Avatar Posted by sweacyaccindy 5510 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Pentagon: Space junk could knock cell phone
You have probably become used to dropped calls. It is a fact of life, like sofas that won't stay clean and bankers who won't be reasonable. I would, ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by ksiudasssd 5498 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Make telepresence robot only $500
Telepresence robots are way cool, but way expensive. We've seen several platforms for these machines that let you remotely guide a robot around a d... read more »
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Avatar Posted by mandymuluu 5490 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Join us Thursday Intels Light Peak event
A photo of Intel&39's Light Peak technology (Credit: Intel) Intel tomorrow is said to be revealing some of the final details of its Light Peak tec... read more »
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Avatar Posted by rockyraj631 5551 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Rudolph no longer a radar-nosed reindeer
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he's equipped with the latest in satellite-based technology to get you your toys on time (and in one piec... read more »
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Avatar Posted by komiiih 5471 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Rescue robots deployed Japan earthquake ops
The Active Scope Camera can worm its way into debris to seek survivors. (Credit: Video screenshot by Tim Hornyak/CNET) Rescue robots are making... read more »
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Avatar Posted by dskertisis6 5503 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Study: Humanity store 295 exabytes of
USC researcher Martin Hilbert (Credit: USC) What do you get if you pile up all those USB thumb drives, CDs, chip-enabled credit cards, moldering ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Simoncarter 5605 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Repairs complete shuttle countdown begins
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--Engineers successfully repaired and retested new quick-disconnect fittings in one of the shuttle Discovery's aft rocket p... read more »
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Avatar Posted by abrasmon 5371 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Start-up Lytro tries refocusing camera industry
Lytro says its light-field camera, due to ship later this year, will let people change the focus of their photos after the fact. (Credit: Lytro) ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by restaurantlancpa 5602 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Long-range undersea robot does research
Tethys floats at the surface in Monterey Bay. (Credit: Todd Walsh/MBARI) A new breed of undersea robot promises to give oceanographers a deeper un... read more »
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Avatar Posted by separrattist 5384 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Report: Phones really could cause planes crash
Have you ever forgotten to turn your cell phone off during a flight Did you survive The question might seem slightly churlish, but the airline indu... read more »
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Avatar Posted by sufmanmar1s36 5457 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Researchers trick brain lower blood pressure
Researchers have unveiled encouraging results of the first human randomized control trial of a procedure called therapeutic renal denervation to redu... read more »
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Avatar Posted by rasrasbimuir 5478 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Shuttle Discovery bids space station final farewel
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--The crew of the shuttle Discovery, given a "Star Trek" send off by actor William Shatner, undocked from the International... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Harveymayngeary 5419 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Motion-capture research: Men a nose women
I don't know about you, but I'm rather partial to a nice smell. Somehow, some people just offer a better odor than others, and one reacts to them mor... read more »
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Avatar Posted by StephTanner 5526 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Boeing resets Dreamliner delivery third quarter
In October 2010, this Boeing 787 Dreamliner, designated ZA006, became the sixth and final 787 to join the flight test program. (Credit: Boeing) R... read more »
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Avatar Posted by myleswweme 5433 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: PackBots record video inside Fukushima reactor
An iRobot PackBot crawls through the Unit 3 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Credit: Tepco) TOKYO--iRobot PackBots are b... read more »
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Avatar Posted by 98dollarseo 5449 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: SpaceX building low-cost heavy-lift booster
Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, plans to build a commercial heavy-lift rocket that will carry more than twice the payload of existing larg... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Susanjohn 5599 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Fun! speed camera doesn just check speed
Everyone knows that speed cameras work. They create the discipline of a lissom lady in leather and make sure everyone understands just what the rules... read more »
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Avatar Posted by antiquintradia 5489 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: seconds spare Discovery rockets in space
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--After a last-minute Air Force computer glitch threatened to derail launch, the shuttle Discovery, carrying an all-veteran... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Simontufell 740079 days ago (http://springwise.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Citizen journalism text message map Springwise
A shining example of crowdsourcing at work, Ushahidi is mobilizing citizens to report and map conflicts. The project began as a way for Kenyans to log... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Sana01 5532 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: First hydrogen-powered UAV takes flight
Global Observer&39's first flight. (Credit: AeroVironment, Inc.) When it comes to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), hydrogen is all the rage. The fi... read more »
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