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iWallet | Hi-Tech Hard Case Cash & Credit Card Wallet
iwalletusa.com — Was your wallet ever stolen? Do your children or someone in your household steal money from your... wallet while it is unattended? Do you want to conceal your personal information and hard cash in a wallet that only YOU can open and have access to? If ... (more) iWallet | Hi-Tech Hard Case Cash & Credit Card Wallet
Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo
rss.slashdot.org — RobGoldsmith writes to tell us that Virgin Galactic has unveiled their latest take on manned space travel... for the immediate future, SpaceShipTwo. The craft comes complete with matching mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, and will be officially unveiled today in the Mojave Desert just after dark. ... (more) Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo

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NASA tweaks its iPhone app
114 minutes ago at iPhone Central
NASA tweaks its iPhone app
114 minutes ago at Macworld
Hubble Telescope snaps picture of distant galaxies
4 hours ago at TG Daily - All News
New Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image Will Inspire You Today [Space]
6 hours ago at Gizmodo
NASA aims for Friday WISE up
11 hours ago at The Register
Massive Star Explosion Breaks Records
Massive Star Explosion Breaks Records
gearlog.com — Astronomers have discovered a new kind of cosmic explosion that seems to have originated from an exceptionally... massive star--one that's over 200 times the size of our own sun, according to Space.com . Scientists first discovered SN2007bi, the ... (more) Massive Star Explosion Breaks Records
Life in Space: Email from the ISS
dwell.com — Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) approaches... the ISS. Once the HTV was in range, NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space ... (more) Life in Space: Email from the ISS
World's Largest Milky Way Image Unveiled
space.com — The world's largest picture of the Milky Way, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, is being unveiled... today at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. The new image is of galactic proportions, covering an area that is 120 feet (37 meters) long, 3 feet (1 ... (more) World's Largest Milky Way Image Unveiled
Space Shuttle Atlantis Scheduled for Black Friday Return
eweek.com — Blue skies over Florida clear the way for the space shuttle Atlantis to land on Black Friday.... - The space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to return to earth early this morning, according to NASA after spending the Thanksgiving holiday in space, dining on smoked turkey and cornbread. ... (more) Space Shuttle Atlantis Scheduled for Black Friday Return
NASA Ames Scientist Develops Cell Phone Chemical Sensor
NASA Ames Scientist Develops Cell Phone Chemical Sensor
nasa.gov — Jing Li, a physical scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., along with other researchers... working under the Cell-All program in the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, developed a proof of ... (more) NASA Ames Scientist Develops Cell Phone Chemical Sensor
NASA brings chemical sensor to iPhone
computerworld.com — A researcher at NASA's Ames Research Center has developed a proof of concept of new technology that... would bring compact, low-cost, low-power, high-speed nanosensor-based chemical sensing capabilities to cell phones. (more) NASA brings chemical sensor to iPhone
NASA Unveils Chemical-Sniffing Device for the iPhone
NASA Unveils Chemical-Sniffing Device for the iPhone
inhabitat.com — Is there anything the iPhone can’t do? Researchers at NASA’s Homeland Security Cell-All program have brought the... latest mind-boggling application to Apple’s phone in the form of a stamp-sized chemical sniffing device. The prototype ... (more) NASA Unveils Chemical-Sniffing Device for the iPhone
2012: The End Of The World?
informationisbeautiful.net — 2012 The End Of The World by David McCandless, Informationisbeautiful.net Read about the background to this image... | Leave a comment | See more visualisations | Home Skeptical Sources: Wikipedia , Associated Press , Astronomical Answers: University of ... (more) 2012: The End Of The World?
Want your iPhone to detect deadly chemicals? There's an app for that (sorta)
Want your iPhone to detect deadly chemicals? There's an app for that (sorta)
dvice.com — Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, working with the Department of Homeland Security,... have created a portable chemical sniffer for cellphones, such as the iPhone. It's about the size of a postage stamp and can plug ... (more) Want your iPhone to detect deadly chemicals? There's an ...
One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Tricorder Ever [IPhone]
One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Tricorder Ever [IPhone]
gizmodo.com — Leave it to a NASA scientist to create the first Star Trek Tricorder using a stamp-sized sensor... chip, an iPhone, and some spiffy programing. What does it do? It can detect killer gasses in the air. While the concept is not new , this prototype is ... (more) One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Tricorder ...
NASA turns iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store rejection be far away?
NASA turns iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store rejection be far away?
engadget.com — People have been trying to turn cellphones into medical and atmospheric scanners for some time now ,... but when it's NASA stepping up to the plate with a little device to monitor trace amounts of chemicals in the air, it's hard to not start thinking we might finally have a use for all those ... (more) NASA turns iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store ...
One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder [IPhone]
One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder [IPhone]
gizmodo.com — Leave it to a NASA scientist to create the first Star Trek Tricorder using a stamp-sized sensor... chip, an iPhone, and some spiffy programing. What does it do? It can detect killer gasses in the air. While the concept is not new , this prototype is ... (more) One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real ...
NASA Finds Water on the Moon [Science]
NASA Finds Water on the Moon [Science]
gizmodo.com — In a press conference going on now, NASA has said they've found "a significant amount" of water... on the moon. Is it enough water for astronauts to live off? That's what NASA is analyzing now, attempting to scale the results of the small section studied by LCROSS. But "it's water like any other ... (more) NASA Finds Water on the Moon [Science]
LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon
LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon
nasa.gov — The Visible camera image showing the ejecta plume at about 20 seconds after impact. The visible camera... image showing the ejecta plume at about 20 seconds after impact. Credit: NASA Click image for full resolution. The argument that the moon is a dry, ... (more) LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon
NASA finds 'significant' water on moon
NASA finds 'significant' water on moon
cnn.com — NASA calls discovery of water on the moon "a new chapter."... (more) NASA finds 'significant' water on moon
NASA Scientist Makes a Chemical Sensor out of an iPhone
NASA Scientist Makes a Chemical Sensor out of an iPhone
modmyi.com — A NASA scientist has come up with a working prototype of chemical-sniffing circuitry as a test of... technology that could one day become standard equipment on cell phones in the US. The sensing device attaches to the bottom of an iPhone and uses the data connection to collect, process and ... (more) NASA Scientist Makes a Chemical Sensor out of an iPhone
NASA Finds Significant Amount of Water On the Moon
NASA Finds Significant Amount of Water On the Moon
techeblog.com — NASA has just announced during a press conference that they have found a "significant amount" of water... on the moon, though no specifics were provided on its exact location. We'll keep you posted as more information is released. Continue reading to see what the moon surface looked like from ... (more) NASA Finds Significant Amount of Water On the Moon
NASA To Try Powering Mars Rover "Spirit" Out of Sand Trap
science.slashdot.org — coondoggie writes "NASA's long-running Mars rover Spirit is stuck in a sand trap a situation the space... agency would like to fix. Yesterday NASA said it will begin what it called the long process of extricating Spirit by sending commands that could ... (more) NASA To Try Powering Mars Rover "Spirit" Out of Sand Trap
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