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More accurate than Santa Claus: First Galileo satellite orbit determination with high precision
Every year for Christmas, the North American Air Defence Command NORAD posts an animation on their website, in which the exact flight path of Santa Claus' sled led by reindeer Rudolf is precisely located (http://www.noradsanta.org/en/). The path of navigation satellites, however, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Facebook installs 'panic button' for children
Facebook has joined forces with a child protection agency to create a "panic button" application on its site, it was announced Monday, as the social networking giant finally gave in to calls to do more to ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Facebook urged to add 'panic button' for children
A British child protection agency said it has pressed Facebook to add "panic buttons" to its pages after the murder of a teenager was linked to the site.
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Magic box for mission impossible
On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, ...
Nov 25, 2009 |
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One-stop shop for grid computing (w/ Video)
From searching for cures for disease to monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere, grid computing has become essential to data-intensive research. But accessing limited grid resources is not always a simple task. ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 26, 2009 |
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