News tagged with object
Novel zoom objective with deformable mirrors
Unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs deployed on landscape analysis missions carry optical measuring equipment that is required to operate free of chromatic aberration. Researchers have now designed an all-reflective ...
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Mystery object to whizz by Earth Wednesday
(AP) -- A mystery object from space is about to whizz close by Earth on Wednesday. It won't hit our planet, but scientists are stumped by what exactly it is.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Google-Fujitsu join 'smart objects' alliance
Internet powerhouse Google and Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu have joined an alliance to promote the ability of objects from appliances to cars to communicate with one another online.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Computing with a wave of the hand (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The iPhone’s familiar touch screen display uses capacitive sensing, where the proximity of a finger disrupts the electrical connection between sensors in the screen. A competing approach, ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 11, 2009 |
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WISE Launch Scheduled for Dec. 11
(PhysOrg.com) -- Launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is scheduled for Dec. 11.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 04, 2009 |
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More competitors, less competition
The larger the number of examinees, the lower the average grade. This is one of the findings of a series of new studies carried out by scientists at the University of Haifa and the University of Michigan. "It is a well-established ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
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WISE Snug in Its Nose Cone; Launch Set for Dec. 9
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been wrapped in the outer nose cone, or "fairing," that will protect it during its scheduled Dec. 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 01, 2009 |
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UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition
A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.
Nov 26, 2009 |
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SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth
You don't always have to have a rocket to do rocket science. Sometimes a mere airplane will do - that is, a mere Boeing 747 toting a 17-ton, 9-foot wide telescope named SOFIA.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Highlight: Damping of acoustic vibrations in gold nanoparticles
Vibrations in nanostructures offer applications in molecular-scale biological sensing and ultrasensitive mass detection. To approach single-atom sensing, it is necessary to reduce the dimensions of the structures ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Record-Breaking Radio Astronomy Project to Measure Sky with Extreme Precision
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers will tie together the largest collection of the world's radio telescopes ever assembled to work as a single observing tool in a project aimed at improving the precision of the ...
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Shape perception in brain develops by itself
Despite minimal exposure to the regular geometric objects found in developed countries, African tribal people perceive shapes as well as westerners, according to a new study.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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History in 3D
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three-dimensional computer graphics is moving into museums. Works of art are being digitally archived in 3D, simplifying research into related artifacts and providing the public with fascinating ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Astronomers explore 'last blank space' on map of the Universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- The most distant object ever discovered is described in this week's edition of the science journal Nature. Two international teams of astronomers report their observations of a gamma-ray burst ...
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Researchers Bring Avatars and People Together for Virtual Meetings in Physical Spaces (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- While you can't yet teleport or clone yourself to be in two places nearly at once, computer scientists are working on what might be the next best thing.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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