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October 02, 2013
VSAT NEWS
DigiGone Approved for Use on the Thuraya Satellite Network
Largo FL (SPX) Oct 02, 2013
DigiGone has announced that its innovative video communications system and software platform has been approved for use with Thuraya's IP terminals. A leading mobile satellite services operator, Thuraya is actively rolling out the DigiGone satellite communications solution across their distribution channels in all vertical markets. Optimized for narrowband satellite channels, DigiGone offers high-quality encrypted video and audio conferencing, video streaming, Voice over IP (VoIP), IM Chat and file ... read more
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ROBO SPACE

People prefer different robot faces depending on task assigned
People have varying opinions about what a personal robot should look like, and they change their minds based on what it is supposed to do, U.S. researchers say. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

Tokyo gadget show offers glimpse of tomorrow
A car that drives itself and glasses that translate a menu as you read it are some of the glimpses of tomorrow on offer at a gadget fair near Tokyo that began on Tuesday. ... more
TECH SPACE

Bright, laser-based lighting devices
As a modern culture, we crave artificial white lights - the brighter the better, and ideally using less energy than ever before. To meet the ever-escalating demand for more lighting in more places ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

UFO? Star cluster? No, it's Falcon 9's jettisoned fuel
The Falcon 9 launch from California not only boosted the cache of commercial spaceflight but also of UFO sightings, a review of observers' comments indicated. ... more


TECH SPACE

Paradigm shift: Need something in space? Print it, don't ship it
The first 3D printer will launch into space in 2014 aboard commercial spaceflight provider SpaceX's Dragon capsule, the California-based printer provider said. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

ILS Proton Successfully Launches ASTRA 2E for SES
International Launch Services (ILS), a leader in providing mission integration and launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, successfully placed the ASTRA 2E satellite into a geos ... more
MISSILE NEWS

Turkey picks Chinese firm for missile system
Turkey said on Thursday it has chosen a Chinese company to build its first long-range air defence and anti-missile system. ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm
Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge
CHIP TECH

Stanford scientists publish theory, formula to improve 'plastic' semiconductors
Anyone who's stuffed a smart phone in their back pocket would appreciate the convenience of electronic devices that could bend. Flexible electronics could spawn new products: clothing wired to cool ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

Astronauts Practice Launching in NASA's New Orion Spacecraft
NASA astronauts recently experienced what it will be like to launch into space aboard the new Orion spacecraft during the first ascent simulations since the space shuttles and their simulators were ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT

China launches satellite to monitor natural disaster
A satellite for natural disaster monitoring was successfully launched into orbit at 12:37 p.m. Wednesday, China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center has announced. The satellite Kuaizhou I, or sp ... more
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CHIP TECH

Counting on neodymium
Magnetic molecules are regarded as promising functional units for the future of information processing. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Julich and Aachen were the first to produce part ... more
CHIP TECH

Promising new alloy for resistive switching memory
Memory based on electrically-induced "resistive switching" effects have generated a great deal of interest among engineers searching for faster and smaller devices because resistive switching would ... more
24/7 News Coverage
Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role
Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage
CHIP TECH

UCSB researchers make headway in quantum information transfer via nanomechanical coupling
Fiber optics has made communication faster than ever, but the next step involves a quantum leap - literally. In order to improve the security of the transfer of information, scientists are working ... more
ENERGY TECH

Fusion, anyone?
The dream of igniting a self-sustained fusion reaction with high yields of energy, a feat likened to creating a miniature star on Earth, is getting closer to becoming reality, according the authors ... more
AEROSPACE

Argentina goes for second-hand jets for air force
As compromises go, Argentina is buying used French Mirage jets from Spain rather than pour scarce cash into an ambitious but more desirable acquisition of new aircraft. ... more
AEROSPACE
Lab-made complexes are "sun sponges"

Physicists pinpoint key property of material that both conducts and insulates

Using x-ray vision to detect unseen gold


AEROSPACE
Third Advanced EHF Satellite Will Enhance Resiliency of Military Communications

USAF Launches Third Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite

Atlas 5 Lofts 3rd AEHF Military Comms Satellites


AEROSPACE
ILS Proton Successfully Launches ASTRA 2E for SES

UFO? Star cluster? No, it's Falcon 9's jettisoned fuel

APSCC 2013 reaffirms Arianespace's focus on the Asia-Pacific region


AEROSPACE
Astrium down selected for MOJ electronic tagging contract

Lockheed Martin GPS 3 Satellite Prototype Integrated With Raytheon OCX Ground Control Segment

China's navi-location industries to boom: white paper

AEROSPACE

Airbus delivers first A400M military transport plane
After years of delays and huge cost over-runs, Airbus on Monday delivers its first A400M military transport plane, handing over the huge turboprop to France at its Spanish assembly plant. ... more
MISSILE NEWS

US ally Turkey defends choice of Chinese missiles
Turkey on Wednesday defended its decision to enter talks with China to acquire its first long-range anti-missile system, in spite of protests from its ally Washington. ... more
MISSILE NEWS

S. Korea parades new N. Korea-focused missile
Tanks rumbled through downtown Seoul on Tuesday, as South Korea staged its largest military display in a decade and paraded a missile capable of high-precision strikes anywhere in North Korea. ... more
AEROSPACE

US F-35 jet plagued by shoddy quality control: audit
The US military's bureaucratic watchdog on Monday accused companies building the F-35 fighter of shoddy management that could jeopardize the reliability, performance and cost of the aircraft. ... more
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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power
UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department
MILTECH

Extended Range Munition completes first Guide to Hit test series

MISSILE NEWS

Raytheon's Griffin missile demonstrates maritime protection capabilities

UAV NEWS

Raytheon AI3 intercepts its first UAS target

MISSILE NEWS

US concerned at Turkey's pick of Chinese missile firm

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Satellite flood maps reach crisis teams via Internet

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

US banks $584 mln in Egypt aid for safe-keeping

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Australia and Indonesia hold conciliatory discussions

TECH SPACE

S. Korean steel plant in India could displace 22,000, says UN

TRADE WARS

Taiwan envoy to meet China's Xi at APEC summit

INTERNET SPACE

Icahn presses Apple for $150 bn share buyback

Tesco looks to China as profits dive in Europe

Japan PM to hike sales tax to ease debt burden

Skyline of tents, towers shows Mongolia inequality

Internet technology becoming cyber chic

Vast Benidorm skyscraper a symbol of Spain crisis

China to be world's top gold buyer this year: experts

Spirals of Light May Lead to Better Electronics

Drexel finds new energy storage capabilities between layers of 2-D materials

How to make ceramics that bend without breaking

Researchers demonstrate 'accelerator on a chip'

Windows Phone gains in Europe, Apple up in US: survey

New York spreading wireless access across city

Japan leader set to announce crucial sales tax hike

Program seeks Internet use equality for women

China house price increases gain speed in September: survey

China launches free trade zone in Shanghai

Thousands of Romanians protest Canadian mine plans

China manufacturing expands in September: HSBC

China, the global auto industry's best hope

Fake online reviews get reality check

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