Nec invents the remote control without pile
If the piles are engineering problems and economic for user, they represent also an ecological catastrophe. According to Ademe, in 2005,28.592 tons of piles were marketing, that is to say approximately a billion units! On this mass of extremely polluting worn piles, only 9.049 tons were collected the same year, that is to say a rate of recycling close to the 32%. There exists however other solutions to avoid this pollution, for example by reducing the request. is precisely what research of engineers de Nec could allow, who developed a remote control which does not require any external power. (more...)
Interview with NASA’s New Science Chief
Mars Rovers Spirit May be Put to Sleep
Due to $4 million in budget cuts in NASA Mars exploration program, project leaders are thinking of putting one of the rovers in hibernation. NASA officials said, however, that it will not be necessary to and shutting down either Spirit or Opportunity is “not an option.” The tough little rovers have gone way beyond their [...]
Evidence of Liquid Water and Ammoniaon Titan
Scientist have found evidence of an ocean of liquid water and ammonia on Titan. Dr. Lorenz’s used 19 passes of Cassini’s Synthetic Aperture Radar over Saturn’s largest moon and analyzed the data. The ocean is believed to be 62 miles below Titan’s atmosphere.
Salt Found on Mars
NASA has found an ancient salt deposit in the southern highlands of Mars. Salt is an indicator of where water once flowed and could point to a good place to search for ancient life
NASA to Focus on Outer Solar System
Speaking at the 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, director, Dr. Michael Griffin, said they agency plans to hold back on Mars and focus more of its resources on the outer solar system.
Yet Another Extrasolar Planet Found
Researchers have found another planet, HAT-P-7 b, a 1.5 Jupiter mass planet roughly 1000 light years from Earth.
Going to Alpha Centauri
Charles Q. Choi discusses how to get to Alpha Centauri. With new findings suggesting it may harbor rocky worlds, this could be a exciting trip.
Great Planet Debate
Next August the “Great Planet Debate” will be held at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory. Apparently the definition of a planet the IAU created last year just hasn’t stuck with people. Critics say the letter of the definition leaves Jupiter out as a planet.
Titan, the New Middle East
Apparently Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth. Maybe we can talk big oil into funding some trips. (That is only a half joke, because new space would certainly jump on that trip).
NASA’s Deep Impact Begins Hunt for Alien Worlds
GREENBELT, Md., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA’s Deep Impact
spacecraft is aiming its largest telescope at five stars in a search for
alien (exosolar) planets as it enters its extended mission, called EPOXI.
NASA 2009 Budget Includes Seven New Science Missions
The current 2009 budget for NASA includes seven new science missions, including one to either Jupiter or Saturn’s moons, one to study dark matter, and one to the study the Sun’s corona. The others will be lunar missions and earth science.
Largest Lake every Found on Titan
Researchers have discovered what they believe to be 1100km lake on Saturn’s largest moon Titan. It is slightly smaller than Earth’s largest lake, the Caspian Sea.
Unlike lakes on Earth, this new lake is likely filled with liquid methane
