Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Robots could soon be capable of real-time autonomous navigation by creating and continuously updating an internal three-dimensional map. Indeed, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have designed such a system based on advanced algorithms and a low-cost interactive camera like the one found in Microsoft’s Kinect. Read More
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Russia suggests using the GLONASS system for the struggle against Afghan drug trafficking, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “We would be prepared to use the GLONASS system against drug smuggling from Afghanistan,” Lavrov said. “We also suggest creating inter-active maps of drug plantations in Afghanistan for their subsequent elimination.” Read More
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
The president of one of the world’s biggest scientific organizations says the research community is being outgunned by naysayers. She said she is “scared to death” by trends that show declining public acceptance of global warming and the growing influence of science skeptics, who have plenty of resources to spread their misinformation. Read More
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
The Stavanger region has over the last 40 years developed into one of the strongest energy clusters in Europe. Now Murmansk Oblasts has engaged in a close cooperation with the Norwegian oil capital. Read More
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Donald Kessler’s vision was a rather ominous one. Twenty years ago, the NASA consultant envisioned a scenario in which space junk blocked humans from traveling in space. The risk of colliding with such heavenly detritus, he argued, would one day make it too dangerous for astronauts. He warned that the number of hazardous objects could
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
The research conducted in the article was for automatic vehicle navigation. Unintended lane changes are a major cause of traffic accidents. These accidents are responsible for 50% of all fatalities on American roads. If we could equip cars with sensors that warn the driver when a lane changes occurs, we could save lives and reduce
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
As geo-political tensions remain, the demand for drones is set to skyrocket in Asia, and that means new players will battle with industry giants for market share. “We’ve got quite a bit of interest from Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, India,” says Bill Schaefer from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, a dominant player in the unmanned aerial vehicle
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Canadian National Railway Co. says it plans to invest $1.75 billion in 2012, slightly more than last year, to maintain and upgrade its rail network and fund growth and productivity initiatives. CN says more than $1 billion of its capital investment program will be used for track infrastructure, including replacement of rail, ties and other track
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Almost 10 international companies have applied to undertake a project to explore oil and natural gas off Mersin, a southern province on the Mediterranean coast, according to the Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız. The exploration projects will be concluded soon, he said, at a meeting organized by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
European countries have to make drastic cuts to their carbon dioxide emissions to reach targets they have set themselves. Brussels is explaining why reducing CO2 makes sense for the environment and for business. Senior European Union leaders say nearly eliminating carbon emissions from Europe’s energy by the middle of the century may work out to be
