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Cluster Makes Crucial Step In Understanding Space WeatherParis, France (ESA) Jul 27, 2010 Researchers using the four spacecraft of ESA's Cluster mission have uncovered the long journey that energetic ions undergo during geomagnetic storms and how they ultimately precipitate into the Earth's atmosphere. Such precipitation affects the composition of the ionosphere, preventing GPS and communications satellites from operating correctly. The Earth's magnetic field acts a buffer zone, shielding the Earth from the permanent flow of ionised matter coming from the Sun. As a result of the intera ... read more |
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NASA Goddard Was In The Earthquake Zone
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2010A small earthquake, centered in Germantown, Md. occurred at 5:04 a.m. EDT, July 16 and its vibrations were felt from West Virginia to Bridgeport, Conn. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center located in Greenbelt, Md., lies about 25 miles east-southeast of the small earthquake and reported no damages. In fact, there were no reports of damage throughout Maryland. The earthquake registered 3.6 on ... more Savi Ships Compact Mobile Tracking Systems For Marine Afghan Forces
Mountain View, CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2010Lockheed Martin's Savi Technology has received a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) order for 50 Portable Deployment Kits (PDKs) to locate, track and manage RFID-tagged supplies anywhere, anytime in support of expeditionary force surges in Afghanistan. This most recent order from the USMC Automatic Identification Technology office brings the total number of kits procured to nearly 1,300 kits over th ... more Himalayan ice shrivels in global warming: exhibit
New York (AFP) July 16, 2010When British climbing legend George Mallory took his iconic 1921 photo of Mount Everest's north face, the mighty, river-shaped glacier snaking under his feet seemed eternal. Decades of pollution and global warming later, modern mountaineer David Breashears has reshot the picture at the same spot - and proved an alarming reality. Instead of the powerful, white, S-shaped sweep of ice witn ... more |
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Google tool aims to make it easy to create Android programsWashington (AFP) July 12, 2010 Google unveiled a tool Monday designed to allow anyone to create simple applications for smartphones running its Android operating system. "App Inventor for Android" "makes it easy for anyone - programmers and non-programmers, professionals and students - to create mobile applications for Android-powered devices," Google said in a blog post "To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a developer," Google said. "App Inventor requires NO programming knowledge." Instead of writing code, App I ... read more |
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