NASA Looking To Cell Phone Companies For Help Tracking Drones
The Guardian had revealed documents containing information showing NASA is interested in working with cell phone companies to help track their drones. In addition to cell phone towers, NASA is looking to also use radar and satellites to track their drones for both civilian and commercial purposes. Although they are just
Dish Network In Talks To Merge With T-Mobile
Dish Network– The second-largest Satellite broadcaster is in talks to merge with fourth-largest wireless carrier T-Mobile US Inc. According to the sources the companies have agreed to the following structure with T-Mobile leader John Legere serving as CEO for the two companies and Dish CEO Charlie Ergen taking over as Chairman.
World’s Largest Telescope: Giant Magellan Telescope Is One Step Closer To Being Built
The construction of the world’s largest optical telescope (GMT) has moved one step closer today, with the funding worth US$500 million committed from 11 international partners. The Giant Magellan Telescope, when fully operational will look further into space and further back in time than any telescope ever constructed. Astronomy Australia
“The Largest Cleanup In History” Devised By A 20-Year-Old
Boyan Slat leads the way with a plan for the ocean to clean itself Boyan Slat is a Dutch man, barely out of his teens, with an ambitions plan to cut in half the plastic debris floating in the Pacific over the next ten years. Instead of going from beach to beach picking up
Pluto’s Moons Are Not What Astronomers Expected
photo via NASA/ESA/M. SHOWALTER (SETI)/G. BACON (STSCI) As with most things in the universe, we have come to expect the unexpected. Pluto’s moons are no exception. The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back amazing images of two of Pluto’s moons, Nix and Hydra, which shows that they are in a constant state of
NASA Flying Saucer Launch Grouded
photo credit: NASA flying saucer test flight preparations. NASA Hawaii – Thanks again to turbulent ocean conditions, NASAs “Flying Saucer”, otherwise known as the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), will be rescheduled for a June 4th launch date. Although the saucer will be dropped from high-up in a weather balloon, calmer waves are
Dark Matter Search Is On For CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
Image by CERN GENEVA – Today is the day scientists start a who new set of experiments in the hunt for the mysterious “dark matter”. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will run at full, record-breaking power levels, as scientists kick off a new set of experiments that will help us understand the secrets of
Facebook Opens New Artificial Intelligence Lab In Paris
Facebook – The Social Networking Giant has opened a new artificial intelligence lab in Paris with an objective of enhancing the way the users associate with the world’s largest social network. This is the third such lab in the world set up by Facebook after two operating labs in the
Instagram Takes Steps To Open Platform To Advertisers
Instagram’s advertisement business is growing quickly thanks to a boost of new technology from Facebook. Starting in June, this popular photo sharing app with more than 300 million users is opening up to conceivably a large number of advertisers with more advertisement styles and advanced targeting tools initially sharpened by
Small Items Get The “Free Shipping” Treatment From Amazon
Today, Amazon announced they are offering free shipping for “small and light” products weighing 8 ounces or less and are under $10 “Fulfillment by Amazon Small and Light” is the tagline Amazon is going with for all items that cost less than $10 and weight less than 8 ozs. Unlike past free shipping promotions, this one