Page 5,286«..1020..5,2855,2865,2875,288..5,3005,310..»

Category Archives: Transhuman News

Space Station Astronaut Drives Robot on Earth via 'Interplanetary Internet'

Posted: November 11, 2012 at 4:44 am

NASA and the European Space Agency have tested out a prototype system that may one day help enable Internet-like communications between Earth and robots on another planet.

Astronaut Sunita Williams, commander of the International Space Station's current Expedition 33 mission, used NASA's experimental Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol to drive a small LEGO robot at the European Space Operations Center in Germany late last month.

The European-led experiment simulated a scenario in which an astronaut orbiting another world controls a robotic rover on the planet's surface, NASA officials said.

"The demonstration showed the feasibility of using a new communications infrastructure to send commands to a surface robot from an orbiting spacecraft and receive images and data back from the robot," Badri Younes, deputy associate administrator for space communications and navigation at NASA Headquarters in Washington, said in a statement.

"The experimental DTN we've tested from the space station may one day be used by humans on a spacecraft in orbit around Mars to operate robots on the surface, or from Earth using orbiting satellites as relay stations," Younes added.

NASA's DTN architecture is a new technology designed to enable standardized communications over long distances and through time delays, agency officials said. At its core is something called the Bundle Protocol (BP), which is similar to the Internet Protocol, or IP, that serves as the heart of the Internet here on Earth.

The big difference between the two is that IP assumes a seamless end-to-end data path, while BP is built to account for errors and disconnections glitches that commonly plague deep-space communications.

Data move through the BP network in a series of short hops, waiting at one node until the next link becomes available, NASA officials said.

The space station's current Expedition 33 consists of six crewmembers: NASA astronauts Williams and Kevin Ford, Japanese spaceflyer Akihiko Hoshide and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko, Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy.

Follow SPACE.com on Twitter@Spacedotcom. We're also onFacebook&Google+.

More here:
Space Station Astronaut Drives Robot on Earth via 'Interplanetary Internet'

Posted in Space Station | Comments Off on Space Station Astronaut Drives Robot on Earth via 'Interplanetary Internet'

Space station astronaut controls robot on Earth

Posted: at 4:44 am

NASA and the European Space Agency have tested out a prototype system that may one day help enable Internet-like communications between Earth and robots on another planet.

Astronaut Sunita Williams, commander of the International Space Station's current Expedition 33 mission, used NASA's experimental Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol to drive a small LEGO robot at the European Space Operations Center in Germany late last month.

The European-led experiment simulated a scenario in which an astronaut orbiting another world controls a robotic rover on the planet's surface, NASA officials said.

"The demonstration showed the feasibility of using a new communications infrastructure to send commands to a surface robot from an orbiting spacecraft and receive images and data back from the robot," Badri Younes, deputy associate administrator for space communications and navigation at NASA Headquarters in Washington, said in a statement.

"The experimental DTN we've tested from the space station may one day be used by humans on a spacecraft in orbit around Mars to operate robots on the surface, or from Earth using orbiting satellites as relay stations," Younes added.

NASA's DTN architecture is a new technology designed to enable standardized communications over long distances and through time delays, agency officials said. At its core is something called the Bundle Protocol (BP), which is similar to the Internet Protocol, or IP, that serves as the heart of the Internet here on Earth.

The big difference between the two is that IP assumes a seamless end-to-end data path, while BP is built to account for errors and disconnections -- glitches that commonly plague deep-space communications.

Data move through the BP network in a series of short hops, waiting at one node until the next link becomes available, NASA officials said.

The space station's current Expedition 33 consists of six crewmembers: NASA astronauts Williams and Kevin Ford, Japanese spaceflyer Akihiko Hoshide and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko, Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy.

Follow SPACE.com on Twitter@Spacedotcom. We're also onFacebook&Google+.

Go here to read the rest:
Space station astronaut controls robot on Earth

Posted in Space Station | Comments Off on Space station astronaut controls robot on Earth

Bio-based Polymers And Composites – , Xiuzhi Susan Sun – Video

Posted: at 4:43 am


Bio-based Polymers And Composites - , Xiuzhi Susan Sun
ll4.me Bio-based Polymers And Composites - , Xiuzhi Susan Sun Bio-Based Polymers and Composites is the first book systematically describing the green engineering, chemistry and manufacture of biobased polymers and composites derived from plants. This book gives a thorough introduction to bio-based material resources, availability, sustainability, biobased polymer formation, extraction and refining technologies, and the need for integrated research and multi-disciplinary working teams. It provides an in-depth description of adhesives, resins, plastics, and composites derived from plant oils, proteins, starches, and natural fibers in terms of structures, properties, manufacturing, and product performance. This is an excellent book for scientists, engineers, graduate students and industrial researchers in the field of bio-based materials.* First book describing the utilization of crops to make high performance plastics, adhesives, and composites* Interdisciplinary approach to the subject, integrating genetic engineering, plant science, food science, chemistry, physics, nano-technology, and composite manufacturing.* Explains how to make green materials at low cost from soyoil, proteins, starch, natural fibers, recycled newspapers, chicken feathers and waste agricultural by-products.Author: Wool, Richard Author: Sun, Xiuzhi Susan Publisher: Academic Press Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: Bio-Based Polymers and Composites Pages: 00640 (Encrypted PDF) On Sale: 2005-07-19 SKU ...From:juliannowak227Views:1 0ratingsTime:00:13More inPeople Blogs

Read more from the original source:
Bio-based Polymers And Composites - , Xiuzhi Susan Sun - Video

Posted in Genetic Engineering | Comments Off on Bio-based Polymers And Composites – , Xiuzhi Susan Sun – Video

An Introduction To Genetic Engineering – Desmond ST Nicholl – Video

Posted: at 4:43 am


An Introduction To Genetic Engineering - Desmond ST Nicholl
ll4.me An Introduction To Genetic Engineering - Desmond ST Nicholl Des Nicholl presents here a new, fully revised, and expanded edition of his popular undergraduate-level textbook. Many of the features of the original edition have been retained; the book still offers a concise technical introduction to the subject of genetic engineering. However, the book is now divided into three main sections: the first introduces students to basic molecular biology, the second section explains the methods used to manipulate genes, and the third deals with modern applications of genetic engineering. A whole chapter is now devoted to the polymerase chain reaction. Applications covered in the book include genomics, protein engineering, gene therapy, cloning, and transgenic animals and plants. A final chapter discusses the ethical questions surrounding genetic engineering in general. An Introduction to Genetic Engineering is essential reading for undergraduate students of biotechnology, genetics, molecular biology and biochemistry.Author: Nicholl,Desmond ST Publisher: Cambridge University Press Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: An Introduction to Genetic Engineering Pages: 00304 (Encrypted PDF) On Sale: 2002-02-07 SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521004718 Category: Science : Life Sciences - Genetics Genomics Des Nicholl presents here a new, fully revised, and expanded edition of his popular undergraduate-level textbook. Many of the features of the original edition have been retained; the book still ...From:jenniferhale9854Views:0 0ratingsTime:00:12More inPeople Blogs

Read this article:
An Introduction To Genetic Engineering - Desmond ST Nicholl - Video

Posted in Genetic Engineering | Comments Off on An Introduction To Genetic Engineering – Desmond ST Nicholl – Video

A ‘claimed’ doctor’s idea of a Scientific "Theory" – mirrored from DawahLies(Youtube User) – Video

Posted: at 4:43 am


A #39;claimed #39; doctor #39;s idea of a Scientific "Theory" - mirrored from DawahLies(Youtube User)
It #39;s surprising how "Doctor" Zakir Naik passed his exams on Science after not knowing what a "Theory" means in Science. A theory is an explanation that is supported by #39;testable #39; evidence.Evolution is a theory that is supported by paleontological, genetic and embryological evidence to name a few preliminary ones. To the ignoramuses out there, Evolution didn #39;t end with Darwin.It #39;s a wide,dynamic and growing field of study that churns out hundreds of peer-reviewed papers everyday! Evolution has widespread applications in Genetic Engineering, Medicine(surprisingly, the graduation discipline of Dr. Naik), and even Computer Science!! A search for peer-reviewed Scientific papers that refute Evolution as a whole will not land you with even one!So if you can believe in God WITHOUT a single evidence,why make a fool out of yourselves by projecting that Evolution was just an imagination of a bearded old guy in the 1600 #39;s?From:lokenath123Views:2 0ratingsTime:01:51More inPeople Blogs

Excerpt from:
A 'claimed' doctor's idea of a Scientific "Theory" - mirrored from DawahLies(Youtube User) - Video

Posted in Genetic Engineering | Comments Off on A ‘claimed’ doctor’s idea of a Scientific "Theory" – mirrored from DawahLies(Youtube User) – Video

Elcaline Short Working File – Video

Posted: at 4:43 am


Elcaline Short Working File
Fictional Promotional Short for a genetic engineering and prenatal care clinic.From:MonsterMailIncViews:5 0ratingsTime:11:53More inGaming

Continued here:
Elcaline Short Working File - Video

Posted in Genetic Engineering | Comments Off on Elcaline Short Working File – Video

DNA cloning – Video

Posted: at 4:43 am


DNA cloning
For more information, log on to- shomusbiology.weebly.com Download the study materials here- shomusbiology.weebly.com This video tutorial describes the process of DNA cloning and its importance in genetic engineering.From:Suman BhattacharjeeViews:0 0ratingsTime:19:56More inEducation

Original post:
DNA cloning - Video

Posted in Genetic Engineering | Comments Off on DNA cloning – Video

Port Townsend Food Coop: "I want to know what is in my food" – Video

Posted: at 4:43 am


Port Townsend Food Coop: "I want to know what is in my food"
In front of the Port Townsend Food Coop, I conducted a series of customer interview regarding GMOs. I-522 is an initiative to the Washington State legislature to establish mandatory labeling of foods produced through genetic engineering. As recommended by the Secretary of State, the LabelitWA group needs to turn in at least 320000 signatures to ensure they have 241153 valid signatures by December 31, 2012 in order to get on the November 2013 ballot. I-522, "The People #39;s Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act," is simple. The initiative would require food sold in retail outlets to be labeled if the ingredients are produced through genetic engineering. An estimated 70 percent of non-organic processed foods contain some #9472; or several #9472; genetically engineered ingredients. http://www.labelitwa.org http California 2012 Prop 37 Playlist http://www.youtube.com Sponsor RAAW Foods (Non-GMO Project Verified) http://www.raawfoods.comFrom:digitalreporterViews:0 0ratingsTime:03:45More inTravel Events

Original post:
Port Townsend Food Coop: "I want to know what is in my food" - Video

Posted in Genetic Engineering | Comments Off on Port Townsend Food Coop: "I want to know what is in my food" – Video

Fundamentals Of Weed Science – Robert L. Zimdahl – Video

Posted: at 4:43 am


Fundamentals Of Weed Science - Robert L. Zimdahl
ll4.me Fundamentals Of Weed Science - Robert L. Zimdahl This book addresses herbicides and their use as an important aspect of modern weed management,and strives to place them in an ecological framework. Many weed scientists believe agriculture is a continuing struggle with weeds - without good weed control, good and profitable agriculture is impossible. Each agricultural discipline sees itself as central to agriculture #39;s success and continued progress, and weed science is no exception. While notdenying the importance of weed management to successful agriculture, this book places it in alarger ecological context. The roles of culture, economics, and politics in weed management are also discussed, enabeling scientists and students to understand the larger effects on society.NEW TO THIS EDITION: * Information on New herbicides included, along with the old herbicides that are important for understanding the history * New section on weed resistance to herbicides and genetic engineering * New information on invasive plants * Expanded chapters on Biological Control, Pesticide Legislation and Regulation, Weed Management Systems, and moreAuthor: Zimdahl, Robert L. Publisher: Academic Press Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: Fundamentals of Weed Science Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF) On Sale: 2007-09-06 SKU-13/ISBN: 9780123725189 Category: Science : Life Sciences - Botany Category: Science : Environmental Science Category: Technology Engineering : Agriculture - General This book ...From:leslietessier9854Views:0 0ratingsTime:00:14More inPeople Blogs

Here is the original post:
Fundamentals Of Weed Science - Robert L. Zimdahl - Video

Posted in Genetic Engineering | Comments Off on Fundamentals Of Weed Science – Robert L. Zimdahl – Video

Genetic engeneering of plants – Video

Posted: at 4:43 am


Genetic engeneering of plants
For more information, log on to- shomusbiology.weebly.com Download the study materials here- shomusbiology.weebly.com In this video tutorial, the applications of genetic engineering techniques are described. This video tutorial demonstrates the genetic engineering of plants.From:Suman BhattacharjeeViews:0 0ratingsTime:06:24More inEducation

Continued here:
Genetic engeneering of plants - Video

Posted in Genetic Engineering | Comments Off on Genetic engeneering of plants – Video

Page 5,286«..1020..5,2855,2865,2875,288..5,3005,310..»