The human eye cannot see through wood, paper, or plastic. But a compact radar with a modular design now makes it possible to see the invisible: The millimeter wave sensor penetrates non-transparent material. ...
Mar 27, 2013
5 / 5 (1)
1
(Phys.org)—In a clever reuse of hardware originally built to test parts of NASA's QuikScat satellite, the agency will launch the ISS-RapidScat instrument to the International Space Station in 2014 to measure ocean-surface ...
Jan 29, 2013
4 / 5 (2)
0
Snow is the be-all and end-all for alpine ski resorts. Now a tiny sensor has been developed to determine how much cold gold there is on the slopes and how much more should be produced. The sensor is based ...
Dec 18, 2012
not rated yet
0
European researchers have squeezed radar technology into a low-cost fingernail-sized chip package that promises to lead to a new range of distance and motion sensing applications. The novel device could have important uses ...
Nov 23, 2012
5 / 5 (15)
5
Today's parking assistant systems enable drivers to safely park their cars even in the narrowest of gaps. Such sophisticated parking aids, and also manufacturing robots which, to move about in unknown environments, ...
Sep 10, 2012
4.8 / 5 (4)
0
Naval Research Laboratory scientists have obtained a first-ever measured altitude profile of a dim extreme-ultraviolet terrestrial airglow emission that provides vital information needed to test and improve ...
May 18, 2012
not rated yet
0
Advanced, flyable electronics and scene simulation technology sought for video synthetic aperture radar
May 02, 2012
5 / 5 (1)
0
Nevada is becoming the first state to regulate self-driving vehicles on its roadways.
Feb 16, 2012
4.6 / 5 (16)
3
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has successfully completed milestone tests as the first Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) advances toward system tests this year at Pratica di Mare ...
Feb 01, 2011
1 / 5 (1)
0
Google Inc. is road-testing cars that steer, stop and start without a human driver, the company says.
Oct 10, 2010
4.6 / 5 (23)
25
(PhysOrg.com) -- Carnegie Mellon Innovations Lab (CMIL) in collaboration with the NASA Payload Directed Flight research team from the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames, and the United States Geological ...
Jul 08, 2010
4.7 / 5 (3)
0
ESA's Envisat has captured the changes in direction of the rapidly-growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as strong winds over the weekend pushed it around and hampered clean-up efforts.
May 03, 2010
not rated yet
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lives can depend on a vehicle's moment-by-moment traction. New European technology promises to make cars as good as experienced, alert drivers at sensing and adjusting to wet, snowy or icy ...
Dec 21, 2009
5 / 5 (2)
1
