TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Russia to Focus on Its Orbital Cluster - Popovkin

Mar 27, 2012 (RIA Novosti)

Russia will prioritize the development of its satellites over manned spaceflight, aiming to boost the country's economy, the head of the Federal Space Agency Vl...

Astrium's satellites reap first fruits in Canada

Mar 26, 2012 (SPX)

Astrium Services' PixAgri satellite imaging service for crop management has just successfully completed its first agricultural campaign for "La Coop federee", t...

Liquid-like Materials May Pave Way for New Thermoelectric Devices

Mar 26, 2012 (SPX)

In the continual quest for better thermoelectric materials-which convert heat into electricity and vice versa-researchers have identified a liquid-like compound...

ISS crew takes shelter to avoid passing space junk

Mar 24, 2012 (AFP)

A piece of an old Russian satellite whizzed by the International Space Station on Saturday, forcing its six-member crew to temporarily take shelter in two Soyuz...

How the alphabet of data processing is growing

Mar 23, 2012 (SPX)

The alphabet of data processing could include more elements than the "0" and "1" in future. An international research team has achieved a new kind of bit with s...

Huffington Post to release weekly iPad magazine

Mar 23, 2012 (AFP)

The Huffington Post will soon be available in a weekly magazine version for the iPad, president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington confirmed at a media summ...

Angry Birds catapult into space, with Nasa's help

Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)

Finnish game developer Rovio, which shot to pop culture stardom with the mobile game Angry Birds, launched Thursday a space-age sequel developed with the help o...

Nokia feels out tattoos that vibrate with incoming calls

Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)

Mobile phone maker Nokia is seeking a US patent for tattoos that vibrate to let people know when they have calls on their mobile phones. Technology laid out in ...

Japan, US, and EU to meet on rare earths

Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)

Japan said Wednesday it will host the European Union and United States at a meeting on developing alternatives for rare earths as Chinese controls on the key mi...

More countries start rare-earth mining

Mar 21, 2012 (UPI)

China's monopoly on rare earths may soon be broken as increasing demand and higher prices make mining in other countries cost-effective, researchers say. Ninety...

Using Virtual Worlds to 'Soft Control' People's Movements in the Real One

Mar 20, 2012 (SPX)

Eighty-eight percent of Americans now own a cell phone, forming a massive network that offers scientists a wealth of information and an infinite number of new a...

NY Times curbs free Web access, subscriptions rise

Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)

The New York Times said Tuesday it was cutting back on free access to its online content, as it announced gains in paid subscriptions to its news website. The p...

Overheating problem on the new iPad?

Mar 20, 2012 (UPI)

Some early purchasers of U.S. company Apple Inc.'s new iPad tablet computer are reporting the unit is generating too much heat. Several users have posted on App...

News outlets losing ground to tech rivals: report

Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)

Mobile devices and social networks are boosting news consumption but media outlets are lagging behind technology companies in reaping the profits, according to ...

NASA and CSA Robotic Operations Advance Satellite Servicing

Mar 19, 2012 (SPX)

NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) experiment aboard the International Space Station has demonstrated remotely controlled robots and specialized tools can p...

Russia May Sink Satellite Salvage Plan For Antarctic Internet Connection

Mar 19, 2012 (SPX)

A modern, state of the art communications satellite stranded last August in a useless orbit will constitute a double failure if Russian officials de-orbit the s...

China writers seek $8 mln from Apple in piracy row

Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)

A group of Chinese writers who accuse Apple's online store for selling pirated copies of their books is seeking $8 million in compensation from the US firm, sta...

UMass Amherst polymer scientists, physicists develop new way to shape thin gel sheets

Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)

Inspired by nature's ability to shape a petal, and building on simple techniques used in photolithography and printing, researchers at the University of Massach...

New nanoglue is thin and supersticky

Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)

Engineers at the University of California, Davis, have invented a superthin "nanoglue" that could be used in new-generation microchip fabrication. "The material...

PayPal lets shops take payments on smartphones

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

Online financial transactions titan PayPal has started to allow merchants across the world to take payments using smartphones in a direct challenge to startup S...