Jun 27 2011

Volkswagen Shows Off Auto Pilot For Cars

Tag: Auto,Cars,Computers,Driving,Eye,Internet,Laser,Printers and Scanners,Radar,Sensors,Technology,The Future,Trains,Vehicles,Video — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:01 pm
The technology allows a car to drive semi-automatically at speeds of up to 80 mph on highways.

May 11 2011

Bats Lend an Ear to Sonar Tech

Tag: Bats,Biometrics,Biomimetics,Engineering,Flying Robots,Radar,Robots,Technology — Eric Niiler @ 2:30 pm
By mapping out the diversity of bat ears, researchers hope to inspire new sonar tech and flying robots.

Mar 18 2011

Global Hawk UAV to Peek Inside Damaged Reactors

Tag: Air Force,Aircraft,Disasters and Accidents,Infrared,Nuclear Science,Radar,Sensors,Surveillance,Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 2:51 pm
Armed with radar and infrared sensors, the aircraft could help assess the extend of unseen damage inside the nuclear reactors.

Mar 10 2011

When You Wish Upon a Falling… Toolbag?

Tag: Astronauts,Building,Earth,Eye,Golf,Meteors,NASA,Oceania and Australia,Orbits,Radar,Rockets,Satellites,Scientists,Space Junk,Space Station,Space Travel,Universe,Waste — Mark Thompson @ 3:56 am
We know that space junk is a problem, but could it completely cut off our access to space? Astronomer Mark Thompson gives his opinion.

Nov 05 2010

Commercial Space Travel Rules of the Road

Tag: Air Travel,Astronauts,Aviation,Cars,Dragons,Earth,Father,Ferry,Government,Mining,NASA,Police,Radar,Sight,Space Exploration,Space Station,Space Travel,Spacecraft,Spaceflight,Technology,The Future,Transportation,Vehicles — Irene Klotz @ 11:00 am
The FAA is beginning to look past domestic skies, planning ahead for what may be coming down the space highway over the next few years.

Oct 14 2010

Tornado Tourism on the Rise

Tag: Adventure,Driving,Earth,GPS,Media,Meteorology,Nature,NWS,Radar,Storms,Technology,Tornadoes,Vehicles,Wind — George Kourounis @ 5:00 pm
A new sub-genre of adventure tourism puts vacationers in a front row seat for one of the most deadly natural forces on the planet.

Oct 14 2010

Tornado Tourism on the Rise

Tag: Adventure,Driving,Earth,GPS,Media,Meteorology,Nature,NWS,Radar,Storms,Technology,Tornadoes,Vehicles,Wind — George Kourounis @ 5:00 pm
A new sub-genre of adventure tourism puts vacationers in a front row seat for one of the most deadly natural forces on the planet.

Jun 21 2010

Ancient Egyptian Town Found Using Radar

Tag: Ancient Civilizations,Ancient Egypt,Archaeology,Near East and Middle East Archaeology,Radar — Rossella Lorenzi @ 2:41 pm
Radar imaging in Egypt's Nile Delta has unveiled the outlines of a buried city that was the stronghold of foreign occupiers some 3,500 years ago, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced Monday. Discovered by a team of Austrian archaeologists in ...

Apr 07 2010

Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Space Station

Tag: Astronauts,NASA,Radar,Science,Space Shuttle Discovery,Space Station,Spacecraft — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 9:39 am
Overcoming a rare antenna breakdown, space shuttle Discovery successfully docked at the International Space Station early Wednesday.

Mar 04 2010

Mars’ Ice Age Revealed in Map

Tag: Climate,Ice Age,Mars,Radar — Larry O'Hanlon @ 11:56 am
Radar revealing remnants of a vast ice sheet under Mars hint at the Red Planet's climate changes over millions of years.