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Dressed to connect: wearable tech expands all over the body
Jan 10, 2020 (AFP)
Some of the very latest innovations in the burgeoning wearable tech sector were on display this week at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show -- offering improved ...
Chinese firms push ahead at CES despite trade war
Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)
"Companies are all capitalists, and I think everyone is just holding their breath," said analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights and Strategy. "I think nobody...
NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2019 Annual Report
Jan 09, 2020 (SPX)
The report highlights 2019 activities and includes assessments of NASA's: + International Space Station + Lunar and deep space exploration + Exploration Systems...
Update on Boeing's Orbital Flight Test
Jan 09, 2020 (SPX)
The independent team will inform NASA and Boeing on the root cause of the mission elapsed timer anomaly and any other software issues and provide corrective act...
From exoskeletons to education at CES
Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)
Mechanical muscle A Guardian XO exoskeleton made in a collaboration between Sarcos Robotics and Delta Air Lines let CES goers easily lift a 50-pound (22.7 kilo)...
Indian delicacies for astronauts selected for country's first manned mission
Jan 08, 2020 (Sputnik)
Indian astronauts scheduled to fly into space as part of Mission "Gaganyaan" will need to eat, and the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) in the southern I...
NASA needs new way to handle accident investigations, report says
Jan 08, 2020 (UPI)
That recommendation was among those put forth in the federal Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel's annual report for 2019, released Tuesday. "As NASA approaches the...
NASA: 'Joint, independent team' will probe Boeing Starliner orbital glitch
Jan 08, 2020 (UPI)
The investigation comes as NASA is feeling pressure to stop relying on Russian Soyuz capsules to carry astronauts to the station. Boeing and its competitor, Spa...
Have Space Suit Will Travel
Jan 07, 2020 (SPX)
Different suits may be found on different missions due to differing operations and environments. For example, there have been a variety of space suits that have...
Toyota's 'woven' city, Samsung robot-ball: CES highlights
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
Here are a few highlights from the events at CES, set to formally open on Tuesday in Las Vegas. - Toyota's 'Woven City' - The Japanese auto giant said it would ...
Record tech spending expected in US, show organizers say
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
Kicking off the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, organizers said they expect $422 billion in sales of some 300 kinds of consumer tech products...
Amid tech turmoil, celebration at global electronics show
Jan 05, 2020 (AFP)
The annual Las Vegas gathering with more than 4,500 exhibitors brings out about 175,000 attendees searching for innovations of the future. For an industry facin...
Tech show offers big and flashy, up-close and (very) personal
Jan 02, 2020 (AFP)
The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show opening in Las Vegas will be crammed with the latest in connected devices, from light bulbs to underwear, along with the newe...
Solar sail in earth orbit is big breakthrough for China
Jan 01, 2020 (XNA)
The solar sail developed by the institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences based in Northeast China's Liaoning province is a spacecraft powered by the reflect...
Indonesia Negotiating Launch of 1st Indigenous Astronaut with Russia's Roscosmos
Jan 01, 2020 (Sputnik)
"We have started negotiations with countries such as Turkey, Indonesia, Hungary as they want to launch their own cosmonaut. They want to cooperate with Roscosmo...
Veteran cosmonaut outlines what Russia needs to get some oomph back into its space program
Jan 01, 2020 (Sputnik)
Gennady Padalka, a veteran Soviet and Russian cosmonaut best known for his record 437-day stay aboard the Mir space station, has offered his perspective on what...
Christina Koch sets record for longest space flight by a woman
Dec 29, 2019 (UPI)
Koch, 40, surpassed the record set by Peggy Whitson, who spent 288 consecutive days in space in 2016-2017. Koch arrived on the International Space Station in Ma...
SMAC in the DARQ: five trends shaping tech in 2020
Dec 26, 2019 (AFP)
AFP looks at five themes shaping the world of technology, after a year in which debate intensified over the industry's exploitation of its customers' privacy. -...
DLR phantoms undergo fit check in NASA's Orion space capsule
Dec 24, 2019 (SPX)
In the autumn of 2019, the Principal Investigator (PI) of the MARE project, Thomas Berger from the DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine, travelled to NASA's John...
NASA, Boeing complete successful landing of Starliner Flight Test
Dec 24, 2019 (SPX)
Starliner settled gently onto its airbags at 7:58 a.m. EST (5:58 a.m. MST) in a pre-dawn landing that helps set the stage for future crewed landings at the same...
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