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Russian Rokot Carrier Rocket To Orbit Gonets-M SatelliteMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 07, 2010 A Russian Rokot carrier rocket will take off from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on September 8 to put a Gonets-M satellite into orbit, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Monday. Pre-launch preparations are currently being completed at the space center in the Arkhangelsk region, Lt. Col. Alexander Zolotukhin said. The Gonets-M satellite will be part of Russia's large-scale Glonass satellite navigation system. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Rus ... read more |
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Berlin (AFP) Aug 19, 2010Responding to a firestorm of protest in Germany over its disputed Street View navigation service, Google said Thursday it would extend a deadline for allowing people to opt out. The move is part of an effort to calm a virulent debate over privacy concerns with the service, which allows users to view online panoramic still photos taken at street level using specially equipped vehicles in citi ... more  
Fairfield CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2010After thousands of years of improving man's first survival skill, a new method to improve the hunt has hit the market. Hunters are going high-tech with a new program designed to improve their hunting skills by gathering, detailing, and retaining performance information about bagged game over entire seasons or years. An interesting new application tracks the information related to the hunt ... more 
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 17, 2010From real-time polar bear tracking and field notes to Churchill history and Inuit bear lore, a new Churchill Polar Bear website, churchillpolarbears.org, provides a wealth of news on the Hudson Bay area polar bear population. A joint venture between World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and its Conservation Travel Provider, eco tour company Natural Habitat Adventures, churchillpolarbears.org has launc ... more |
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Artificial Bee Eye Gives Insight Into Insects' Visual WorldLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 13, 2010 Despite their tiny brains, bees have remarkable navigation capabilities based on their vision. Now scientists have recreated a light-weight imaging system mimicking a honeybee's field of view, which could change the way we build mobile robots and small flying vehicles. New research published in IOP Publishing's Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, describes how the researchers from the Center of Excellence 'Cognitive Interaction Technology' at Bielefeld University, Germany, have built an artificial bee ... read more |
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