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D-Wave sells first commercial quantum computer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, Burnaby, British Columbia-based company D-Wave Systems, Inc., announced that it sold its first commercial quantum computer. Global security company Lockheed Martin, based in Bethesda, ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (23) | comments 41 | with audio podcast weblog

New buoys enable submerged subs to communicate

(PhysOrg.com) -- Communicating with a submerged submarine has always been difficult, and since the submarine has to come up to periscope depth it has also been risky. Now a new buoy developed by Lockheed Martin ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

GPS getting an upgrade - for $8 billion

(PhysOrg.com) -- GPS is getting an upgrade costing $8 billion (US), which aims to increase the system's accuracy, improve its reliability, and make the technology even more widespread.

Technology / Telecom

created May 25, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

US hypersonic glider flunks first test flight

US military scientists lost contact with a hypersonic glider nine minutes into its inaugural test flight last week, a defense research agency said on Tuesday.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 20

Songbirds fly 3 times faster than expected (Video)

A York University researcher has tracked the migration of songbirds by outfitting them with tiny geolocator backpacks - a world first - revealing that scientists have underestimated their flight performance ...

Biology /

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

NASA hopes to test new spaceship in 2014

There's no firm date yet, but sometime in early 2014 NASA intends to take its first major step toward rebuilding its human spaceflight program.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 15

Scientists make first-ever observations of comet's demise deep inside solar atmosphere

On July 6, 2011, a comet was caught doing something never seen before: die a scorching death as it flew too close to the sun. That the comet met its fate this way was no surprise – but the chance to watch ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

New generation GPS satellite starts tests in Colo.

A $5.5 billion upgrade to the Global Positioning System moved a step closer to launch this week when a prototype arrived at a Lockheed Martin complex in Colorado to begin months of tests.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA plans 2014 test-flight of deep-space capsule

NASA said Tuesday it will launch in 2014 an unmanned test flight of its Orion deep space capsule, made by Lockheed Martin to someday carry astronauts to the moon, an asteroid or Mars.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 21

Apple 'genius' Steve Jobs dies from cancer

Suddenly, the next version of the iPhone doesn't seem so important. It's time to mourn Steve Jobs, the Silicon Valley maestro who always seemed to hit the right note as he transformed Apple Inc. into technology's ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 47

Lockheed Martin develops maple-seed-like drone

The seeds that drop from maple trees each fall, whirring softly to the ground like silent one-winged helicopters, are the inspiration for a new kind of flying machine that could be useful for military information-gathering.

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 39

Orion spaceship set for new tests in Colorado

(AP) -- A spaceship that could carry the next wave of astronauts to an asteroid or beyond is being prepared for a new round of tests at a Lockheed Martin facility near Denver.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 14

Ariane rocket launches two satellites

An Ariane-5 rocket placed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit early Saturday, the 45th successive success for the European rocket, Arianespace announced.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 07, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

To an asteroid, and beyond

The asteroid 1999 RQ36 may not be a household name, but astronomers predict that in less than 200 years, it may make an unforgettable impact. According to radar and optical observations, the space rock, measuring ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Latest data breach strikes at financial security

(AP) -- Citigroup's disclosure that the names, account numbers and email addresses of 200,000 of its credit card customers were stolen strikes at the core of modern-day financial life - the ways people buy ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6