Everyone knows that space is big. The thing about calling the Universe massive and what not is that no one can get a clear image of precisely what type of distances we're talking about. The closest star to our location would take the equivalent of 50 million Earth-Moon journeys to get too, or roughly 4.2 light-y... |
26 November 2009
09:43 GMT |
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Robotic or manned submersibles, regardless of their sizes, could use anchors that are able to embed themselves into the loose soil at the bottom of the oceans. This type of anchors could easily keep the water craft in their desired position, but the effort has always been to find the most advanced and efficient desig... |
23 November 2009
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As the United States try to reduce their dependency on foreign oil, the Navy is one of the leading actors in this effort. Its ships consume vast amounts of oil each year, and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is looking at reducing these amounts by as much as possible. Recently, they've created a new, underwate... |
25 August 2009
08:38 GMT |
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A number of captains, sailing their ships in the crowded waters of the English Channel on Monday night, signaled to the coastguard services in France and the United Kingdom, saying that they noticed warning flares in the night sky. The lights, they reported, were either white or bright green, and they urged authoriti... |
16 June 2009
08:42 GMT |
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The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) is currently engaged in a research effort that holds the promise of coming up with a brand new type of materials to be used in coating the Navy's ships. According to the engineers involved, the move will considerably reduce the drag that the ships are currently experiencing ... |
5 June 2009
05:53 GMT |
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There are very few human beings that haven't, at least once, thought about going to space and exploring the stars. The fact that they hang over our heads every night, and some of them blink, always makes us wonder what's beyond them, and what answers await us at the end of the known Universe. “If the ... |
15 January 2009
11:01 GMT |
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It's official! Apple's latest laptop, the MacBook Air dubbed "The World's Thinnest Notebook," has started shipping. The same report mentioning the availability of the super slim notebook also informs of a delay for the new AppleTV update. It's "not quite finished", according to the Cupertino-based... |
31 January 2008
05:09 GMT |
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