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Pentagon's New Telescope Is Designed To Track Space Junk, Watch Out For Asteroids
There are a lot of rocks flying around through space. Lots of debris, too. Old satellites, spent rocket boosters, even for a short while a spatula that got loose during a space shuttle mission in 2006. All of it swirling around in orbit, creating a bit of a traffic jam.
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Humanoid Robot to Pass on Key Science to ISS Astronauts
A team of French researchers has developed "an autobiographical memory" for the only robot on the International Space Station (ISS) which will help the robot liaise between the astronauts that change every six months in order to pass on information.
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Five Things to Know About Artificial Intelligence, and Its Use
A run-down of AI applications after Tuesday's warnings by tech leaders about 'killer robots'.
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Nasa Partners Darpa on 'Deep Web' Search Tech to Decode Space Data
The project, called Memex, could help catalogue the vast amounts of data Nasa spacecraft deliver on a daily basis.
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US Military Looks for the Elusive Mothership
It's a Hollywood sci-fi fantasy that has long eluded the Pentagon: a flying "mothership" that launches smaller aircraft.
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Coming Soon: A Brain Implant to Restore Memory
In the next few months, highly secretive US military researchers say they will unveil new advances toward developing a brain implant that could one day restore a wounded soldier's memory.
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US military funds 'Mission: Impossible' vanishing devices
The US military is spending millions to build "vanishing" technology that self-destructs on the battlefield, like the tape recorder that goes up in smoke in the "Mission: Impossible" television show.
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Japanese rescue robot takes first place in DARPA Robotics Challenge
Leading the field is a two-legged robot from Japan's team SCHAFT, which finished first in the test, according to the DARPA Challenge website.
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Pentagon's New Telescope Is Designed To Track Space Junk, Watch Out For Asteroids
There are a lot of rocks flying around through space. Lots of debris, too. Old satellites, spent rocket boosters, even for a short while a spatula that got loose during a space shuttle mission in 2006. All of it swirling around in orbit, creating a bit of a traffic jam.
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Humanoid Robot to Pass on Key Science to ISS Astronauts
A team of French researchers has developed "an autobiographical memory" for the only robot on the International Space Station (ISS) which will help the robot liaise between the astronauts that change every six months in order to pass on information.
-
Five Things to Know About Artificial Intelligence, and Its Use
A run-down of AI applications after Tuesday's warnings by tech leaders about 'killer robots'.
-
Nasa Partners Darpa on 'Deep Web' Search Tech to Decode Space Data
The project, called Memex, could help catalogue the vast amounts of data Nasa spacecraft deliver on a daily basis.
-
US Military Looks for the Elusive Mothership
It's a Hollywood sci-fi fantasy that has long eluded the Pentagon: a flying "mothership" that launches smaller aircraft.
-
Coming Soon: A Brain Implant to Restore Memory
In the next few months, highly secretive US military researchers say they will unveil new advances toward developing a brain implant that could one day restore a wounded soldier's memory.
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US military funds 'Mission: Impossible' vanishing devices
The US military is spending millions to build "vanishing" technology that self-destructs on the battlefield, like the tape recorder that goes up in smoke in the "Mission: Impossible" television show.
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Japanese rescue robot takes first place in DARPA Robotics Challenge
Leading the field is a two-legged robot from Japan's team SCHAFT, which finished first in the test, according to the DARPA Challenge website.
