripes. Fyodor Yurchikhin, the cosmonaut and station commander ... more |
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Garland TX (SPX) Jul 24, 2007Raytheon has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to develop the next generation of the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Integration Backbone (DIB). The DIB is an architecture through which military analysts and the intelligence communities can collaborate globally, regardless of their military service affiliation, enabling joint interoperability. The architecture connects disparate lo ... more Northrop Grumman Wins Production Contract For E-2D Advanced Hawkeye 
Bethpage NY (SPX) Jul 24, 2007Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $408 million pilot production contract to produce the next three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and battle management command and control (AEW/BMC2) aircraft for the U.S. Navy from 2007 to 2010. The first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye development aircraft, known as Delta One, is slated to fly in late summer, with the second SD & D aircraft scheduled for ... more Army Signs Contract With Aurora For Continued Orion HALL Development 
Columbus MS (SPX) Jul 23, 2007Aurora Flight Sciences has signed a contract with the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT) for the continued development of the Orion HALL ultra-long endurance unmanned air system. Orion HALL's primary mission is to serve as the demonstration testbed for an advanced hydrogen propulsion system. Aurora is currently testing a Boeing hydrogen eng ... more Lockheed Martin Tests Guidance Upgrade And Improved Software For ATACMS Block IA Unitary 
Dallas TX (SPX) Jul 24, 2007Lockheed Martin has tested ab upgraded guidance and control system for the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The recent test validated the new guidance upgrade, the integration of software and hardware and their interaction with an improved fuze. The missile achieved all test objectives. "Combat-proven ATACMS adds to the concept of 'joint fires inter ... more Emergency Committee Meets In London As UK Faces Worst Floods In 60 Years 
London (AFP) Jul 24, 2007Britain's emergency contingencies committee met Monday night to discuss further measures to combat the worst flooding in 60 years, which Prime Minister Gordon Brown linked to climate change. Large swathes of central and western England were submerged as rivers swelled and burst their banks during four days of heavy and persistent rain, leaving thousands without clean water or electricity and fac ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Jul 24, 2007Indonesia's Mount Gamkonora volcano is spewing hot ash and smoke into the air, as seen in this image taken by the MERIS instrument aboard ESA's satellite Envisat, causing more than 8000 people to be evacuated amid fears of an imminent eruption, according to officials. Officials raised the alert to the highest level on Tuesday after the volcano, located in the eastern province of North Maluku, st ... more Prof Using Penguin Remains To Measure Antarctic Ice Movement 
Wilmington NC (SPX) Jul 24, 2007Climate change is nothing new. For thousands, perhaps millions of years, Antarctica's massive ice sheet - 5.5 million square miles - has advanced and retreated as the earth's atmosphere cooled and warmed. Yet, until recently, there was no precise way to measure the shifting interface between ice and open water. By estimating the age of Adelie penguin remains using radiocarbon dating, Unive ... more DMCii Wins ESA Satellite Imaging Contract 
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 24, 2007The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to British company DMC International Imaging (DMCii) this week to provide satellite imagery of 38 countries in Europe. This will be used to monitor Europe's environment and land use including natural resources such as agriculture and forestry. The high resolution DMC satellite images will provide a valuable resource for the European Global Monit ... more Campaign Prepares For Future Land-Surface Monitoring 
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 24, 2007Initial results from an extensive ESA field campaign, which is being carried out in support of the development of the GMES Sentinel-2 mission and the candidate Earth Explorer FLEX mission, prove encouraging and could pave the way for future monitoring of the Earth's surface. Since one of the most important aspects of developing an Earth-observation (EO) mission is to make sure the eventual data ... more Global Warming Impacting Global Rainfall Patterns 
Paris (AFP) July 23, 2007A study has yielded the first confirmation that global warming is already affecting world's rainfall patterns, bringing more precipitation to northern Europe, Canada and northern Russia but less to swathes of sub-Saharan Africa, southern India and Southeast Asia. The changes "may have already had significant effects on ecosystems, agriculture and human regions that are sensitive to changes in pr ... more
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