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Huygens Conference Marks Fifth Anniversary Of Titan LandingParis, France (ESA) Jan 11, 2010 On 14 January 2005 the European Space Agency's Huygens probe separated from the Cassini spacecraft and landed on Saturn's moon Titan. The touchdown on the surface of Titan marked the first, and so far only, landing of a man-made probe in the outer Solar System. To mark the fifth anniversary of this remarkable event, scientists will gather from 13-15 January at the CosmoCaixa science museum in Barcelona, Spain, to review the key scientific and engineering achievements of Huygens, to evaluate the current understanding of Titan, and to consider future Titan exploration missions. ... read more |
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Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 10, 2010With the hit movie "Avatar" creating a buzz around 3-D entertainment, a California company is touting what it believes are the first 3-D glasses which can also double as sunglasses. "We believe we're the first ones and we have a significant patent portfolio in the lens device so we believe we'll have a good bit of protection in the market," MicroVision Optical president David Johnson said. ... more  
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 10, 2010Evolution Robotics is betting that folks with hardwood or tile floors are craving mechanical maids to keep them beautiful. The firm used the Consumer Electronics Show ending Sunday in Las Vegas to show off a Mint Cleaner that automatically dusts or wet mops hard-surface floors using cleaning cloths such as Swiffer. "We are using a lot of technology to very meticulously clean an area," Te ... more 
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 9, 2010Danish toy maker Lego is seeking to build a presence in the world of multiplayer online games with the release of a new videogame called Lego Universe. "Think World of Warcraft, Second Life and Club Penguin all wrapped into one," said lead producer Chris Sherland of NetDevil, the Colorado-based game development company behind Lego Universe. The PC-based game will incorporate many of the ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Jan 11, 2010Loral Space and Communications has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Barrett Xplore Inc., Canada's largest rural broadband provider, to deliver high throughput satellite Ka-band capacity for broadband services in Canada. Under the agreement, Loral will lease up to 100 percent of the capacity that it owns on the ViaSat-1 satellite to Barrett Xplore for the expected life o ... more 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 11, 2010In ancient mythological times reflective surfaces like shiny metals and mirrors were thought to be magical and credited with the ability to look into the future. NASA is using mirrors to do just the opposite - look into the past. Fast forward a couple of centuries from ancient time and myths to find NASA is developing a primary mirror, 21.3 feet in diameter, for use on the James Webb Space ... more  
Strasbourg, France (SPX) Jan 11, 2010Two CNRS researchers at the Strasbourg Observatory have shown that in spiral galaxies containing a central bar - an elongated structure composed of stars - a vigorous mixing of stars in the disk takes place. They presented their work this week at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Until now, astronomers have attributed this mixing process, named "radial migration," solely ... more |
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