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Sensors Track Dog's Physical Well-Being and Emotional State

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a suite of technologies that can be used to enhance communication between dogs and humans, which has applications in everything from search and rescue to service dogs to training our pets.

31 Oct 2014

Novel System Detects and Measures 'Scars' Left by Hail Storms

Using data from an instrument aboard a 3-year-old satellite, graduate student Jordan Bell is developing a system to detect and measure the 'scars' left by hail storms that pound the Midwest and the Great Plains.

28 Oct 2014

Lockheed Martin Develops Geostationary Lightning Mapper Instrument for NOAA GOES Satellite Missions

A Lockheed Martin team delivered the first Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument that will provide earlier alerts of developing severe storms and contribute to more accurate tornado warnings. The sensor will fly on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite missions, known as the GOES-R Series.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 17 Oct 2014

National Grid to Install Over 50 WeatherBug Weather Stations

With severe storms on the rise in the Northeast, National Grid must monitor the weather closer than ever before, so the company is installing more than 50 WeatherBug weather stations in partnership with Earth Networks.

9 Oct 2014

Global Environmental Sensing and Monitoring Market Forecast to Grow at 5.4% CAGR

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Environmental Sensing and Monitoring Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

7 Oct 2014

New Report on Global and Chinese Air Quality Sensor Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global and Chinese Air Quality Sensor Industry Report 2014" report to their offering.

1 Oct 2014

NASA Launches Ocean Winds Sensor to the International Space Station

The launch of a NASA ocean winds sensor to the International Space Station (ISS) this month inaugurates a new era of Earth observation that will leverage the space station's unique vantage point in space. Before the end of the decade, six NASA Earth science instruments will be mounted to the station to help scientists study our changing planet.

From National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 9 Sep 2014