Sentences with phrase «technology used in space»

The findings could have a practical application for technology used in space missions and also wearables used to detect chemicals.

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Jason Crusan, director of advanced exploration systems at NASA, says the space agency already uses virtual reality technology in astronaut training and spacecraft simulations, so it was logical to extend that successful model to inspire and educate the next generation of space explorers and scientists.
With the ever - increasing use of technology in our lives, having a space to go and «isolate» yourself and your mind from all the distractions, even if only for an hour, will be a commodity in our future culture.
In addition to automated manufacturing, Metzger says technologies for mining and mineral processing are already nearly ready for use in spacIn addition to automated manufacturing, Metzger says technologies for mining and mineral processing are already nearly ready for use in spacin space.
It's a result of a $ 17.8 million contract the company signed with NASA in 2012 to develop and test expandable habitat technology for potential use in deep space.
«Once renovations are complete, Hangar One will again be home to high - tech innovation, as Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for research, development, assembly and testing in the areas of space exploration, aviation, rover / robotics and other emerging technologies,» NASA said in a statement.
DeepMind has also been investigated by the United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office for failing to comply with the United Kingdom's Data Protection Act as it expands to using its technology in the healthcare space.
It says it will use this program to support research activities on «tools and technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain that can contribute to a better online space, increasing cybersecurity and trust in online services».
Despite some chatbot kinks still not being worked out, the advancements in this technology means you should watch this space for any new features you could use.
Space in the Blockchain industry is in many jurisdictions, has put together resources to cover the costs of the experiments related to the development of scalable use cases for the application of this technology.
Sylvia Flores, chief creative officer for Bad Agency, has used coworking spaces for the last couple of years and considers them to be «the hotbed for the latest and greatest ideas and technology — it wouldn't be surprising at all if the space I'm in adopted biometrics as a payment option.»
Patent asserting groups that bully businesses and entrepreneurs into paying licensing fees or settlements — as opposed to actually using the patents — are not new, especially in the technology space.
The demand side will be driven by ease of use of spending BTC (i.e., the number of merchants that accept BTC as payment), improvements of new technology applied to the BTC network and new demand from early adopters in the institutional investment space.
However, he expects few companies will use it, especially in the technology space he deals in.
Friedman responded that «It is a non-regulated space today, so it is not something that we have decided to go into becoming a cryptocurrency exchange but we are providing technology now to other cryptocurrency exchanges,» pointing to Nasdaq's surveillance technology that will be used by Gemini to oversee its cryptocurrency trading pairs in Ethereum and bitcoin to alert the exchange of suspicious trade behavior, potentially preventing market manipulation.
Stanford Research Institute: «In the coming decade, science and technology will provide new means to use the vast resources of the oceans, to exploit the Arctic and Antarctic, to explore space, perhaps to affect climates.
The Copernican revolution has thus led us by steps to the point where God (presuming for the moment that we can still use this word in a meaningful way) must be much greater than the pre-Copernicans ever imagined, while on the other hand man, in spite of the recent rapid expanse of his knowledge and technology, appears to have been reduced to an infinitesimal role in space.
Planet Hollywood at Disney Springs features 3 - D interiors that come to life through trompe l'oeil 3 - D technology, an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create an optical illusion that objects exist in the space rather than on the screen.
If true, the dual - use nature of this technology may eventually raise issues for international law; it can also add further impediments to current efforts to develop legal regimes against weaponization in space.
Diversified technology company 3M today announced its high quality vinyls have been used to transform spaces at Garth Hill College in Bracknell into inspirational and thought provoking areas for both staff and students.
It's hard enough to get a parking space in this city,» said Council Speaker Corey Johnson, adding pols were aiming to «use technology to address a problem that's been around for decades.»
The robotic spacecraft would cruise in deep space towards a near - Earth asteroid, using a technology called advanced Solar Electric Propulsion.
Among them: Proving the ability to use resources available in space and ending our reliance on Earth - bound technologies to explore space further.
To use the devices freely and safely, including in public spaces, the WPT technology should provide mobile users with six degrees of freedom at a distance.
Understanding the nature of radiation damage in materials is of paramount importance for controlling the safety of nuclear reactors, using ion implantation in semiconductor technology, and designing reliable devices in space.
Although some question whether broadcast content is the best use of precious spectrum space, broadcast media are still the best way to get information directly to people — a role that can not be underestimated in emergencies, Dan Margolis, a lawyer with Garvey Schubert Barer's communications, media and technology industry group, said at a National Broadband Plan roundtable discussion hosted Monday by New York Law School in New York City.
The rocket uses a nuclear engine, a technology that was under serious investigation for a long time (and may yet see its day in space).
In early January, EPA chief Scott Pruitt met with Rep. Lamar Smith (R - TX), chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, to discuss one of Smith's pet projects — overhauling how EPA uses science.
The demonstration, which the team carried out with an experiment called Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology, or SEXTANT, showed that millisecond pulsars could be used to accurately determine the location of an object moving at thousands of miles per hour in space — similar to how the Global Positioning System, widely known as GPS, provides positioning, navigation, and timing services to users on Earth with its constellation of 24 operating satellites.
Countless drop - tower experiments at the Center of Applied Space Technology and Micro-gravity (ZARM), University of Bremen were used to prepare for the sophisticated experiment in sSpace Technology and Micro-gravity (ZARM), University of Bremen were used to prepare for the sophisticated experiment in spacespace.
This could lead to technology that employs these algorithms to reconfigure their own components and energy use in deep space.
The instrument, which launches to the International Space Station in December 2014, will explore new technologies that could also be used in future satellite missions.
About 10 percent of U.S. corn growers use GPS - guided Autosteer technology to help human drivers keep tractors and harvesting machines moving in straight lines and boost the accuracy of crop row spacing.
The Bone Densitometer will allow astronauts to examine bone density of model organisms in space through the use of Dual - Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) technology.
New technology demonstrations aboard the Dragon spacecraft include the Special Purpose Inexpensive Satellite, or SpinSat, to test how a small satellite moves and positions itself in space using new thruster technology and the 3 - D Printing In Zero - G Technology Demonstration, the first 3 - D printertechnology demonstrations aboard the Dragon spacecraft include the Special Purpose Inexpensive Satellite, or SpinSat, to test how a small satellite moves and positions itself in space using new thruster technology and the 3 - D Printing In Zero - G Technology Demonstration, the first 3 - D printer in spacin space using new thruster technology and the 3 - D Printing In Zero - G Technology Demonstration, the first 3 - D printertechnology and the 3 - D Printing In Zero - G Technology Demonstration, the first 3 - D printer in spacIn Zero - G Technology Demonstration, the first 3 - D printerTechnology Demonstration, the first 3 - D printer in spacin space.
The research entitled «Network analysis of geomagnetic substorms using the SuperMAG database of ground - based magnetometer stations» has just been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics by a team of researchers from the Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick; The Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA.
Rather than performing serial calculations like a digital processor, Lyric Semiconductor's probability - processing technology includes a circuit design that the company says performs probability calculations in parallel, taking up less space and using less power.
A space scientist at the University of Leicester, in collaboration with the New Zealand Defence Technology Agency and DMC International Imaging, has been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to significantly improve the chances of locating ships and planes, such as the missing Malaysian flight MH370, lost at sea.
The primary benefit to Netflix, Dropbox, the European Space Agency (ESA), Yelp and other customers is that they are paying for exactly the computer resources that they use, whereas many in - house information technology departments are considered efficient if they are using more than 20 percent of their data center resources, Singh says.
In the future, we plan to further increase the transmission speed and improve the precision of the tracking technology, to maximize the secure key delivery from space to ground by using quantum cryptography enabling a truly - secure global communication network, whose confidentiality is currently threatened by the upcoming development of quantum computers.
Looking at the technologies over a span of 50 years, including manufacture, installation, use, and disposal / recycling, they found that the extra energy and emissions embodied in cool pavement materials usually exceed the expected energy and emissions savings from reduced space conditioning (cooling and heating) in buildings.
It resides in membrane spaces that evade ready experimental detection, but in a new study, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have illuminated presenilin using a neutron beam produced by the world's most powerful research nuclear reactor.
In addition to all of these new technologies, there are also older technologies that hearing - impaired people can use in both public and private spaceIn addition to all of these new technologies, there are also older technologies that hearing - impaired people can use in both public and private spacein both public and private spaces.
A team of scientists, led by Boy Lankhaar at Chalmers University of Technology, has solved an important puzzle in astrochemistry: how to measure magnetic fields in space using methanol, the simplest form of alcohol.
Along with colleagues at the Italian Institute of Technology's Center for Human Space Robotics in Torino, he used the Kinect's depth - sensing ability to create a 3D model of an astronaut.
The purpose of that office is not to deal with aliens but promote international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space and space science and technology.
«Gravity maps allow us to see inside a planet, just as a doctor uses an X-ray to see inside a patient,» lead author Antonio Genova of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a statement.
Orion will use an advanced crew capsule design utilizing state of the art technology and is a key element of NASA's Vision for Space Exploration and will succeed the Space Shuttle in transporting a new generation of human explorers to and from the International Space Station, the Moon and eventually to Mars and beyond.
«We are excited to continue to advance the use of the technology in promising areas in the therapeutic space, research use, agricultural biotechnology and industry biotechnology through collaborations with established market leaders.»
I have specific experience in the space, defence and aerospace sectors, and use my my scientific background (in physics, applied mathematics and technology) to help advance commercial businesses and provide advice to government agencies.
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