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10 Industries 3D Printing Will Disrupt Or Decimate
As it evolves, 3D printing technology is destined to transform almost every major industry and change the way we live, work, and play in the future. For better or worse, the 3D printing industry is poised to transform nearly every sector of our lives and jumpstart the next industrial revolution.
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A 2012 Solar Storm Almost Caused A Worldwide Catastrophe
The world as we know it almost came to an end in 2012 — though it happened before the Mayan calendar came to an end. Instead, one of the strongest solar storms ever recorded sent a burst of energy through Earth's orbit that could have crippled electrical systems across the planet...
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Cloud Computing And NASA
Investments in space technology have produced many spinoff inventions that we now take for granted in everyday modern life. Advances in comfort, such as memory foam and shoe insoles, and life-saving technologies, such as smoke detectors and safety grooving in roads and runways, were all inspired by NASA research.
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Data Innovation, Crowdsourcing On The Horizon For Innovation Fellows Program
After the first two rounds of the Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) program showed marked success, the White House announced applications are open for Round 3 of the program. "We are accepting applications right now through April 7," said Jennifer Pahlka, deputy chief technology officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and one of the executives that runs the PIF program.
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How El Niño Will Change The World's Weather In 2014
With a 90% chance of the global weather phenomenon striking this year, impacts both devastating and beneficial will be felt from India to Peru
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How To Do Software Like Nasa, By Nasa
Forty years after Apollo 11 landed on the moon, Nasa open sourced the software code that ran the guidance systems on the lunar module. By that time, the code was little more than a novelty. But in recent years, the space agency has built all sorts of other software that is still on the cutting edge.
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Linux Moves Into Space Station
Laptop computers essential to the day-to-day operations of the International Space Station (ISS) crew will be switching operating systems from Windows XP to Linux, according to published reports. Read More »
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Map Lab Science Graphic Of The Week: Map Shows Half Of The U.S. Suffering Drought Conditions
It’s not just California’s problem. Nearly half of the contiguous U.S. is experiencing abnormally dry or drought conditions right now...
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NASA's Spinoff Technologies Are Outta This World
NASA's technology is often repurposed for commercial use. How do you think we got ear thermometers, LEDs or scratch-resistant glass lenses? Here are a few ways the next wave of NASA tech will benefit the rest of us.
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Power Glove Makes Music With The Wave Of A Hand
Backed by singer-songwriter Imogen Heap, the Mi.Mu gloves allow the wearer to manipulate sound in almost limitless ways.
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Qt And The International Space Apps Challenge
The Qt cross platform application and user interface (UI) development framework has been named as a "recommended development framework" for the NASA International Space Apps Challenge. Now under the commercial stewardship of Digia, Qt is used by over half a million developers today and can be used to create interactive and platform-independent applications.
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Satellites: Make Earth Observations Open Access
...A new era of open-access satellite data has arrived. In 2008, the US Geological Survey (USGS) released for free to the public its Landsat archive, which dates back to the 1970s and is the world's largest collection of Earth imagery...
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Telemedicine Will Be The Norm As Care Shifts Towards Patients
After nearly half a century advocating for the adoption of remote care, Dr. Jay Sanders, often dubbed the “Father of Telemedicine,” knows a thing or two about using technology to enhance the doctor-patient relationship.
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U.S. Publishes New “Open Data Action Plan,” Announces New Data Releases
On the one year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s historic executive order to open up more government data, U.S. chief information officer Steven VanRoekel and U.S. chief technology officer Todd Park described “continued progress and plans for open government data” at the WhiteHouse.gov blog....
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Wanna Build A Rocket? NASA's About To Give Away A Mountain Of Its Code
Next Thursday, NASA will release a master list of software projects it has cooked up over the years. This is more than just stuff than runs on a personal computer.
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