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Expert: AI computers by 2020 Boston (UPI) Feb 17, 2007 
A U.S. computer expert predicts computers will have the same intellectual capacity as humans by 2020. Ray Kurzweil was one of 18 people chosen by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to speak on future technological challenges, The Independent reported. He said that in the future artificial intelligence will advance far beyond human intelligence. ... read more |
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GPS Tracker May Better Gauge Severity Of Peripheral Artery Disease
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 19, 2008A space-based technology may provide an inexpensive and more reliable way to gauge the walking capacity in many patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), whose clogged leg arteries cause them severe pain when they walk, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. A Global Positioning System (GPS) uses a constellation of at least 24 medium earth ... more CIRA Scientist Among Authors Of Book Celebrating 50 Years Of Earth Observations From Space 
Fort Collins CO (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Stan Kidder, a researcher at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University, has contributed to a new book celebrating 50 years of Earth observations from space. He is one of a dozen scientists from around the country who have written chapters in the book "Earth Observations from Space: The First 50 Years of Scientific Achievements." The book ... more Pharos Delivers Breakthrough Way To Track Photos And Trips With GPS 
Torrance CA (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Building on the company's tradition of innovation in the Global Positioning System (GPS) market, Pharos Science and Applications, introduces Pharos Trips and Pics, a geo-logger that enables consumers to record trip and photo locations and display them on a map quickly and easily. Trips and Pics works with any digital camera and provides an entirely new way for consumers to organize and ... more Samsung's M520 Comes Loaded With Sprint Navigation 
Overland Park KS (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Offering customers industry-leading communication and entertainment features, Sprint and Samsung Mobile have announced the immediate availability of the M520 by Samsung. This unique slider phone makes it easy for customers to access the Web, find local restaurants, watch live television, download their favorite songs, send text messages or use GPS to find their way home. As the first Power ... more Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club Latest To Choose ProLink's ProStar GPS System 
Chandler AZ (SPX) Feb 19, 2008ProLink Solutions has announced that Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club now features the ProLink Solutions ProStar GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses. Situated on 245 acres of windswept Lake Michigan shoreline, Arcadia Bluffs ranks among America's top daily-fee golf facilities. Golf Digest rates the Warren Henderson-Rick Smith design as the nation's No. 10 public course ... more |
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Anniston AL (SPX) Feb 19, 2008BAE Systems has been awarded a $91.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command to reset up to 1074 M113 Family of Vehicles. Under the reset program, the M113 vehicles will be brought back to combat ready condition. In addition, the vehicles will receive add-on armor and nuclear, biological and chemical protective equipment. "We have worked very ... more Missile Defense Globally Protects Against Toxic Satellite 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Riki Ellison, President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, went on record in an Alert to the MDAA membership here and globally in an definitive analysis and explanation of the significance of the importance of the missile defense's program capability of the Aegis and the Standard Missile 3 planned use against a NRO falling satellite. His ... more Dogs of War: The pay gap myth 
Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2007 Frequently in the history of military and security issues the public and policymakers take for granted the conventional wisdom of the day. That is, until it is proven false. Such was the case with the bomber gap, which was the unfounded belief back in the late 1950s that the Soviet Union had gained an advantage over the United States in deploying jet-powered strategic bombers. Widely a ... more Thousands of Hong Kong factories in China may close: report 
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 18, 2008Up to 14,000 Hong Kong-owned factories in southern China may close in the next few months, in part due to the crippling winter weather that hit the nation earlier in February, a report said Monday. Labour and power shortages in the aftermath of the heavy snowstorms will hurt operations, Clement Chen, chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FHKI), told The Standard newspaper. ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Feb 16, 2008Astronauts helping install a European laboratory at the International Space Station said Saturday time flies out there when the work is satisfying, though weightlessness takes some getting used to. The seven crew members of the shuttle Atlantis and their three colleagues on the ISS spoke to journalists through a live link up from space. US space shuttle Atlantis has been docked to the ISS ... more Britain considers manned space missions 
London (UPI) Feb 14, 2007 The British government may be rethinking its decision not to pursue manned space missions. A strategy document published this week calls for an international space facility to focus on climate change and robotic space exploration, The Times of London said Thursday. Space Minister Ian Pearson said satellite communications and space technology provide strong business opportunities. ... more NASA Ames Enables Commercial Weightless Aircraft Flights 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2008Commercial, weightless flights will be offered this weekend at Moffett Field, Calif., under the terms of an agreement with the Zero Gravity Corp, Las Vegas. Although corporation officials said the first flight scheduled Saturday, Feb. 16 is already sold out, additional flights will be scheduled later this year. "We're delighted to have signed this historic agreement with ZERO-G," said Ames ... more US scientists pinpoint 14 top technological challenges 
Boston, Massachusetts (AFP) Feb 16, 2008The US National Academy of Engineering has announced the grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century that, if met, would improve people's lives. The list of 14 tasks was unveiled Friday by a diverse committee of experts from around the world, convened at the request of the US National Science Foundation. "Tremendous advances in quality of life have come from improved technology ... more
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