We might be going to see NASA doing something totally new by 2014; instead of just visiting or landing on things in space, it might be going to space to grab one of those things – something that is rather huge – and bring it back to Earth. Details will be formally announced on April 10 when the new budget is rolled out.
At present, almost every automobile makers are busy in developing electric vehicles. The automobile makers’ goal is to attract people through their phenomenal work. However, Japanese multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate company Hitachi has unveiled a tiny electric car called ROPITS which has been specially designed for the old citizens & physically disabled citizens.
NASA’ robotic spacecraft MESSENGER (an acronym of MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) has been studying Mercury’s chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field since March 18, 2011. NASA has released high resolution images of Mercury’s pockmarked surface.
The purpose of making flying robots or drones was to keep an eye on the criminals in a more smooth and easy way. But now, besides keeping an eye on the criminals, drones are also used spying upon general people, specially upon US citizens. Many organizations like the EFF and ACLU have tried to raise the issue over people’s privacy concern, but failed to grab government’s attention. But now, Texas has declared war on the drones.
Google(GOOG) may not be the most valuable tech company, a crown that Apple continues to own over the years. Still, the search giant has amassed huge growth and market value ever since its inception. On Friday, Google’s shares spiked by a value of 2.63%, reaching a record high of $775.60, the highest ever in the company’s history.
Pentagon’s research wing, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), often comes up with the craziest of ideas. Yet most of these are viable and very important in scientific terms. The latest from DARPA is a new program called ‘Pheonix’ which aims to re-use parts of the old, discarded satellites to make new satellites.
If salt can generate electricity, then why not “water vapor?” Yes my friend, you heard me right. Some MIT engineers are claiming they have created a polymer film that changes its shape after absorbing tiny amounts of evaporated water and later
can generate electricity using those water vapor. Details inside.
PrimeSense, the leader in Natural Interaction and 3D sensing solutions, has unveiled the world’s smallest 3D sensing sensor, Capri 1.25 at CES 2013. The Capri 1.25 is about ten times smaller than the company’s previous 3D-sensing chip.