EO Newsroom: New Images - Aurora from the Space Shuttle Astronauts aboard the STS-97 Space Shuttle mission in December observed and photographed the northern lights after undocking from the International Space Station. This image was taken on December 11, 2000. At the time, the Shuttle was just east of Newfoundland at 49.7N 51.6 W, at an altitude of 362 km. The image view is to the north (Polaris, the North Star, is visible), and shows two separate atmospheric optical phenomena.
Thursday, January 18, 2001
EO Newsroom: New Images - Aurora from the Space Shuttle Astronauts aboard the STS-97 Space Shuttle mission in December observed and photographed the northern lights after undocking from the International Space Station. This image was taken on December 11, 2000. At the time, the Shuttle was just east of Newfoundland at 49.7N 51.6 W, at an altitude of 362 km. The image view is to the north (Polaris, the North Star, is visible), and shows two separate atmospheric optical phenomena.
Wednesday, January 17, 2001
Speech recognition apps coming of age In the movies, computers are always good listeners. In real life, they only hear what they want to hear. Much as people would like to speak with their machines, to browse the Internet by voice rather than keystroke, recent strides in speech recognition technology hardly provide the ease and spontaneity of a free-flowing dialogue between humans. Instead, the machines monopolize the discussion.
Talking to the Web The voice-enabled web is a bold technological vision with the backing of a number of major players. Will it get a fair hearing from an impatient public?
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
Mobile phones: now it's eye cancer Whew! What's next?
Related Stories: BT urges UK not to use mobiles, We've got brain cancer and we want your money, Death by mobile phone, US says mobile phones won't kill you, Finally the truth! Mobiles only kill children, It's official: Mobile phones give you diarrhoea.
Monday, January 15, 2001
Is ‘IT’ a wearable car? What could it be? Respected inventor Dean Kamen of Manchester, N.H., we are told, has come up with a world-moving invention that will be “an alternative to products that are dirty, expensive, sometimes dangerous, and often frustrating, especially for people in the cities.” Has the man reinvented sex?
ABCNEWS.com : Mysterious Invention Puzzles Scientists The proposal says IT will sweep over the world and change lives, cities, and ways of thinking. The proposal quotes Kamen, who has won the National Medal of Technology, as saying the device will be an alternative to products that are “dirty, expensive, sometimes dangerous and often frustrating, especially for people in the cities.”
Sunday, January 14, 2001
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