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NASA says it's not helping GM with the technical issues surrounding an ignition switch defect that has sparked the recall of 2.6 million vehicles but it stands ready to assist other federal agencies with their investigations.
The switch defect can cause the engine to turn off unexpectedly, and that's been linked to dozens of crashes and at least 13 deaths. The issue has been the focus of an investigation by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, stormy congressional hearings, lawsuits and a Justice Department probe.
NASA's engineering expertise can come in handy for such investigations. In 2011, at the behest of the NHTSA, the NASA Engineering and Safety Center issued a report concluding that faulty electronics were not to blame for the unintended acceleration of Toyota vehicles.
Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, displays a GM ignition switch similar to those linked to 13 deaths and dozens of crashes of GM cars.
NASA could take on a similar role in the GM case: A source at GM who is familiar with the recall investigation told NBC News correspondent Gabe Gutierrez that the details of any cooperation with NASA were "being worked out." The source said there were plans for GM officials to meet with NASA next week but provided no further details.
For now, "NASA is not working with GM on its ignition switch issue," agency spokesman Chris Rink told NBC News.
Another NASA representative, Bob Jacobs, explained that it would be difficult for the space agency to assist GM directly. "That would require considerable interagency coordination, just because of the existing investigations," Jacobs told NBC.
It's more likely that NASA would respond to a request for help from the NHTSA. "If the investigating agencies asked for assistance, we would provide help as we have in past instances," Jacobs said.
NHTSA spokeswoman Kathyrn Henry said that "it's logical" to ask NASA for technical help if it's needed, but that the investigation was still in its early stages. "We're in the process of receiving the requested documents from GM," she told NBC News.
NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez contributed to this report.
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NASA has built a pair of legs for Robonaut 2, a robotic torso currently orbiting Earth aboard the International Space Station.
A robotic humanoid astronaut on the International Space Station is about to get its legs.
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NASA has crafted a pair of space legs forRobonaut 2, its robotic astronaut torso on the space station now. The legs will fly to space aboard SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule, set to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Monday (April 14).
Once installed, the legs will give Robonaut 2 which is currently attached to a support post on the orbiting outpost an extended leg span of 9 feet (2.7 meters), according to NASA. The legs are expected to allow Robonaut 2 (R2 for short) the flexibility to move about the station. Eventually, NASA officials hope that R2 will be able to perform repetitive tasks inside and outside the space laboratory, allowing astronauts to focus on more complex work. [See more photos of Robonaut 2 on Earth and in space]
"The new legs are designed for work both inside and outside the station, but upgrades to R2's upper body will be necessary before it can begin work outside the space station," NASA officials said in a statement released in March.
R2's legs are not like a human's lower limbs. The legs each have seven joints and in place of feet, the robot will have an "end effector" attached to the end of each leg, NASA officials said. The end effector allows R2 to use sockets and handrails inside and outside the station, and the two devices also come equipped with vision tools that controllers can use to visualize and automate the movements of the legs, NASA added.
Robonaut 2 has been onboard the space station since February 2011, and since that time, it has performed a variety of tasks to show its usefulness in microgravity. The $2.5 million humanoid robot can flip switches, press buttons and turn nobs.
"In preparation for future spacewalks, R2 has worked inside the space station with space blankets and other flexible materials, both through ground control and through teleoperation by the on-board crew," NASA officials added.
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Eat your heart out, Marvin the Martian: NASA is building its own flying saucer as part of a project to get bigger payloads to Mars. The disk-shaped object is called a Low Density Supersonic Decelerator, and it's due to fly for the first time this June.
Journalists got an advance peek at the saucer this week at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., where it's being readied for the test flight. The saucer will be taken to Hawaii and then lofted up to an altitude of 120,000 feet (37 kilometers) on a high-altitude balloon. It'll fire a rocket engine to rise even higher, to 180,000 feet (55 kilometers). And then it'll start falling.
During its Mach 3.5 descent, it will inflate like a pufferfish to increase atmospheric drag, slowing its speed to about twice the speed of sound. That will trigger the deployment of a super-strong 100-foot-wide (33.5-meter-wide) parachute, which should slow down the test vehicle enough for a gentle splashdown.
Why go to all that trouble? NASA had to use a complex, rocket-powered sky crane to get its 1-ton Curiosity rover safely down to the surface of Mars in 2012, but the payloads required for human missions to Mars are expected to weigh significantly more as much as 100 tons. The sky-crane system can't handle payloads that heavy. That's why NASA says it'll need the supersonic decelerator to send astronauts to Mars.
Let's just hope those astronauts don't face the Q-36 explosive space modulator when they get there.
Journalists are dressed in special suits inside a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as they get a look at the saucer-shaped test vehicle for the agency's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator project on Wednesday.
The Low Density Supersonic Decelerator is designed to inflate balloon-like pressure vessels during its descent, to increase atmospheric drag and slow the vehicle down from Mach 3.5 to Mach 2.
First published April 10 2014, 7:35 PM
Alan Boyle is the science editor for NBC News Digital. He joined MSNBC.com at its inception in July 1996, and took on the science role in July 1997 with the landing of NASA's Mars Pathfinder probe. Boyle is responsible for coverage of science and space for NBCNews.com.
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NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., will launch a variety of experiments into space aboard NASA's next commercial cargo resupply flight of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. These experiments include a next-generation smartphone satellite, 100 stamp-sized nanosatellites and life science experiments to better our understanding of how spaceflight affects the human body, the growth of cells and plants. Future astronauts on long-term space missions in low-Earth orbit, to asteroids, other planets and beyond will benefit from these technologies and need to understand how to prevent illnesses during space travel.
The company's third commercial resupply mission to the space station is scheduled to lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 1:58 p.m. PDT Monday, April 14. If the launch is postponed, the next launch opportunity is Friday, April 18 at approximately 12:25 p.m. The mission will deliver several tons of supplies, including new science and technology research experiments.
The three Ames-supported satellites, which were selected for launch by NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative, are scheduled to deploy from the Falcon 9 rocket or Dragon spacecraft into low-Earth orbits between 200 and 250 miles (325 and 400 kilometers) above Earth.
PhoneSat 2.5 is a one-unit (1U) cubesat spacecraft built at Ames. It measures 10 centimeters square (approximately four inches on each side) and uses commercially available smartphones. This latest PhoneSat is fifth in a series and has three objectives: determine if a low-cost commercially available attitude determination and control system can work in space; verify if a smartphone can support space-based communications systems; and provide further confidence in the PhoneSat concept and components by investigating its ability to survive long-term in the radiation environment of space. PhoneSat 2.5 is equipped with a higher-gain S-Band antenna, which serves as a pathfinder for future NASA missions, including the Edison Demonstration of Satellite Network (EDSN) mission scheduled to launch later this year. EDSN plans to launch eight identical 1.5U cubesats (10-by-10-by-15 centimeters and 2.5 kilograms) based on the PhoneSat architecture in order to demonstrate the utility of multiple small spacecraft cooperatively working together. PhoneSat 2.5's smartphone camera will attempt to transmit photographs to the ground station at Santa Clara University in California to gather information for future low-cost star trackers. The PhoneSat series of technology demonstration missions is funded by the Small Spacecraft Technology Program, in NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters and the Engineering Directorate at Ames.
SporeSat is an autonomous, free-flying spacecraft that will investigate how germinating plant cells sense and respond to gravity. Researchers are studying spores in space to gain a more detailed understanding of molecular and biophysical mechanisms for gravity sensing. Specifically, it will investigate how germinating single-celled spores of the aquatic fern Ceratopteris richardii sense and respond to gravity. The 3U spacecraft, built at Ames, weighs approximately 12 pounds and measures 10-by-10-by-30 centimeters (14 inches long, four inches wide, four inches tall). The science payload includes three lab-on-a-chip devices, called BioCDs, developed by researchers at Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind., for variable gravity electrophysiology studies of single cells. Each disc-shaped BioCD holds up to 32 spores. During the experiment, two of the BioCDs will spin to simulate gravity and the third will remain stationary. SporeSat was developed through a partnership between Ames, which managed the development of the mission, and the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue, where Jenna Rickus and Amani Salim are the principal investigators. SporeSat is funded by the Space Biology Project at Ames and the Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division in the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters.
KickSat is a 3U cubesat technology demonstration mission designed to deploy and operate in space a prototype 3.5-by-3.5 centimeter (1.4-by-1.4 inch) Sprite "ChipSats" developed at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., with support from the Ames Office of the Chief Technologist. A 1U avionics bus provides power, communications, attitude control functions, command and data handling, while a 2U deployer houses 100 Sprites in individual spring-loaded slots. Each Sprite is a tiny spacecraft with power, sensor and communication systems on a printed circuit board. It is intended as a general-purpose sensor platform for micro-electro-mechanical and other chip-scale sensors with the ability to downlink data to ground stations from low Earth orbit. Chipsats such as the Sprite represent a disruptive new space technology that has the potential to both open space access to hobbyists and students and enable a new class of science missions. The hardware for the KickSat mission was funded by the crowdsource-funding website Kickstarter.
In addition to deploying three Ames-supported nanosatellites, Dragon also will deliver several life science experiments developed in collaboration with Ames, including:
T-Cell Activation in Aging is an investigation of the genetic and molecular mechanisms that underlie diminished T-cell activation that occurs in the aging population and astronauts. T-cell activation is a critical event during which T-cells, which are specialized immune system cells, recognize infections within the body and initiate a defensive response. The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, is the sponsoring agency for the mission.
"This experiment's unique approach to studying molecular mechanisms that contribute to decline of T-cell function will add to our understanding of the effects of zero gravity on the immune function, as well as provide insights about immune suppression, a major issue affecting older people," said Felipe Sierra Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Aging Division of Aging Biology. "Hopefully, this will help lead to new interventions to prevent infection not only for those on space travel but also for those with compromised immune systems, including the elderly."
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Newswise San Francisco, CA. (April 11, 2014) A technique using anesthesia-containing nanoparticlesdrawn to the targeted area of the body by magnetscould one day provide a useful alternative to nerve block for local anesthesia in patients, suggests an experimental study in the April issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).
"We have established proof of principle that it is possible to produce ankle block in the rat by intravenous injection of magnetic nanoparticles associated with ropivacaine and magnet application at the ankle," write Dr Venkat R.R. Mantha and colleagues of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. With further study, the nano-anesthesia technique might allow more potent doses of local anesthetics to be delivered safely during local anesthesia in humans.
Magnets Used to Attract Anesthesia-Containing Nanoparticles The experimental pilot study evaluated the use of magnet-directed nanoparticles containing the local anesthetic drug ropivacaine (MNP/Ropiv) to produce anesthesia of the limbs. The researchers engineered nanoparticle complexes containing small amounts of ropivacaine and the iron oxide mineral magnetite. The MNP/Ropiv complexes were injected into the veins (intravenously, or IV) of anesthetized rats.
The researchers then placed magnets around the ankle of the right paw for 15, 30, or 60 minutes. The goal was to use the magnets to draw the nanoparticles to ankle. Once there, the particles would release the anesthetic, numbing the nerves around the ankle.
Sensation in the right paw was assessed by comparing the right paw to the left paw, which was not affected. Other groups of rats received standard nerve block, with ropivacaine injected directly into the ankle; or IV injection of ropivacaine alone, not incorporated into nanoparticles.
Injection of MNP/Ropiv complexes followed by magnet application produced significant nerve block in the right ankle, similar to a standard nerve block. The left ankle was unaffected.
Nano-Anesthesia Could Permit Safe Use of Higher Anesthetic Drug Doses The ankle block produced by MNP/Ropiv injection was greatest when the magnet was applied for 30 minuteslikely reflecting the time of maximum ropivacaine release. High ropivacaine concentrations were found in right ankles of the MNP/Ropiv group, suggesting "sequestration of the drug locally by the magnet."
In rats receiving MNP/Ropiv, the nanoparticles contained a total of 14 milligrams of ropivacainea dose high enough to cause potentially fatal toxic effects. Yet none of the animals in the MNP/Ropiv group had apparent adverse effects of ropivacaine. This was similar to the findings in rats receiving 1 milligram of plain ropivacaine. Thus the safe dose of ropivacaine combined with nanoparticles could be at least 14 times higher, compared to IV ropivacaine alone.
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AHMEDABAD: Ban on Gutka in September 2012 and shifting of Tata Nano's excise account being an LTU (Large Taxpayer Unit) to Mumbai has resulted in shortfall of approximately Rs 500 crore in excise duty for Excise II commissionerate of Ahmedabad zone in the last two years.
After the Gutka ban in 2012-13, Excise II was forced to halve its targets of revenue in 2013-14. In 2013-14, Excise II collected excise duty worth Rs 793 crore against the target of Rs 776 crore. Though the department surpassed the target last year, it was Rs 136 crore less than the collections in 2012-13. Against the target of Rs 1,315 crore, Excise II collected Rs 929 crore in 2012-13, falling way behind target due to Gutka ban. Excise II majorly covers Narol, Naroda, Sanand and Changodar areas.
"Gutka industries used to contribute around Rs 400 crore every year, but after the ban collections fell badly. Also, from June 2013 Tata Nano has begun paying excise duty in Mumbai zone which too has left the collections dry," said a senior excise official.
Tata Nano in 2012-13 paid excise duty worth Rs 107 crore for its facilities in Sanand. "There were talks of manufacturing some other models of Tata motors at the Sanand plant, but that too fizzled out," added the official.
In 2013-14, Excise II commissionerate registered 27 cases of duty evasion worth Rs 100 crore. In on-the-spot recovery, excise officials recovered Rs 12.34 crore and in the raids conducted during the year seizures worth Rs 28 crore were made. Of all the evaders, machinery industries, fertilizer makers and engineering goods manufacturer were the major excise duty evaders, according to Excise II commissioner.
Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Ahmedabad zonal unit detected evasion of central excise duty to the tune of Rs 730 crore in financial year 2013-14, up by Rs 70 crore from 2012-13. According to sources, urea and fertilizer manufacturers evaded excise duty of more than Rs 100 crore in 2013-14.
Pesticide maker Perfect Crop science was the biggest evader with Rs 9 crore of duty evasion. The director of the company was also arrested by excise department officials.
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The doubling of computing power every two years is referred to as Moore's Law. This law relates to the functions of digital electronic devices such as processing speed and memory capacity.
In 1965, the process described by Moore's Law was first written about by Gordon E. Moore, the co-founder on Intel. The phrase Moore's Law was "coined" by Professor Carver Mead in 1970.
Moore's Law interprets technological change in the 20th and 21st century and how it impacts social change.
In 1975, Gordon Moore definitively stated that computing power would double every two years. However, he was challenged by an Intel colleague who stated the power of integrated circuits within computers would double every 18 months.
In 1950, Alan Turing wrote a paper that predicted the advance ability of memory by stating computers would be able to store a billion words at a time.
On April 19, 1965, "Electronics" magazine published Gordon Moore's theory on size and memory, which explains how thousands of components will be built onto a space the size of a wafer.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. Moore's Law -- the ability to pack twice as many transistors on the same sliver of silicon every two years -- will come to an end as soon as 2020 at the 7nm node, said a keynoter at the Hot Chips conference here.
While many have predicted the end of Moore's Law, few have done it so passionately or convincingly. The predictions are increasing as lithography advances stall and process technology approaches atomic limits.
"For planning horizons, I pick 2020 as the earliest date we could call it dead," said Robert Colwell, who seeks follow-on technologies as director of the microsystems group at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. "You could talk me into 2022, but whether it will come at 7 or 5nm, it's a big deal," said the engineer who once managed a Pentium-class processor design at Intel.
Moore's Law was a rare exponential growth factor that over 30 years brought speed boosts from 1 MHz to 5 GHz, a 3,500-fold increase. By contrast, the best advances in clever architectures delivered about 50x increases over the same period, he said.
Exponentials always come to an end by the very nature of their unsustainably heady growth. Unfortunately, such rides are rare, Colwell said.
"I don't expect to see another 3,500x increase in electronics -- maybe 50x in the next 30 years," he said. Unfortunately, "I don't think the world's going to give us a lot of extra money for 10 percent [annual] benefit increases," he told an audience of processor designers.
Colwell poured cold water on blind faith that engineers will find another exponential growth curve to replace Moore's Law. "We will make a bunch of incremental tweaks, but you can't fix the loss of an exponential," he said.
DARPA tracks a list of as many as 30 possible alternatives to the CMOS technology that has been the workhorse of Moore's Law. "My personal take is there are two or three promising ones and they are not very promising," he said.
DARPA's microsystems group has "a fair amount of money chasing" two programs. One is exploring approximate computing in a program called Upside; another is exploring the effects of spin-torque oscillators to settle on partial solutions at relatively low power.
Colwell ticked off a list of other routes to improving chips post-CMOS, including 3D stacking, new architectures and apps, new switching technologies, better human interfaces, and just plain creative marketing. "You laugh, but you will see this," he said, citing Intel's dolls of fab workers.
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SimTech Systems has just released its latest version of the popular MindMapper mind processor software, MindMapper 14 for Windows. It integrates thinking and task management together, for smarter results in the framework of mind mapping.
This latest version makes it even easier for users to tap into their thoughts. They can express their ideas in the visual format of a mind map, rearrange them easily for organization, present them in different file format, and share by using MindMapper collaboration service.
This updated version puts a core focus on ideation and communication, and has improved collaboration features, says Young G. Chung, President and CEO of SimTech Systems. It helps personal, corporate, and academic users worldwide to create, manage, access, and share information with ease.
New features include: 1.User interface thats more intuitive, easier to navigate, and easier to read 2.More refined graphics elements, so mind maps look more balanced and refined 3.Better integration with MS Office, and easier steps in the converting process 4.Ability to share a mind map by creating a web URL, so that anyone with a browser with Flash can view it 5.Streamlined presentation mode, to shorten presentation prep time 6.New design menu, with a variety of themes that can be applied to the map 7.Ability to seamlessly import MindManager files 8.Ability to sync mobile MindMapper apps with the desktop version
One of the most powerful features of MindMapper is its collaboration service, says Chung It allows users to co-edit maps, embed files, work on projects, brainstorm ideas, conduct meetings, upload documents and materials, update status, and more. As Samsung Electronics has discovered, its a great way to conduct a meeting, manage projects, and share knowledge.
Upgrades from MindMapper 12 to 14 will be free. And during a release promotion, all upgrades to MindMapper 14 will be offered at 50% off.
About SimTech Systems SimTech Systems developed MindMapper as an in-house tool in 1997 for industrial simulation projects. Since then, the company has pioneered the development of digital mind maps, transforming them into digital mind processors. Innovative features include the first-ever import/export feature to MS Office, Gantt chart, and process tree mapping direction.
Now, with dedicated collaboration servers deployed in top corporations, governments, schools, and militaries around the world, MindMapper makes accessing and communicating information in visual format more convenient and productive. The goal of SimTech Systems is to create efficient information that can be effectively managed, recycled, and shared with others to improve organizational or personal productivity.
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