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Smart Device Tells Whether the Air is Clean
Dec 29, 2015n years past, a smog-shrouded Beijing was accepted as a fact of life in the big city. But increasingly, people are taking notice. Companies now are focusing on using the internet, smart devices and big data to help the Chinese make ...
Tags: Smart Device, Air
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A Study LED by Researchers From McGill University Suggests a New Explanation
Mar 5, 2014In the mid-1970s, the first available satellite images of Antarctica during the polar winter revealed a huge ice-free region within the ice pack of the Weddell Sea. This ice-free region, or polynya, stayed open for three full winters before ...
Tags: Global Warming, Service
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Detect Underwater Volcanic Eruptions Is Imaged by Satellite
Feb 8, 2014(Phys.org) —Oregon State University scientists have discovered how to pinpoint the time and place of underwater volcanic eruptions using satellite images. Volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor can spew large amounts of pumice and ...
Tags: NASA, OSU, Remote Sensing, satellite
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Cold-Sensitive Mangrove Forests Have Expanded Dramatically Along Florida's Atlantic Coast
Jan 2, 2014Cold-sensitive mangrove forests have expanded dramatically along Florida's Atlantic Coast as the frequency of killing frosts has declined, according to a new study based on 28 years of satellite data from the University of Maryland and the ...
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Google's Android Is The Main Competitor for Apple's iOS in The Mobile Space
Dec 28, 2012"Apple Maps is the worst-received new product to come out of Cupertino since the 1993 launch of the Newton...the child of a nasty divorce between two of the world's most powerful companies." " -- Forbes magazine Those two companies are ...
Tags: Apple, US Dominance, Japan, China
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E2V Sensor Returns High-Res Satellite Images 08 Oct 2012
Dec 11, 2012e2v sensor returns high-res satellite images 08 Oct 2012 a NAOMIa camera on board SPOT-6 satellite launched last month is based around a high-performance CCD chip. NAOMI camera SPOT-6,the new Earth observation satellite launched in ...
Tags: e2v sensor, satellite images, NAOMIa camera
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Nokia Plans an Ambitious Expansion of Its Mapping and Location-Based Services Platform
Nov 13, 2012IDG News Service-Nokia plans an ambitious expansion of its mapping and location-based services platform beyond its own smartphones to competing devices running OSes other than Windows Phone 8,it said Tuesday. The move is being backed with ...
Tags: Nokia, location service, Windows Phone 8, smartphones
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Satellite Images of Outdoor Lighting Were Accurate Predictors of Breast Cancer Incidence
Sep 17, 2011Previous studies have used satellite images to link outdoor light levels and cancer rates, but Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's LRC has published research that discounts satellite images as accurate indicators of terrestrial light levels. ...
Tags: Market View, outdoor light
