An experimental GPS receiver, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), has successfully achieved a GPS position fix at 23,300 km altitude – the first position fix above the GPS constellation on a civilian satellite. The ...
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It has often been thought that having light bulbs on meant sleep would be difficult to come by, but this may not necessarily be the case anymore. NASA certainly doesn't think so, as it is investing $11.4 million (£7 million) on ...
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After Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic voyages,another company announced commercial flights to space.A Colorado-based called Golden Spike plans to send tourists?to the moon by 2020.By the end of the decade,Golden Spike intends to send ...
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Cardiovascular Systems has completed enrolling 443 patients in the ORBIT II trial of its electric orbital atherectomy system(OAS),designed to treat severe calcified coronary arteries. The first premarket approval(PMA)trial,which is ...
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UK - Orbital Sound has opened a new programming suite, providing sound designers, producers and engineers with a relaxed programming environment. The new room is part of Orbital's expanding studio complex, located at the company's extensive ...
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When cordless power tools started getting good, back around 2006, manufacturers always said a cordless random-orbital sander was out of the question. Too much continuous power draw, they said. The batteries couldn't handle it. The closest ...
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Ask the average homeowner what their favorite DIY activity is, and chances are slim they will mention sanding wood. No surprise there. Sanding is no more popular than scraping paint or doing your own dental work. But if you’re an ...
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Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes components,subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by Orbital Sciences Corp for the spacecraft it is making for ...
Tags: Emcore, Orbital Sciences, NASA, ICESat-2 Spacecraft, solar panel
The ArcelorMittal Orbit has divided opinion and to some eyes cuts a rather ungainly figure on the Olympic Park skyline.But at night it is transformed by a dynamic lighting display that renders its bizarre geometry intelligible and breathes ...
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UK - Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) supplied lighting for five main 'operated' stages and about 30 other performance areas dotted around the Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK site at the 2012 Secret Garden Party event, as the boutique festival ...
Plastic electronics hold the promise of cheap, mass-produced devices. But plastic semiconductors have an important flaw: the electronic current is influenced by "charge traps" in the material. These traps, which have a negative impact on ...
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A common mechanism underlying charge traps in organic electronics has been discovered,leading to a theoretical framework for improved plastic electronics,OLEDs and organic solar cells. During their passage through semiconductors,a ...
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UK - Orbital Sound has recently installed a d&b audiotechnik White range system at private members' club Aura in Mayfair. This represents one of the first club installations for the new range, involving a combination of D12 and D6 ...
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Ireland/UK-Irish electronic act,The Japanese Popstars,selected an Allen&Heath ZED-420 USB mixer as the permanent mixer in their tour set up. "Allen&Heath is a music industry stalwart and well trusted by many producers and performers.We ...
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UK - Orbital Sound has embarked on an apprenticeship scheme, reflecting its passion for training and encouraging new talent into the industry. Orbital has taken on two apprentices, working with the National Skills Academy for Creative & ...
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