Tag: SATELLITE

It's not quite as good as walking on it, but amateur space enthusiasts can now help scientists learn more about the moon by studying detailed, super high-resolution photographs. In fact, the pictures transmitted by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) are so fine and multitudinous that there is simply too much information for scientists to handle. According to NPR, Oxford University ...

An ongoing, multi-billion dollar satellite upgrade will vastly improve the accuracy of the 38-year-old Global Positioning System (GPS), according to the Los Angeles Times. Scientists and engineers from Boeing Lockheed Martin are currently working on an $8 billion project that would make GPS accurate to within an arm's length, constituting a significant improvement over its current 20-foot margin ...

Share As many television shows are wrapping up their seasons, we have horrible news. No, it's not a 'Lost' spoiler, but a rogue satellite orbiting the Earth could disrupt some cable programming. According to the AP, the Galaxy 15 satellite, which is owned by European company Intelsat, is on course to drift into the orbit of another satellite called AMC 11, which transmits cable programming ...

We're seldom surprised by who shows up on Twitter, but these days, it's a what that grabs our attention. After the London Bridge and Iceland's Ash Cloud took to 140 characters, any person/place/thing is ready for micro-blogging. Capitalizing on that trend, DVICE has reported that Japanese researchers have developed and launched the world's first tweeting satellite, taking inanimate object-Twitter ...

Have you ever dreamed of launching something into space? If so, a satellite engineer claims it's more of a possibility than you might think. According to Make, Song Hojun created an affordable do-it-yourself satellite system and wrote a book, available on Google Books for free, that tells other amateur space enthusiasts how to do the same thing. We won't bore you with the nuts-and-bolts of the ...

A Florida police officer recently used Google Earth to track down the person who had illegally dumped an old boat into an undeveloped subdivision about 15 miles from Pensacola. According to the Pensacola News Journal, after discovering the 18-foot boat, Deputy Gregory Barnes scoured fuzzy satellite images of nearby neighborhoods on Google Earth. Barnes noticed a large boat sitting in the driveway ...

We often click around Google Maps imagining how it would be to drive through San Francisco like 'Bullit,' or through Paris like Claude Lelouch in 'C'était un Rendezvous.' Directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion get us one step closer with their animated high-speed car chase video (after the break) "filmed" from the perspective of Google's satellite view. For you gamers, the clip may ...

Share You might not realize it, but satellite navigation has become widely used in everyday life. Not only do drivers use it to get from point A to point B, but large ships use it to safely dock, the military employs it for a variety of purposes, and emergency vehicles depend on it to save lives. That makes a recent report from BBC News troublesome. A number of U.K. researchers say that solar ...

While everyone's eyes have recently been on the global climate discussions in Copenhagen, the two most recognizable names from the Space Age and Cyberspace Age have quietly been developing their own methods to monitor the Earth's thermostat. As DiscoveryNews reports, both NASA and Google are unrolling projects that could significantly help track the ways Earth's climate evolves. Google's new ...

As our world becomes increasingly wireless, scientists must grapple with the effects of millions of people using devices like cell phones and laptops. After all, there's only so much space on the electromagnetic spectrum. You might not consider it while Googling or browsing Facebook, but that signal you're transmitting could be making it tougher for some scientists to do their jobs. That's why ...

Back in the '90s, Chris Farley and David Spade ruled the comedy landscape. But when Farley tragically overdosed, it was clear that Spade was just riding the big guy's coattails. In light of a recently debuted DirecTV commercial (video after the break), it appears that Spade doesn't intend to stop, either. If you've turned on the television lately, you've probably seen the satellite provider's ...

Whether it be caused by a rapidly spreading virus or nuclear war, we gave you a head start on surviving the apocalypse. Those gadgets might keep your person safe, but what about your sanity? You'll need the Internet, of course. Thankfully, there's the Network Relief Kit, which, according to Make Magazine, guarantees you'll be able to check Facebook even in the event of a terrible disaster. Best of ...

A US Iridium satellite has hit a defunct Russian satellite in an unprecedented space collision. The crash occurred some 790km (491 miles) over Siberia on Tuesday, according to NASA, and produced a "massive" cloud of debris. About 600 pieces are being tracked from the debris field in hopes of understanding the risk they present to other satellites and the international space station. The ...

If you really needed proof that the statement "crime doesn't pay" had at least a semblance of truth behind it, here's your sign. Known satellite TV pirate Glenn White has been sentenced to a 14 month stint in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally rebroadcasting DISH Network's programming. As the story goes, Mr. White was doing business in Wagram, North Carolina under the name Wagram ...

Just under a year ago, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced his hopes that one day he could pinpoint the location of his black Labrador, Koni, at any time of the day. Today, a dream has been realized. Mr. Putin has finally procured a satellite collar that will enable him to track the lab regardless of which of the eleven times zones she may be in while waltzing through Russia. Once ...