TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Clean room helps NASA robot explore frontiers of materials science

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

The celebrated robot ISAAC now has a hermetically sealed workshop where it's free to follow its prime directive: discovering bold new ways of making composite m...

Saab launches Giraffe 1X radar in U.S. market

Oct 04, 2016 (UPI)

Saab has launched its land-based Giraffe 1X radar in the U.S. market, the company announced Monday. The new, compact radar system offers advanced capabilities a...

New York trash man tells Americans wake up to garbage

Oct 04, 2016 (AFP)

A man has been strolling around New York for two weeks weighed down with trash. Meet Rob Greenfield, an environmental activist asking America to wake up to its ...

Turning to the brain to reboot computing

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

Computation is stuck in a rut. The integrated circuits that powered the past 50 years of technological revolution are reaching their physical limits. This predi...

Rice explores cement's crystalline nature to boost concrete performance

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

Rice University scientists working to develop a deeper understanding of the world's most widely used man-made material, concrete, have detailed previously unexp...

Indonesian scavengers scrape a living by recycling

Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)

Sifting through piles of pungent trash in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, scores of men and women collect used plastic bottles with their bare hands and put the...

Raytheon to begin production planning for AN/TPY-2 radars

Sep 30, 2016 (UPI)

Raytheon will begin incorporating Gallium Nitride components for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's existing and future AN/TPY-2 radars. The alterations are set ...

Yes, the rumors are true! Brandeis really has a space chair

Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)

Imagine you're a jet fighter pilot being chased by a heat-seeking missile. You undertake evasive maneuvers, climbing and nose-diving, performing barrel rolls an...

Scientists and Engineers Evaluate Orion Radiation Protection Plan

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

When astronauts in Orion venture far beyond Earth into deep space, they will expand humanity's frontier and push the boundaries of exploration. While the spacec...

Levitating nanoparticle improves torque sensing in quest for quantum theory fundamentals

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers have levitated a tiny nanodiamond particle with a laser in a vacuum chamber, using the technique for the first time to detect and measure its "torsi...

Apple teams with Deloitte to push deeper into work

Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)

Apple on Wednesday announced an alliance with professional services group Deloitte to get more businesses using iPhones and iPads as workplace tools. Deloitte i...

Digital photography: The future of small-scale manufacturing

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

What if it were possible to quickly and inexpensively manufacture a part simply by using a series of close-range digital images taken of the object? Michael Imm...

Use of 'large open-ended pipe piles' could lead to lower-cost bridge construction

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

Civil engineers at Purdue University are leading a project with the Indiana Department of Transportation to learn how to use a type of bridge pile often seen in...

'Virtual orchestra' hits high notes in London

Sep 23, 2016 (AFP)

Music fans will be able to immerse themselves into the world of an orchestra thanks to a virtual reality experience launched in London on Friday. Visitors to th...

UK increases investment in Magna Parva in-space manufacturing tech

Sep 22, 2016 (SPX)

Magna Parva wins major follow-on contract to build engineering qualification model that will manufacture structures of indefinite size in space The UK Ministry ...

Beyond plastic: Design world goes green and 'meaningful'

Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)

Plastic chairs are sold around the globe. But today, that "plastic" might actually be a vegetable compound as the design world increasingly embraces "green" and...

Scientific breakthrough reveals how materials break down

Sep 21, 2016 (UPI)

New research explains the deformation process of layered materials. Until now, scientists didn't have a solid grasp of how layered materials break down. The new...

Tardigrades use protective protein to shield their DNA from radiation

Sep 20, 2016 (UPI)

Tardigrades are thought to be the most durable life form on Earth. The eight-legged, water-dwelling creatures can survive extreme temperatures, intense pressure...

Study investigates steel-eating microbes on ship hulls

Sep 19, 2016 (UPI)

Until now, researchers thought the microbial strain Mariprofundus sp. DIS-1 only thrived under anaerobic, or micro aerobic, conditions. But new research proves ...

Magnetic sensors made to measure

Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at DESY have discovered a method that paves the way for a new generation of magnetic sensors. Their procedure can be used to greatly extend the funct...