TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Nov 04, 2015 (SPX)

Ever wonder about the future of space science? Hop inside a time machine that transports you back 40 years and you may get a good idea about where things are he...

Robotic Eyes to Assist Satellite Repairs in Orbit

Nov 04, 2015 (SPX)

NASA is developing and demonstrating technologies to service and repair satellites in distant orbits. Robotic spacecraft - likely operated with joysticks by tec...

NUS scientists developed super sensitive magnetic sensor

Nov 04, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new hybrid magnetic sensor that is more sensitive than most commercially available ...

Chipping away at the secrets of ice formation

Nov 04, 2015 (SPX)

Making ice to chill our drinks is easy enough, but surprisingly, the details of that seemingly simple process are still not well understood. Now scientists repo...

U.S. Army orders additional counter-fire target acquisition radar

Nov 03, 2015 (UPI)

Additional counter-fire target acquisition radars are to be produced by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Army. The contract for the seven AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) systems, ...

New HP Enterprise sees cloud ties with Amazon, others

Nov 02, 2015 (AFP)

The newly spun-off tech giant HP Enterprise has decided not to compete in public cloud computing and will seek partnerships with Amazon and others, chief execut...

Space Junk

Nov 02, 2015 (SPX)

Millions of bits of space junk?-?leftover fragments from spacecraft and related debris?-?orbit Earth, and the majority of these will eventually fall into Earth'...

Holograms go mainstream, with future full of possibility

Nov 01, 2015 (AFP)

Concert promoters hoping to bring out legends such as Whitney Houston, Billie Holiday and Elvis Presley used to face an obvious problem -- the singers are dead....

New System Giving SMAP Scientists the Speed They Need

Oct 30, 2015 (SPX)

For scientists now studying the voluminous amounts of data collected daily by NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, speed is everything. A new NAS...

Virtual Reality System to Fly in Space Brings Non-Astronauts Aboard ISS

Oct 29, 2015 (SPX)

For the first time ever, a virtual reality recording system will be flown in space. The project, announced by Deep Space Industries (DSI), will use a spherical ...

Coating cancels acoustic scattering from odd-shaped objects

Oct 29, 2015 (SPX)

In a new twist, a team of researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin has applied to acoustic waves the concept of...

Researchers use common 3-D printer to rebuild heart

Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)

As of this month, over 4,000 Americans are on the waiting list to receive a heart transplant. With failing hearts, these patients have no other options; heart t...

Nanoquakes probe new 2-dimensional material

Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)

In a step towards a post-graphene era of new materials for electronic applications, an international team of researchers, including scientists at the University...

Ants: Both solid-like and liquid-like

Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)

Collections of ants have a remarkable ability to change shapes and tasks based on the demands of their environment. When floodwaters hit, they self-assemble and...

Researchers take cue from spider glue in efforts to create new materials

Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)

A taut tug on the line signals the arrival of dinner, and the leggy spider dashes across the web to find a tasty squirming insect. The spider, known as an orb w...

Studying Hypervelocity Impact Phenomena

Oct 27, 2015 (SPX)

Using a Specialised Imaging SIM8 ultra fast framing camera researchers at the Thiot Ingenierie Shock Physics Laboratory have been able study high velocity impac...

Space Junk Predicted to Enter Earth's Atmosphere

Oct 27, 2015 (SPX)

Millions of bits of space junk - leftover fragments from spacecraft and related debris - orbit Earth, and the majority of these will eventually fall into Earth'...

U.S. Air Force awards Southwest Research Institute development contract

Oct 27, 2015 (UPI)

The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Southwest Research Institute a $9,423,767 contract for research and development, the Department of Defense announced Monday. ...

Researchers observe surprising phase transition

Oct 27, 2015 (SPX)

An ultrapure material taken to pressures greater than that in the depths of the ocean and chilled to temperatures colder than outer space has revealed an unexpe...

How a flying bat sees space

Oct 26, 2015 (SPX)

Recordings from echolocating bat brains have for the first time given researchers a view into how mammals understand 3-D space. By training bats to fly around o...