“Imagine if you were in a zoo, and there was a lion on the other side of the glass that you could have the sensation of touching.”
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The vision for the future ground vehicle looks a lot like a dune buggy
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The Army and Marine Corps’ next-generation ground combat vehicle could be designed to avoid threats rather than withstand them.
To that end, eight organizations received contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to join the Ground X-Vehicle Technology program, where DARPA intends to create a nimble, go-anywhere conveyance that will be hard for enemies to find or catch.
Terms of the early-stage research contracts weren’t disclosed. A 2014 solicitation offers up to $27.4 million for “Technology Development” over two years.
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Italianos criam telha que já vem com placas solares
A invenção é uma alternativa aos painéis fotovoltaicos tradicionais, que são grandes e pesados.
As empresas italianas Area Industrie Ceramiche e REM desenvolveram a Tegola Solare, uma telha cer mica com células fotovoltaicas integradas. É uma alternativa sustentável que não atrapalha a estética original das telhas, como acontece muitas vezes com os painéis fotovoltaicos tradicionais, que são grandes e pesados.
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What lies beyond face-to-face and self-checkouts?
Nice; however, would like to see intelligent shopping bags. Bags that are reusable and the digital fabric enables the screening & paying each item using this technology in this article as the item is placed in the bag. If you’re like me; I hate going to stores and malls; and only go to accomplish a pre-defined list of items and “you’re in then out” no wasting of time. So, having a bag that quickly captures the item and processes payment as your loading your bag is ideal.
The old checkout process is out and the new is in, via new apps that have the potential to transform the retail industry.
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LISTEN LIVE @ 11:30 am ET: NASA to Discuss Solar Electric Propulsion
NASA will hold a teleconference press briefing on Thursday, April 21, to detail its latest advancements in solar electric propulsion for deep-space missions. The briefing will begin at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) on NASA’s News Audio page, and will be embedded below if possible once it goes live. (Note: The window below will play NASA TV until the briefing time.)
From NASA:
“Tuesday’s award of a contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. for the design and development of an advanced electric propulsion system is the latest SEP milestone. A new electric propulsion system could significantly advance the nation’s commercial space capabilities, and enable future deep space missions, including NASA’s Journey to Mars.”
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