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Philippines Deploys Landslide Sensors

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will deploy locally-developed landslide sensors in risk areas around the country in preparation for possible calamities during this year's typhoon season.

17 Jan 2011

A Network of Sensors to Monitor Greenhouse Gases

The parent company for weather prediction and windspeed-monitoring company Weatherbug has channelled $25m into a global sensor network, thereby refocusing its efforts on greenhouse gas monitoring.

16 Jan 2011

INOVA VectorSeis Full-Wave Sensor to be Used for Marcellus Shale Seismic Survey

ION Geophysical announced that it has started a three dimensional multi-client seismic survey on the Marcellus shale play situated in central Pennsylvania.

23 Dec 2010

CMU Collaboration to Use Sensors for Crack Detection in Oil Pipelines

IBM, Bombardier, and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have collaborated to develop an advanced infrastructure technology that would utilize computers and sensors to applications such as detecting cracks in oil pipelines.

30 Nov 2010

Mars Rover Curiosity to Measure Radiation Environment

NASA's rover Curiosity is expected to touch down on Mars in August 2012. Preceding the mission by a few months, its science measurements will begin much closer to Earth.

14 Nov 2010

Robotic Sea Goddess to Monitor Ocean Life

A robot that can follow marine organisms underwater for considerable distances would be key to learning more about these organisms.

2 Nov 2010

Geospatial Revolution Project Spotlights the Significance of GPS System

Geospatial data serve as a handy GPS receiver for guiding personal journey and enables the security of the homeland too.

20 Sep 2010

OGC and SOSC Collaborate Towards Upgrading Smart Ocean Sensors

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®), an international consortium that develops publicly available geospatial standards and the Smart Ocean Sensor Consortium (SOSC), a leading manufacturer that improves the utility, reliability and cost-effectiveness of hydrographic sensor networks, have collaborated to upgrade the sensor monitoring systems for the ocean community

30 Aug 2010

IBEX Cracks Open the Mystery of How the Earth is Protected from Solar Winds

It is a well known fact that the magnetic field of the Earth acts as a shield, protecting the life on Earth

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 26 Aug 2010

New Docking System Technology for NASA's Shuttle Mission, STS-134

A novel docking navigation system for the International Space station (ISS) was demonstrated successfully by Ball Aerospace, Lockheed Martin and NASA at the Boulder-based facility of Ball.

From Ball Aerospace + Technologies Corp. 31 Jul 2010