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European spaceplane is powered up for its Feb 11 launch
Jan 22, 2015 (SPX)
Next month's flight of the light-lift Vega vehicle in Arianespace's launcher family will involve a highly unusual mission profile: a suborbital trajectory with ...
Tech barons paint rosy future at Davos despite security fears
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
Technological advances are to explode 10 times faster than even the Internet boom in the 1990s, top tech tycoons told the global Davos elite Wednesday, but also...
US venture capital funding near dot-com boom levels
Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)
US venture capital funding surged in 2014 to the highest levels since the dot-com boom, industry surveys showed. Venture capitalists poured $48.3 billion into 4...
Singer Sarah Brightman delays space tourist training
Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)
British singer Sarah Brightman has delayed the start of her training to be a space tourist but plans to go ahead with her flight, Russia's space agency said Fri...
Experts explore the medical safety needs of civilian space travel
Jan 15, 2015 (SPX)
The commercial aviation industry has medical care standards, as does NASA for traditional space missions, and the emerging commercial space transportation indus...
Long duration weightlessness in space induces a blood shift
Jan 15, 2015 (SPX)
In a study published in The Journal of Physiology, researchers found that in space, the shift of blood and fluid from the lower to the upper body caused by weig...
U.S. food headed for ISS stalled in Russian customs
Jan 15, 2015 (UPI)
A large shipment of American-manufactured food items is currently stalled in Russian customs. The goods were ordered by Russia's space program and are scheduled...
NASA, Nissan to Create Interplanetary Driverless Vehicles
Jan 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
NASA and Nissan have combined their efforts in order to create new series of autonomous vehicles, which will navigate both urban environments and drive across M...
Drones, flashy TVs among stars in Las Vegas tech show
Jan 10, 2015 (AFP)
Drones, wearable computing and enormous, immersive TVs were in the spotlight at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show which wrapped up Friday in Las Vegas. Another...
The 'human' side of robots at electronics show
Jan 09, 2015 (AFP)
She stood on the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show, carried on conversations, blinked her eyes and sang a convincing rendition of "Take Me Home, Country Ro...
Homes becoming mindful members of the family
Jan 09, 2015 (AFP)
From door bells that scrutinize visitors to washing machines that know when you're home and lights that click off when you get in bed, houses are getting smarte...
Sporty tech gadgets put data in users' hands
Jan 08, 2015 (AFP)
Olympic cycling medalist Dotsie Bausch is hooked on data, and she wants everyone to know it. Showing up at this week's Consumer Electronics Show as a spokeswoma...
Consumer tech show spotlights gadgets for healthy living
Jan 08, 2015 (AFP)
From bracelets that measure body fat to robots that coach children through chemotherapy, the Consumer Electronics Show brimmed with gadgets promising prescripti...
GAO denies Sierra Nevada protest, OKs NASA crew contracts
Jan 07, 2015 (UPI)
Several months after the Sierra Nevada Corporation filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office, asserting NASA had unfairly awarded contracts to B...
SpaceX Seeks to Land Reusable Rocket on Earth
Jan 06, 2015 (Sputnik)
A SpaceX rocket launch scheduled on Tuesday might become a seminal event for reusable rocket technology, the New York Times reported. The Space Exploration Tech...
NASA Statement on GAO Decision to Deny Commercial Crew Contract Protest
Jan 06, 2015 (SPX)
NASA has issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision to deny a protest Sierra Nevada Corp., of Louisv...
Global tech spending sputters amid economic woes
Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)
The outlook for global technology spending is uncertain after nearly flat growth in the past year, with turbulent economic conditions making a forecast difficul...
LG out to clean up with first-ever Twin clothes washer
Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)
LG Electronics on Monday promised to take some of the hassle out of doing laundry with a first-ever washing machine setup that simultaneously handles two separa...
'Smart pot' watches over house plants
Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)
Parrot is ramping up its Flower Power with a pot that not only detects whether plants have enough light and fertilizer, but waters them as needed. A Parrot "sma...
Electronics show a window into the 'Internet of Me'
Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)
New technology is getting more personal. So personal, it is moving to connect and analyze our movements, our health, our brains and our everyday devices. Welcom...
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