News tagged with radar system

Next generation lens promises more control

(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University engineers have created a new generation of lens that could greatly improve the capabilities of telecommunications or radar systems to provide a wide field of view and greater ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 1

Engineers turn noise into vision

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique for revealing images of hidden objects may one day allow pilots to peer through fog and doctors to see more precisely into the human body without surgery.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Fake chips threaten military

A growing deluge of millions of counterfeit chips is posing peril to the military and the general public -- and perhaps nothing illustrates it better than a scheme federal prosecutors recently revealed that stretched from ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 23

Triple Asteroid System Triples Observers' Interest

(PhysOrg.com) -- Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on June 12 and 14, 2009, revealed that near-Earth asteroid 1994 CC is a triple system. Asteroid 1994 CC encountered Earth within 2.52 million ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Australian laser system to track space junk

An Australian company Tuesday said it had developed a laser tracking system that will stop chunks of space debris colliding with spacecraft and satellites in the Earth's orbit.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (12) | comments 2

New map hints at Venus's wet, volcanic past (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus's southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have been more Earth-like, with both, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Features on asteroid revealed by radar

(PhysOrg.com) -- Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in the California desert on Dec. 11 and 12, 2010, revealed defining characteristics of recently discovered asteroid 2010 JL33. The images ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Programming tools facilitate use of video game processors for defense needs

Video gaming computers and video game consoles available today typically contain a graphics processing unit (GPU), which is very efficient at manipulating and displaying computer graphics. However, the unit's ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

New holographic radar system can track high speed shells

(PhysOrg.com) -- The British firm Cambridge Consultants has announced the successful test of its new 3D holographic radar system that can track fired shells traveling up to 1000 miles per hour. The new system ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Boston airport testing radar to avoid avian accidents

Airports have grappled with the issue of sharing the sky with members of the avian family for decades. Most recently, US Airways Flight 1549 was forced to make a water landing in the Hudson River off of New ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0 weblog

Researchers discover how bats avoid collisions (w/ Video)

For years, Brown University neuroscientist James Simmons has filmed bats as they flew in packs or individually chased prey in thick foliage. All the while, he asked himself why the bats never collided with ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Antenna glitch on historic space shuttle flight

The US space shuttle Discovery blasted off Monday toward the International Space Station for a historic mission that put more women in orbit than ever.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Smarter cars are gaining traction (w/ Video)

(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 ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Insect hearing inspires new approach to small antennas

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ormia ochracea is a small parasitic fly best known for its strong sense of directional hearing. A female fly tracks a male cricket by its chirps and then deposits her eggs on the unfortunate ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Topography Reflects Baja Quake Site's Complex Geology

(PhysOrg.com) -- The topography surrounding the Laguna Salada fault in the Mexican state of Baja, California, is clearly shown in this combined radar image and topographic view (above) generated with data ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0