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NASA Awards Contract For Icesat-2 Laser Systems
NASA has selected Fibertek of Herndon, Va., to design, develop, fabricate, test and deliver laser systems to be used for the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission scheduled to launch in 2016. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center...
Lasers Take the Lead
The era of gas guzzlers that clatter through streets and pollute the air is over. Cars rolling off the assembly line today are cleaner, quieter and – in terms of their performance weight – more efficient than ever before. Nevertheless, development...
UK Domesday Project Receives New Life With Domesday Reloaded
BBC Learning has revealed plans to resurrect one of the most ambitious computerized surveys ever undertaken in a new multimedia project called Domesday Reloaded. As part of this inspirational campaign, which will feature online and on national and local...
Laser Crime Against Aircraft in the UK Leaps 100%
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched a campaign to raise awareness of laser crime against aircraft amongst law enforcement bodies, with briefing packs being made available to all serving police officers. The incidence of laser devices being...
Blind Individual Makes History And Drives a Street Vehicle in Public for the First Time Without the Assistance of a Sighted Person
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the oldest and largest organization of blind people in the nation, has announced that for the first time a blind individual has driven a street vehicle in public without the assistance of a sighted person.
ChemCam Laser for Studying Mars Rocks Delivered to JPL
The NASA Mars Science Laboratory Project’s rover, Curiosity, will carry a newly delivered laser instrument named ChemCam to reveal what elements are present in rocks and soils on Mars up to 7 meters (23 feet) away from the rover.
Russia Claims to be Developing a Military Laser System
The chief of Russia’s Armed Forces General Staff said on Wednesday that Russia is working on a military laser system.Purple Light Means Go, Ultraviolet Light Means Stop
A new membrane developed at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics blocks gas from flowing through it when one color of light is shined on its surface, and permits gas to flow through when another color of light is used....
