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Two cameras owned by the Canadian company UrtheCast are available for surveillance jobs from their low-earth orbit on the International Space Station.
via New York Times
There are advances being made almost daily in the disciplines required to make space and its contents accessible. This blog brings together a lot of that info, as it is reported, tracking the small steps into space that will make it just another place we carry out normal human economic, leisure and living activities.
Monday, 25 January 2016
Flexible and transparent pressure sensor
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Healthcare practitioners may one day be able to physically screen for breast cancer using pressure-sensitive rubber gloves to detect tumors, owing to a transparent, bendable and sensitive pressure sensor.
via Science Daily
Healthcare practitioners may one day be able to physically screen for breast cancer using pressure-sensitive rubber gloves to detect tumors, owing to a transparent, bendable and sensitive pressure sensor.
via Science Daily
Graphene composite may keep wings ice-free
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A composite of graphene nanoribbons and epoxy proves effective at de-icing a helicopter blade, report researchers. The new material may be suitable for keeping aircraft, wind turbines and transmission lines free of ice.
via Science Daily
A composite of graphene nanoribbons and epoxy proves effective at de-icing a helicopter blade, report researchers. The new material may be suitable for keeping aircraft, wind turbines and transmission lines free of ice.
via Science Daily
Rotation speed may be bad news for Red Planet pioneers
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New research has revealed the importance of a circadian body clock that matches the rotational speed of the Earth.
via Science Daily
Zazzle Space Exploration market place
New research has revealed the importance of a circadian body clock that matches the rotational speed of the Earth.
via Science Daily
Zazzle Space Exploration market place
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