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A New Pair Of Glasses To View EarthParis, France (ESA) Oct 18, 2010 Our view of Earth is set to become even sharper with new instruments to be carried on ESA's Sentinel-3 satellites. In many ways, it will be like looking at Earth through a new pair of glasses. Sentinel-3 is one of the five missions that ESA is developing for Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. Primarily, Sentinel-3 will deliver data for GMES services related to the marine environment, such as ocean-current forecasting services that need surface-temperature i ... read more |
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New York (AFP) Oct 11, 2010An electronic brain devised by US Internet titan Google has driven cars nearly a quarter of a million kilometres in California, on a quest for the next great revolution in the auto industry. News of the experiment emerged from Google this weekend, revealing what the New York Times describes as an attempt to use artifical intelligence to revolutionize the automobile. But the software, lin ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 11, 2010The results from ESA's SMOS satellite have been impressive, but the mission has been bugged by patches of interference from radar, TV and radio transmissions in what should be a protected band. Painstaking efforts to reduce these unwanted signals are now paying off. Soon after the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission was launched, it was realised that, in some places, the data w ... more  
Paris (AFP) Oct 6, 2010The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday that it had launched a behind-the-scenes campaign to shut down illicit radio and TV transmissions interfering with a major climate satellite. The 315-million-euro (434-million-dollar) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) probe "has been bugged by patches of interference from radar, TV and radio transmissions in what should be a protected b ... more |
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Chinese patrol boats withdraw from disputed waters: JapanTokyo (AFP) Oct 6, 2010 Japan on Wednesday said two Chinese fisheries patrol boats have withdrawn from waters near a disputed island chain that is at the centre of the worst diplomatic row in years between the Asian giants. A coastguard spokeswoman said it had monitored the vessels with radar and that the boats left the area around dawn on Wednesday morning. Beijing had sent the boats on September 23 to protect Chinese fishing vessels operating near the disputed islands in the East China Sea, which are known as Senkak ... read more |
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