Saturday 1 June 2013

Space Mining, Star Gazing and Now Even Celestial Selfies ...

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Planetary Resources Inc., the first asteroid mining company ( now getting a lot of support via the crowd-funding site Kickstarter ) is coming closer and.

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Asteroid mining company offers up 'Space Selfies' for crowd-funding ...

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The world's first public "photo booth" in orbit could circle the Earth aboard the first crowd-funded space telescope, if a private asteroid mining company's ...

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Asteroid mining co. launches $1M Kickstarter drive for public space ...

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One of the companies that plans to mine asteroids in the future set a course for more immediate space exploration today by announcing a $1 million Kickstarter ...

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Even with defects, graphene is strongest material in the world ...

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EurekAlert (press release)New York, NY—May 31, 2013—In a new study, published in Science May 31, 2013, Columbia Engineering researchers demonstrate ...

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Astronomers see a lucrative asteroid-mining industry in our future

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Hugely lucrative business opportunities await us among the asteroids, according to NASA scientists. In an article published in the Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Kennedy Space Center physicist Phil Metzger and colleagues note that the asteroids are ...

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Pure HTML5 sky viewer app - runs in your browser

See a pure HTML5 sky viewer app of the sky above where you live.
(You'll need to give it permission to use your location, as defined by your ip address).

Thanks to BBC Click for the heads-up.

See it here: http://www.nakshart.com/

New Graphene Camera Sensors Are 1,000 Times More Sensitive to ...

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Therefore, manufacturers can easily replace the current base material of photo sensors with our new nano-structured graphene material. Plus, it's going to be five times cheaper than the traditional, inferior CMOS and CCD sensors.

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Even with defects, graphene is strongest material in the world

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Graphene remains the strongest material ever measured and, as Professor Hone once put it, In a new study, published in Science May 31, 2013, Columbia Engineering researchers demonstrate that graphene, even if stitched together from ...

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Giant Asteroid to Sail Past Earth Today: Watch it Live

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A huge asteroid is set to cruise by Earth Friday afternoon (May 31), making its closest approach to our planet for at least the next two centuries. Asteroid 1998 QE2 will come within 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers) of Earth at 4:59 p.m. EDT ...

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Huge Asteroid Cruises Past Earth

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An asteroid wider than nine ocean liners sailed safely past Earth today (May 31), making its closest flyby of our planet for at least the next 200 years. Asteroid 1998 QE2, which is about 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) wide, cruised within 3.6 million ...

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1998 QE2 Asteroid: Mega Asteroid Flying By Earth Has Its Own Moon

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They will be joined by other luminaries in asteroid- and space-exploration addressing "asteroid identification, characterization, resource utilization, and hazard mitigation" according to the White House. The repercussions of asteroid mining and ...

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$1 million needed for public space telescope

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$1 million needed for public space telescope. Peter Diamandis, co-founder of Planetary Resources, an asteroid mining company, talks to reporters Wednesday about his company's plans. Photograph by: Ted S. Warren, The Associated Press , The Associated ...

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Asteroid 1998 QE2 sails past Earth, leaving cosmic lessons behind

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Asteroid 1998 QE2, a space rock big enough to wipe out civilization, sailed past our planet harmlessly on Friday — but not before stirring up attention at the White House and around the world. There was never any chance that QE2 could hurt us. The ...

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Graphene Photosensor Detects Broadband Light

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... the CMOS process, which is the prevailing technology used by the majority of factories in the electronics industry," Wang said. "Manufacturers can easily replace the current base material of photosensors with our new nanostructured graphene ...

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Graphene Sensor Allows Clear Photographs In Dim Light

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instance, as the graphene sensor operates at a relatively low voltage, it will use a relatively small amount of energy – up to 10 times less than current sensors. This could lead to a proportional increase in the battery life of cameras. Also, it is ...

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Continuous Flow Synthesis Method for Fluorescent Quantum Dots

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Quantum dots have potential applications in fields as diverse as medicine, photovoltaics, and quantum computing. The Center for Applied Nanotechnology ...

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Graphene camera sensor 1000 times more sensitive to light

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... Technological University says that the research team is keeping “current manufacturing practices in mind,” which means the camera industry “can easily replace the current base material of photo sensors with the new nano-structured graphene material ...

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Apple patents point to slimmer battery tech

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Graphene, the wonder material whose glittering array of electrical and thermal properties won its discoverers a Nobel prize in 2010, could soon be helping Apple's iPhones and iPads pack more power. The company has filed a US patent application ...

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Bam Construct wins £30m Manchester Graphene research centre

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Bam Construct wins £30m Manchester Graphene research centre. 31 May, 2013 | By Chris Berkin. Bam Construct has won a prestigious £30m design and build contract to build Manchester University's Graphene research centre. The design and build job is ...

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A Space-Based Telescope for the People Wants Your Support

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In just a few short days, Planetary Resources, a fledgling space mining company, has raised more than $500,000 from the fine citizens of the world for their project to put a small space telescope into orbit around the Earth—one that would be ...

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