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Dec 15, 2017
Engineers Just Figured Out How to Put Several Holograms Into a Single Surface
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: holograms, space
A new technique for recording image information onto a surface creates the ability for one space to contain multiple holographic snapshots, depending on how you look at it.
With this new research, cramming numerous holograms without loss of resolution on the same material could open the way to some fascinating new applications.
Holograms have been around for over half a century, serving as art, entertainment, and foils to counterfeiting. It’s been a hard and fast rule that no matter which way you view a hologram, the same object would appear in three dimensions. Until now.
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Dec 15, 2017
Software enables robots to be controlled in virtual reality
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: internet, robotics/AI, space, virtual reality
Even as autonomous robots get better at doing things on their own, there will still be plenty of circumstances where humans might need to step in and take control. New software developed by Brown University computer scientists enables users to control robots remotely using virtual reality, which helps users to become immersed in a robot’s surroundings despite being miles away physically.
The software connects a robot’s arms and grippers as well as its onboard cameras and sensors to off-the-shelf virtual reality hardware via the internet. Using handheld controllers, users can control the position of the robot’s arms to perform intricate manipulation tasks just by moving their own arms. Users can step into the robot’s metal skin and get a first-person view of the environment, or can walk around the robot to survey the scene in the third person—whichever is easier for accomplishing the task at hand. The data transferred between the robot and the virtual reality unit is compact enough to be sent over the internet with minimal lag, making it possible for users to guide robots from great distances.
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Dec 14, 2017
‘s AI found an overlooked exoplanet, and now our Solar System is tied for biggest
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: robotics/AI, space
Dec 14, 2017
Eight planets in Kepler-90 system found using machine learning
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: robotics/AI, space
Dec. 14 (UPI) — NASA scientists have found a planetary system with as many planets as our own.
“Scientists have found for the first time eight planets in a distant planetary system,” Paul Hertz, astrophysics division director at NASA Headquarters, said during a teleconference on Thursday that was live-streamed on NASA TV.
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Dec 11, 2017
Asteroid mining: Not WHEN… IF
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: engineering, space
Thanks to 21st century science and engineering, by the time we’re ready to visit the asteroid belt to mine minerals… we may not need to.
Dec 11, 2017
NASA Hosts Media Teleconference to Announce Latest Kepler Discovery
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: robotics/AI, space
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 14, to announce the latest discovery made by its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope. The discovery was made by researchers using machine learning from Google. Machine learning is an approach to artificial intelligence, and demonstrates new ways of analyzing Kepler data.
The briefing participants are:
Dec 10, 2017
What’ll happen when 3200 Phaethon sweeps past Earth?
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
This mysterious rock-comet is the parent body of this week’s Geminid meteor shower. It’ll brush closely past Earth on December 16, just a few nights after the Geminids’ peak. Will 2017 be a fantastic year for the Geminids?
Dec 10, 2017
Bigelow Aerospace Unveils What It’s Space Stations Will Look Like
Posted by Montie Adkins in category: space
Dec 8, 2017
Huge Asteroid Headed Towards Earth Tomorrow
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
NASA has released a warning that a huge asteroid is headed towards Earth tomorrow. While it’s likely that the huge asteroid may pass us by, it’s set to be the closest encounter with an object of that size this year.
The 2017 W12, a newly discovered asteroid, is expected to pass us by at around 9:45 pm. Fortunately, it seems as if the huge asteroid will pass us by at a distance of 1.32 million kilometers. While that’s not a very big distance when you’re talking about space, it’s definitely far enough away that we shouldn’t have to worry about it. Experts predict that there’s currently no threat of 2017 W12 hitting out planet.
After discovery by the Pan-STARRS survey in Hawaii last month, the asteroid was recently listed on the “Earth lLose Approaches” page as a near-Earth object (NEOs). Scientists are expecting that within a year, we’ll see three major near-misses. The 2006 XY asteroid will soon pass Earth as well, on December 14.
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