Guatamala's Pacaya volcano erupted early Thursday, sending volcanic material more than 400 meters in the air, authorities said.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 30, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1

A small armband which can be attached to the injured. An information board containing a complete visual record of events. This is technology helping to improve communications during major national disasters.

Technology - Telecom

May 13, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—University of Pennsylvania engineering Professor Mark Yim and his students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics have been floating their robotic boats at the university ...

Electronics - Robotics

Feb 12, 2013 4.3 / 5 (4) 0 |

Front-line rescue workers in Christchurch put their own needs and those of their families to one side to play a vital role during the Christchurch earthquakes and aftershocks, early results from a study into the occupational ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Nov 23, 2012 not rated yet 0

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) is the only foreign university team (on Track B) competing for the prestigious U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge.

Electronics - Robotics

Nov 08, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0

FEMA, the US disaster response agency, on Saturday set up a "rumor control" section on its website to dispel misinformation on social networks in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.

Technology - Internet

Nov 04, 2012 not rated yet 0

How do you teach a robot to get into vehicle and drive it? Three University of Delaware professors plan to figure it out by the end of next year.

Electronics - Robotics

Oct 24, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—On Thursday, Oct. 18, at 10:18 a.m. PDT, more than 9.3 million Californians, including employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., "dropped, covered and held on" during the ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

Developing software and solutions to real-world problems was the aim of the h4d2 hackathon event held at Aston University.

Technology - Engineering

Oct 04, 2012 not rated yet 0

MIT researchers have built a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of the environment through which the wearer is moving. The prototype system, described in a paper slated for the ...

Technology - Engineering

Sep 24, 2012 3 / 5 (1) 1 |

(AP)—International governments should seek a moratorium on offshore drilling in the Arctic amid concern an oil spill in the region could cause catastrophic environmental damage, British lawmakers said Thursday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 20, 2012 1 / 5 (1) 0

The prospect of dangerous winds, flooding and fire have been ominously looming over the Gulf Coast, but the level of destruction to the southern U.S. is not the only aftermath many Americans are awaiting ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Aug 30, 2012 not rated yet 0

Real-time data that will be used in everything from weather forecasts to disaster response is now being beamed down to Earth from a cone-shaped appendage aboard the nation's newest Earth-observing satellite.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 06, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Emergency responses to natural disasters could be coordinated more quickly and save lives thanks to new software developed at the University of Abertay Dundee.

Technology - Software

May 17, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) -- The space-based technology that lets GPS-equipped motorists constantly update their precise location will undergo a major test of its ability to rapidly pinpoint the location and magnitude of ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 24, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0