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Did The Chilean Quake Shift Earth's AxisHuntsville AL (SPX) Mar 12, 2010 Pictures of widespread devastation leave no doubt: Last month's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in coastal Chile was extremely strong. Indeed, say NASA scientists, it might have shifted the axis of Earth itself. "According to our calculations, the quake moved Earth's figure axis by about 3 inches (8 cm)," says geophysicist Richard Gross of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. If the Earth tilted over 3 inches, you probably think you would have noticed. But that's not how the "figu ... read more |
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Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2010On Sept. 17, 1959, a little heralded Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Perched atop the rocket was Transit 1A, a satellite designed by scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory that the U.S. Navy hoped would provide accurate location information to ballistic missile submarines and be used as a general navigation system. Twenty-five minute ... more Rosum And Siano Take GPS Indoors Using TV Signals
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010Rosum Corporation has announced the launch of ALLOY, a revolutionary location and synchronization solution for indoor and urban environments. The ALLOY chip, which was developed in partnership with Siano, the leading supplier of Mobile Digital TV receiver chips for handsets, laptops, PNDs, and other mobile devices, utilizes broadcast TV signals to provide precise frequency, timing and loca ... more A Successful Year For Space Command Transition
Peterson AFB CO (AFNS) Mar 02, 2010The commander of Air Force Space Command highlighted the command's achievements in his Year in Review - 2009 memorandum Feb. 10. Gen. C. Robert Kehler said in a year defined by mission shifts, the more than 46,000 people of Air Force Space Command chose to thrive, allowing joint forces to navigate with accuracy, see with clarity, communicate with certainty, strike with precision and operate with ... more |
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E-Commerce Sites Discover Fast Track To M-CommercePalm Desert CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2010 With 77% of retail chains seeing high value in mobile commerce, many say their top priority in 2010 is giving smartphone shoppers better access to their online stores. With this in mind, Philadelphia-based Monetate has launched Monetate Mobile, a new product that can provide existing retail web sites with mobile-native navigation and location-based features like a GPS-based store locator, deployed overnight, using just one line of JavaScript. Monetate Mobile is being launched at eTail West, a lead ... read more |
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