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Littelfuse Hosts Speed2Design TechTalks at NASA
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Littelfuse, Inc., the global leader in circuit protection, has created a NASA Exploration & Discovery Experience for the engineering community as part of its 2013 Speed2Design promotion. Continue reading
NASA Tests Orion Spaceship's Parachutes with Mock Glitch
NASA conducted a successful test of its next-generation spaceship last week, in an exercise designed to simulate two different types of parachute failures during landing. A prototype of the Orion spacecraft landed safely in the Arizona desert May 1 after it was dropped 25,000 feet (7,620 m) from a C-17 airplane as it flew over Yuma, Ariz. Continue reading
Radio astronomy publication a milestone for SA
ASTRONOMERS working on the KAT-7 radio telescope have published their first scientific paper, a milestone that is as much about proving the device is up to scratch as it is about doing cutting-edge science. Continue reading
Let’s Fly Kerbal Space Program: series 2, ep.23, First Space Station Module – Video
Let's Fly Kerbal Space Program: series 2, ep.23, First Space Station Module I'm going to need a space station for future plans. Continue reading
UTC Aerospace Systems – Motor Drives Systems Centre hosts Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP – UK Minister of State for Business …
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –UTC Aerospace Systems recently hosted the Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP Minister of State for Businessand Energy at its Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK facility on May 7. The visit was an opportunity for UTC Aerospace Systems to update the Minister on the aerospace work being performed at the site and to officially open the redeveloped Technology House. The facility has approximately 160 employees, and is a new addition to the Hemel Hempstead business community having recently relocated Continue reading
NASA High School STEM Challenge Announces Winning Team, Invites Students to Present Ideas at NASA Goddard
The NASA RealWorld-InWorld Engineering Design Challenge, an integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics program focused on NASA’s forthcoming James Webb Space Telescope, has named the 2012-2013 first place team. The team, which consisted of high school juniors and seniors participating in the NASA INSPIRES program, included: Abigail Radford of Ashville, N.C.; Joshua Dijamco of Jackson, N.J.; Jonathan Hernandez of Elizabeth, N.J.; Katherine Denner of Horsham, Penn.; and Jim Gerard of Merritt Island, Fla Continue reading
After Boston, Division in the Libertarian Ranks: My Response to Jim Harper
My recent observations on Hoovers Defining Ideas about the relationship of civil liberties to national security have drawn a stern response from Catos own Jim Harper, whose central claim is that I have sounded needless anti-privacy notes in my attack on the privacy protective policies that have been championed by Massachusetts Republican State Senator Robert Hedlund, whom I criticized for being too squeamish on aggressive and targeted government action to counter the threats that became all too visible on April 15, 2013. Continue reading
NASA successfully launches three smartphone satellites
Apr. 22, 2013 Three smartphones destined to become low-cost satellites rode to space Sunday aboard the maiden flight of Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia. The trio of “PhoneSats” is operating in orbit, and may prove to be the lowest-cost satellites ever flown in space. Continue reading
NASA experimenting with 3D printing for space exploration
President Obama said 3D printing “has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.” So why not start with NASA? CNET’s Sumi Das visits NASA Ames to look at how they’re making space parts from 3D-printing machines. The program is still in its nascent stages Continue reading
UB unveils dramatic design for new medical school
Campus News A view of the new medical school from Main Street. Image: HOK UB publicly unveiled today the dramatic design for its new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building to be constructed on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus in downtown Buffalo. Continue reading
Aldec Presents at Military & Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices Symposium (MAPLD)
HENDERSON, Nev.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Aldec, Inc., together with Microsemi, The Boeing Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation and other leading vendors, is scheduled to present at the Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices Symposium (MAPLD) in San Diego, CA from April 9-12, 2013. MAPLD event will showcase leading research in the field of programmable devices for use in military and aerospace applications. Aldec will present on two separate Design and Verification topics that continue to provide a high level of interest from the military and aerospace community. Continue reading
B/E Aerospace Announces First Lavatory Retrofit Award
WELLINGTON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– B/E Aerospace, Inc. (BEAV), the world’s leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products and the world’s leading distributor of aerospace fasteners and consumables, today announced that one of its airline customers plans to retrofit its fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft with B/E Aerospace modular lavatories. The airline also plans to retrofit its entire fleet of 737 aircraft, with B/E Aerospace Aircraft Ecosystems vacuum toilets, and eventually to upgrade the cabins of its 737 fleet with B/E Aerospace LED lighting systems Continue reading
NASA Launches Exploration Design Challenge – Video
NASA Launches Exploration Design Challenge NASA has unveiled an Exploration Design Challenge to give K-12 students the opportunity to play a unique role in the future of human spaceflight. The innovat.. Continue reading
EcoSynthetix and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Partner to Investigate New Applications for Bio-based Materials
BURLINGTON , ON, March 13, 2013 /CNW/ – EcoSynthetix Inc. (ECO.TO) and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Waterloo have joined forces through an industrial partnership to collaborate on new applications for EcoSynthetix’ EcoSphere technology Continue reading
LMI Aerospace , Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2012 Results
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NASA ’s New Launch: Exploration Design Challenge
March 11, 2013 Brett Smith for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online As a way of inspiring the next generation of astronauts, NASA has launched a new program, Exploration Design Challenge, which asks students to think about and design ways to protect space explorers from deadly cosmic radiation. Americas next step in human space exploration is an ambitious one and will require new technologies, including ways to keep our astronauts safe from the effects of deep-space radiation, said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden upon announcing the program Continue reading
Trans-Pacific Aerospace Company Receives SAE AS81820, SAE AS81934 Certification; Becomes Only Qualified Manufacturer …
SAN MARINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Trans-Pacific Aerospace Company, Inc. (TPAC) announced today that its China subsidiary has passed all qualification testing for SAE Aerospace Standard 81820 and has received formal written qualification approval from the U.S. Continue reading
UTC Aerospace Systems to provide the nacelle systems for the Second Generation Embraer E-Jets
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –UTC Aerospace Systems has been chosen by Pratt & Whitney as the exclusive nacelle provider for both engine models for Embraer’s new Second Generation E-Jet aircraft. The nacelle systems will be provided by the Aerostructures business unit headquartered in Chula Vista, Calif. The Embraer Second Generation E-Jets will be equipped with Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower Geared Turbofan PW1700G and PW1900G engines Continue reading
Marin futurist offers intriguing concept at TED Conference — revival of extinct species
From an environmentalist who wants to revive extinct species to a software company seeking to design molecules, Marin County is well represented at this week’s TED Conference, the annual gathering of elites from the technology industry and creative fields. Founded in 1984, the conference the acronym stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design features 50 speakers from a wide range of fields. Admission to the weeklong event costs a hefty $7,500, but videos of the talks have become a phenomenon online, where they have been streamed hundreds of millions of times Continue reading