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Space Oddity: Scientists discover Earth lifeform that can survive the vacuum of space

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2008-09-16 10:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
Long story short: Called tardigrades , the small (less than 1mm long) invertebrates, pictured above and below, were sent aloft on the European Space Agency's Foton spacecraft in September, 2007, then exposed to the vacuum of space After these animals had been brought back and rehydrated, scientists found no difference in their survival and...
 
Tags: space, space conditions, space vacuum, vacuum, survive, survive space vacuum, tardigrades, tardigrades survive exposure, space travellers
 
 
 
 
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MINDSTORMS NXT Robots Used to Teach Space Exploration Concepts

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2008-03-03 08:00:00 by LEGO Mindstorms - Whats New in Robotic-Lab.COM
The International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg, France uses MINDSTORMS NXT Robots to assist with learning about space exploration concepts. Through a generous donation of MINDSTORMS NXT kits from The LEGO Company, students at ISU developed a robotic rover to pick up a number of small stones on a surface with obstacles. Students were...
 
Tags: space exploration concepts, space, space exploration, international space university, space commerce, isu students, isu, students, mindstorms nxt robots
 
 
 
 
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Honey Space

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2008-02-28 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
Randy Kennedy's article in the February 18, 2008 New York Times featured Honey Space (above and below), Chelsea's newest gallery It's a bit different from its high-dollar neighbors, in that the gallery pays no rent, has no sign, and most of the time has no one attending it My kind of place Here's the story. No Windows, No Heat, No Staff, No...
 
Tags: space, honey space, honey-space, ground-floor space, gallery space, gallery, gallery pays, no-profit gallery, scrappy artists spaces
 
 
 
 
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Figuring Out the Google White Space Proposal [Live Draft]

2008-03-25 14:49:43 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
 
INTRO: Friday, Google filed a google ex parte white spaces proposal4.pdf">proposal [PDF] with the FCC to establish rules governing "white spaces," wireless spectrum available between traditional analog [?] television channels that may be used for wireless internet access. The company followed up the proposal with a conference call Monday. (...
 
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Figuring Out the Google White Space Proposal [Live Draft]

2008-03-25 14:49:43 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
 
INTRO: Friday, Google filed a google ex parte white spaces proposal4.pdf">proposal [PDF] with the FCC to establish rules governing "white spaces," wireless spectrum available between traditional analog [?] television channels that may be used for wireless internet access. The company followed up the proposal with a conference call Monday. (...
 
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Google co-founder books space flight

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2008-06-12 12:27:20 by Darrin Olson in SlipperyBrick
According to the Space Adventures tourism company out of Virginia, Sergy Brin, cofounder of Google, has put a $5 million deposit down for a vacation in space aboard a Russian spacecraft. The total trip will cost $35 million dollars and the launch date is scheduled for sometime in 2011 Brin joins a small number of elite individuals who have both...
 
Tags: space, space traveler, space frontier, space adventure club, space aboard, international space station, space vacationers, space adventures, brin
 
 
 
 
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Wacom Intuos3 A4 -Worlds first pen tablet to be used in outer space

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2008-08-20 10:23:32 by dhiram in Fareastgizmos.com
Wacom today announces that the Intuos3 A4 pen tablet is the first to be used in outer space. Astronauts are using the pen tablet in a series of experiments analyzing the way they perceive distances and dimensions during their time in the International Space Station. Two Wacom Intuos3 A4 tablets are being utilized as part of the neuroscientific...
 
Tags: space, wacom intuos3, intuos3, space project aims, outer space, tablet, international space station, wacom, neuroscientific research project
 
 
 
 
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Kimchi in Outer Space

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2008-11-03 10:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
Sounds like a wacked-out B movie title, what I don't know how my crack research team missed this story, dating back to February of this year, but better late than never Here's Choe Sang-Hun's February 24, 2008 New York Times article with the details. Starship Kimchi: A Bold Taste Goes Where It Has Never Gone Before After South Korea began...
 
Tags: space, kimchi, space tourist, space cuisine, space food, space kimchi, koreans, koreans diets, south koreans define
 
 
 
 
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New Software Predicts Radiation Exposure in Space

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2008-02-14 08:00:23 by Michael in Medgadget
A new software modeling package, developed by the European Space Agency, promises to give the best estimate of radiation exposure experienced by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS): The new software package accurately simulates the physics of radiation particles passing through spacecraft walls and human bodies. Such...
 
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First space lawyer graduates

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