News tagged with warning system

Singing in the rain: Technology improves monitoring of bird sounds

Researchers at Oregon State University have created a new computer technology that can listen to multiple bird sounds at one time to identify which species are present and how they may be changing as a result ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dip chip technology tests toxicity on the go

From man-made toxic chemicals such as industrial by-products to poisons that occur naturally, a water or food supply can be easily contaminated. And for every level of toxic material ingested, there is some level of bodily ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microbes travel through the air; it would be good to know how and where

Preliminary research on Fusarium, a group of fungi that includes devastating pathogens of plants and animals, shows how these microbes travel through the air. Researchers now believe that with improvements on thi ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Tsunami airglow signature could lead to early detection system (w/Video)

Researchers at the University of Illinois have become the first to record an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

University of Brighton design students makes biking safer with BLAZE projection system

(PhysOrg.com) -- Emily Brooke, a design student at the University of Brighton, may just be the best friend that a biker has ever had. Anyone who has tried to ride a bike on crowded city streets knows how much ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 7 | with audio podcast weblog

Curb the car dashboard technology, government asks

(AP) -- Auto dashboards are becoming an arcade of text messages, GPS images, phone calls and web surfing, the government says, and it's asking carmakers to curb those distractions when vehicles are moving.

Technology / Other

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

IBM inventors create warning system to accurately analyze, assess and predict natural disasters

IBM inventors have developed a patented natural disaster warning system, which uses analytics to improve the effectiveness and timeliness of post-event rescue efforts in cities and other locations where efficient emergency ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rapid tsunami warning by means of GPS

For submarine earthquakes that can generate tsunamis, the warning time for nearby coastal areas is very short. Using high-precision analysis of GPS data from the Fukushima earthquake of 11 March 2011, scientists ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early warning system would predict space storms on Mars

Space weather storms will make living on Mars challenging. The first group of colonists won't need umbrellas; they will need safe houses with 30-foot thick walls made of Martian clay that can withstand radiation ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA tests GPS monitoring system for big U.S. quakes

(Phys.org) -- The space-based technology that lets GPS-equipped motorists constantly update their precise location will undergo a major test of its ability to rapidly pinpoint the location and magnitude of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA satellites see Tropical Storm Irina getting loopy

Two NASA satellites have been measuring rainfall and cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm as it has been "going loopy" in the Mozambique Channel over the last couple of days. Irina is making a cyclonic ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Asian tsunami warnings test post-2004 systems

Giant quakes off Indonesia caused panic but little damage, in a successful test of warning systems and evacuation plans introduced after the catastrophic 2004 Asian tsunami, experts said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA sees development of tropical storm 09S in southern Indian Ocean

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the low pressure system called System 97S on Jan. 24 and observed a large area of strong thunderstorms around its center that hinted at further development. On Jan. 25, the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Irina still looping at sea

NASA's Aqua satellite saw Tropical Cyclone Irina making a slow loop in the southern Mozambique Channel for the third day on March 6, 2012. Because of the different weather systems moving through the region, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers use lightning detection for early warning of volcanic ash

(PhysOrg.com) -- New Zealand scientists are playing a key role in developing a new system to give early warning of aviation-endangering volcanic eruptions by detecting the lightning their ash clouds trigger.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Warning system

A warning system is any system of biological or technical nature deployed by an individual or group to inform of a future danger. Its purpose is to enable the deployer of the warning system to prepare for the danger and act accordingly to mitigate against or avoid it.

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