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June 03, 2014

Direct-to-satellite hand-held device could revolutionise learning
Bangalore (IANS) Jun 02, 2014
A low-cost satellite-enabled tablet computer developed in India, coupled with two satellites once used for sterophonic radio broadcasts and which have a footprint in 127 countries, could revolutionise the way schoolchildren across the developing world are taught, the system's US-based promoter says. The Silver Spring, Maryland-based Yazmi's e-learning system requires no internet as the tablet, called "Odyssey", has an in-built satellite receiver. Lack of electricity is also not a problem since Ody ... read more

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First Phase To Certify New US Space Transport System Completed NASA's Commercial Crew Program and industry have completed the first step in the certification process that will enable American-made commercial spacecraft safely to ferry astronauts from U.S. soil ... more		Citizen Scientists Contact Vintage Spacecraft A group of citizen scientists has successfully established communication with an inactive NASA spacecraft in an attempt to breathe new scientific life into a more than 35-year-old agency mission. ... more		X-ray pulses on demand from electron storage rings Everything we know nowadays about novel materials and the underlying processes in them we also know thanks to studies at contemporary synchrotron facilities like BESSY II. Here, relativistic electro ... more
				New printable robots could self-assemble when heated Printable robots - those that can be assembled from parts produced by 3-D printers - have long been a topic of research in the lab of Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical ... more		SpaceX founder unveils his 'future of space travel' capsule Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) presented its new space capsule, expected to carry up to seven astronauts into space and bring them back to Earth, with the capacity to land anywh ... more

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Private Space Race Heats Up Privately-funded, manned space exploration and tourism received two boosts on Thursday. SpaceX unveiled its Dragon V2 spacecraft, which the company hopes will one day take astronauts to and from the ... more		Russia preparing to launch Okno space surveillance system at full capacity State tests of the Okno (Window) complex for tracking and monitoring man-made space objects in Tajikistan will take place during the summer months in the interests of the Russian aerospace defence t ... more		Five European NATO powers vow to tackle 'hybrid threats' Colombia inks $4.3 bn deal to buy Swedish warplanes US to hold new military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago		NASA faces identity crisis, funding battle As NASA funding continue to dissipate, space agency officials are left trying - frustratingly - to figure out what's worth paying for. And the Spitzer Space Telescope is just the latest in a growing list of defunded and soon-to-be-extinct projects. ... more
				SpaceX unveils capsule to ferry astronauts to space A sleek, white gumdrop-shaped space capsule that aims to carry up to seven astronauts to the International Space Station and return to land anywhere on Earth was unveiled Thursday by SpaceX. ... more		Apollo 13 astronaut's toothbrush sells for $11,794 A toothbrush used by one of the American astronauts who flew to the Moon was sold at auction for nearly $12,000, or triple the starting bid, the auction house said Friday. ... more

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Engineers reconnect with ISEE-3, retired NASA probe Engineers with Skycorp, Inc. - the Los Gatos, California-based group attempting to reconnect with a retired NASA probe first launched in the 1970s - announced Thursday they had successfully established contact with International Sun-Earth Explorer-3, or ISEE-3. ... more		US seeks greater missile defense cooperation by Japan, South Korea A top US military official on Wednesday called for better missile defense cooperation between Japan and South Korea, in the face of strained ties between America's two closest Asia allies and a belligerent North Korea. ... more		Severe floods threaten global rice yields, study finds Ancient RNA recovery reveals gene activity in Ice Age mammoths 6 Things to Know From NASA About New US, European Sea Satellite		Scientists develop new hybrid energy transfer system Scientists from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the Universities of Sheffield and Crete, have developed a new hybrid energy transfer system, which mimics the processes responsib ... more
Leaving the islands In a recent study involving LMU researchers, the desorption of oxygen molecules from a silver surface was successfully visualized for the first time. The effects account for the shortcomings of conv ... more		A Path Toward More Powerful Tabletop Accelerators Making a tabletop particle accelerator just got easier. A new study shows that certain requirements for the lasers used in an emerging type of small-area particle accelerator can be significantly re ... more		Virgin space flights cleared for US take-off Richard Branson's dream of commercial space flights took a step nearer reality after Virgin Galactic signed a deal with US aviation authorities to let it blast paying customers into space, the company said Thursday. ... more		UAV Series Sets Record for Mission Hours Flown in One Week Northrop Grumman's High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series, which includes the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk, set a new record for mission hours flown in one week ... more

	Combat robots to become Russian army new recruits Russia's newly established military robot design lab has finally gone into operation, Oleg Bochkarev, deputy head of Russia's governmental Military-Industrial Commission told ITAR TASS news agency. ... more		USAF crisis, contingency planning gets Northrop support A U.S. Air Force software system for contingency and crisis action planning is to be enhanced and maintained by Northrop Grumman. ... more

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