Posted by transportgooru on August 16, 2010 in
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Travel The first flight of NASA’s hurricane airborne research mission is scheduled to take off from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 17. NASA’s DC-8 research aircraft will be making a planned five-hour flight along the Gulf Coast from western Florida to Louisiana primarily as a practice run for the many scientific instruments aboard.
Tags: Atmospheric Sciences, DC-8, Earth Sciences, Florida, Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes mission, GRIP, Hurricane Hunter, NASA, NASA Dryden, North Dakota State University, Research, Tropical cyclone, Wind speed
Posted by transportgooru on August 2, 2010 in
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Travel “Quantum entanglement” may sound like an awful sci-fi romance flick, but it’s actually a phenomenon that physicists say may someday lead to the ability to teleport an object all the way across the galaxy instantly.
Tags: Joint Quantum Institute, Michio Kaku, Physics, Quantum entanglement, Quantum mechanics, Quantum teleportation, Star Trek, Teleportation
Posted by transportgooru on February 23, 2010 in
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Space This week the Israeli Air Force (IAF) held a ceremony spotlighting the “operational acceptance” of its biggest unmanned aerial vehicle, the 4.5-ton Heron TP, or “Eitan.” The far-flying UAV, with a wingspan almost as long as a 737 airliner, appeared on the runway with a comparatively diminutive F-15 alongside it.
Tags: Heron TP, Heron TP-5, IAI, Iran Nuclear Threat, Israel Unmanned Drones, Israeli Aircraft Industries, Super Drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
After enjoying years of seemingly unassailable popularity with gadget fans and travelling salesmen, those little gadgets hanging on your vehicle’s Dashboards could become redundant excesses because of the threat from a new breed of mobile phones that feature the sort of mapping technology that wouldn’t look out of place on the most expensive TomTom. Google just released a beta version of Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0. operating system, a new tool, based on Google’s existing road maps platform, that will provide turn-by-turn directions, automatic re-routing and 3D street-level views. In short, pretty much everything your satnav can do, but without the need to worry about an extra bit of kit when you load up the car.
Tags: Android 2.0, Garmin, Google Maps, Google Maps Navigation, Real-time Traffic Conditions Data, Satellite Navigation, SatNav, Street View, Tom Tom, Traveler Information
The 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe roared away with officers in pursuit, but shortly after the suspect made a right turn, operators at General Motors Co.’s OnStar service sent a command that electronically disabled the gas pedal and the SUV gradually came to a halt.
Tags: Engine Immobilizer, General Motors, High-speed chase, OnStar, Remote Vehicle Disabling, Stolen SUV, Telematics, Visalia
Posted by transportgooru on October 6, 2009 in
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Travel To promote greater cooperation between the U.S. and Indian aviation sectors, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), in cooperation with the India Ministry of Civil Aviation, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Airports Authority of India, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, US. Transportation Security Administration, U.S.-India Aviation Cooperation Program, and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)/International Association of Airport Executives (IAAE), is sponsoring the U.S.- India Aviation Partnership Summit. The event will take place December 7-9, 2009, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The summit will include participation from India’s three key civil aviation agencies – Ministry of Civil Aviation, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Airports Authority of India – key industry members in the aviation sector, the U.S. government (USTDA, DOT/FAA, TSA, Departments of State and Commerce), and select members of Congress.
Tags: Airports Authority of India, American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), Aviation Summit, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, India, India Ministry of Civil Aviation, International Association of Airport Executives (IAAE), U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), U.S.-India Aviation Cooperation Program, United States, US-India Aviation Partnership Summit, US. Transportation Security Administration
According to a new study, GPS-systems with real-time traffic info can save American drivers four days a year of being stuck in grizzly traffic snarls. As promising as it sounds, this particular study should be viewed with a little bit of skepticism because it was sponsored by navigation systems data-provider NAVTEQ. Here are some of the study details (as published in the NavTeq press release).
Tags: GPS, Navigation System, real-time traveler information, rela-time traffic conditions reporting, Traffic Conditions
For the first time in more than a quarter-century, a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module and launch abort system are assembled on a mobile launch platform at Kennedy in preparation for launch this fall. Ares I rocket is a key component of Nasa’s next-generation space transportation system.
Tags: Ares 1-X, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Next Generation Space Transportation System, Rocket, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle System
In a move that could usher in a new era for airborne communications the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has green-lighted Row 44′s application to operate an aeronautical mobile-satellite service (AMSS) in the conventional Ku-band segment.
[ August 10, 2009 to August 13, 2009. ] AIAA Combined Conferences on Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), Atmospheric Flight Mechanics (AFM), and Modeling and Simulation Technologies (MST) – August 10 thru 13, 2009 @ Chicago, Illinois
Tags: AFM, AIAA, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Control, Atmospheric Flight Mechanics, GNC, GNC/AFM/MST, Guidance, Modeling and Simulation Technologies, MST, Navigation
