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Letter to Rep. Gordon Regarding House Science Committee Authorization Bill As It Relates to NASA We feel that the following programs, which are substantially underfunded in the current House Science Committee authorization bill, are especially critical:

Mundus Group, Inc. and UAV VTOL Drone Subsidiary - AirStar International Prepare to Launch a New Mine Searching UAV MOORPARK, Calif. -- Mundus Group, Inc. and UAV VTOL Drone subsidiary - AirStar International prepare to launch "Angel of Mercy," a new Mine Searching UAV to be equipped with Thermal imaging and Ground Penetrating Radar technologies that can detect mines buried beneath soil and vegetation growth.

Canadian PM Announces Support For Next Gen Of Satellites by Staff Writers Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Aug 27, 2010 Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced support for the next phase of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM), a system of three advanced remote sensing satellites.

Time may really fly(video) Everyone knows the adage, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” Some know the ancient  version, “Tempus Fugit” but there’s no fun in Latin.

First Successful Corona Remote Sensing Satellite Marks 50 Year Anniversary by Staff Writers Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2010 Lockheed Martin has congratulated the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on the 50-year anniversary of the first Corona photo reconnaissance satellite image from space, which ushered in new space-based capabilities for the nation.

Inside the Navy's next-generation destroyer Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman stops in on Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems facility in Rhode Island and got the low-down on the DDG 1000, the U.S. Navy's most advanced destroyer ever. Originally posted at Geek Gestalt

ECBC Summer Camp Helps Turn Students into 'Cyberwarriors' A group of ninth-grade students recently spent one of their few remaining days of summer vacation exploring cyber security, digital forensics and future careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics during a tour of the U.S.

Weather and Climate Supercomputer Coming to Fairmont Officials at the West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation await the arrival of a supercomputer, perhaps the most powerful on the planet.

New Developments in Military Automation As thousands of US soldiers leave the Iraqi battlefield, the US military ramps up efforts to increase unmanned and automated technologies, Jody Ray Bennett* writes for ISN Security Watch. ...

AVIATION WEEK Launches Unmanned Horizons Web Channel AVIATION WEEK has announced a new Unmanned Horizons web section on AviationWeek.com, focused on unmanned vehicles and technologies, and featuring videos, photos, blog posts, in-depth articles, official plans, and more.

Chinese comp does 1000 tn operations a second Tianhe-1 is scheduled to begin operations in September.

This computer does 1,000 trillion jobs per second BEIJING, CHINA: China has installed the country's first domestically-made supercomputer capable of doing 1,000 trillion operations per second. Tianhe-1 is scheduled to begin operations this month, according to the National Supercomputing Centre in Tianjin.

China's new computer does 1,000 trillion jobs per second Beijing, Sep 2 : China has installed the country's first domestically-made supercomputer capable of doing 1,000 trillion operations per second.

US move to ease dual technology export control By Arun Kumar, Washington, Aug 31 : In a move that may benefit India, the United States plans to ease restrictions on selling products with military applications to foreign buyers as part of a restructuring of US export rules.

Iron-on armpit BO stench-filters 'ideal for modern lifestyle' 'Teabag' pong-busters derived from military gasmasks The list of boons which military-driven R&D has conferred upon a suffering humanity is a long one: computers and their networks, aircraft, brass bands etc. But now warboffinry has truly penetrated deep into civilian life - even unto the actual armpits of ordinary consumers - to tackle one of the most fearsome scourges besetting Western ...

Tackling Science's Future Brain Drain, Scitable Brings Its Research Network To The Mobile Masses Science social network Scitable launches mobile versions of its site.

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Science Museum IMAX schedule Science Museum IMAX "Ultimate Wave Tahiti": 11 a.m., 1, 3 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m., 1, 3, 5 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 1, 3, 5 p.m. Sunday; 11 a.m., 1, 3 p.m. Monday-Tuesday; 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Wednesday. $8.50. "Deep Sea": noon, 4 p.m. Thursday-Wednesday. $8.50. "Van Gogh -- Brush With Genius": 3 ...

Science academy plan for Dunedin The Government is contributing almost $600,000 to establish a science academy at the University of Otago. read more

Science of sport comes to Imaginarium Devonport’s Imaginarium Science Centre is launching Sports Alive this afternoon, for the first time in Tasmania.

Aspen Technology 4Q Earnings Miss on Lower Revenues Shares of Aspen Technology slipped Thursday after the provider of software to the process industries posted worse-than-expected fourth quarter earnings, driven primarily by lower revenues.

SWC Technology Partners Enhances Enterprise Communications Capabilities With Hire of Cisco Expert Don Stroud OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- SWC Technology Partners, an award-winning IT solutions provider to midsize businesses, has strengthened its telephony practice and its relationship with Cisco with the addition of Don Stroud to its team. Stroud has extensive experience planning, designing and implementing Cisco voice, unified communications and networking solutions, and he brings ...

Laser Technology Releases LaserGIS for ArcPad Laser Technology, Inc. announced today the release of LaserGIS for ArcPad.

Technology › Maruzen, Chinese IT firm to tie up in e-book business Book retailer Maruzen Co and major Chinese information technology firm Peking University Founder Group Corp will launch in early October a business to sell electronic…

NI Technology Updates Outlooks for Cree, Altera, Xilinx, Lattice Semiconductor and Qualcomm Next Inning Technology Research , an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, has published updated outlooks for Cree , Altera , Xilinx , Lattice Semiconductor and Qualcomm .