Space shuttle Endeavour

Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) lands at Los Angeles International Airport, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. The shadow of a NASA F-18 chase jet wing is shown in the foreground. Endeavour, built as a replacement for space shuttle Challenger, completed 25 missions, spent 299 days in orbit, and orbited Earth 4,671 times while traveling 122,883,151 miles. Beginning Oct. 30, the shuttle will be on display in the California Science center's Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, embarking on its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and educate and inspire future generations of explorers.Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A350H Airliner

A350H Airliner Concept design is inspired by the shape of a dolphin

River over River in Germany

The Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany deserve special mention. Opened in October 2003 and part of the Magdeburg crossing of waterways, it connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittellandkanal, crossing over the Elbe River. At 918meters, it’s the longest navigable aqueduct in the world.

WiPower

Till now we are aware of transfering data from one device to other by using wifi, bluetooth,nfc,gprs,edge,3g,4g etc….. .But did not transferred electricpower wirelessly,Here is the technology called “WiPower”. This technology enable us to transfer electricity without any contact.The main principle in this technology is resonent mutual induction. We know the importance of the electricity so transfering it wirelessly is very usefull.some of the apps are…..

Charging your mobile phones without taking it from your pockets, by switching your Smartphone to charging mode. This is similar to wifi, when we find a wifi hotspot in our mobile we use to start using data, similarly in future we could find wipower hotspots in our mobile and we can start charging. Not only for mobile phones, it can also used for laptops and all other electronic devices.

At present the electricity is supplied from a power plant to users by using poles and wires. This technology replaces these poles and wires by WiPower transmitters and receivers.

Can use to charge electric cars wirelessly on the go.

Can replace combustion engines in vehicles with WiPower receivers and an electric motor. And the transmitters are placed under the road. So the vehicle space increases and we can also increase the capacity as much we want.

Why 'Space Madness' Fears Haunted NASA's Past

The opening of spaceflight to private citizens may revive madness concerns. THE GIST * The malady was thought to arise from humans experiencing microgravity and claustrophobic isolaiton. * NASA psychiatrists carefully screened the first astronauts. * Pop culture and media reporting played up the stoic astronaut. When astronauts first began flying in space, NASA worried about "space madness," a mental malady they thought might arise from humans experiencing microgravity and claustrophobic isolation inside of a cramped spacecraft high above the Earth. Such fears have since faded, but humanity continues to see spaceflight as having the power to transform people for either better or for worse. Such early concerns of NASA psychiatrists led to careful screening of the first astronauts drawn from military test pilots. The astronauts proved highly professional and level-headed in even the most life-threatening scenarios — a reality that did not stop reporters and science fiction writers from imagining astronauts going crazy or becoming spiritually changed by spaceflight. PHOTOS: Space Station Astronauts Log One Million Photos "People were making movies about astronauts suffering psychic stress long before any astronauts went into space ," said Matthew Hersch, a historian of science and technology at the University of Pennsylvania. "They assumed leaving Earth and traveling into the heavens would be so traumatic that humans would have to respond in some way." The sense of spaceflight's transformative power arose from both science fiction stories and from legitimate uncertainties about how traveling aboard a powerful rocket into the unknown might affect the human psyche, Hersch said. He also described how Americans projected their own hopes and fears of past decades onto the idea of spaceflight in a paper that appears in the March issue of the journal Endeavour. Metamorphosis in space U.S. astronauts and their Russian cosmonaut counterparts have mostly maintained their cool during long missions aboard space stations such as Skylab, Mir and the International Space Station. That stands in contrast to a rise in science fiction tales that are filled with space travelers going insane or experiencing life-changing moments. "There are no examples of what we might consider freak-outs or psychotic breaks in any space missions," Hersch told InnovationNewsDaily. "There have been arguments, disagreements and occasional shouting." PHOTOS: John Glenn’s Historic Space Odyssey Despite what writers like to imagine, astronauts displayed a businesslike attitude and stoicism in the face of danger that has proven popular with the American public. Neil Armstrong , the first human to walk on the moon, showed such calm when he was ejected from a jet-powered lunar landing simulator less than a second before it crashed to the ground — he surprised even his colleagues when he returned to work quietly at his desk barely an hour after the incident. Pop culture and news reporting of the 1960s did their part in playing up the stoic image of astronauts. But writers and reporters of the 1970s wanted to see the more human side of astronauts — they imagined astronauts cracking under pressure or experiencing a spiritual transformation through spaceflight. But the astronauts ended up mostly disappointing them in both cases. Have spacesuit, will travel NEWS: First Mars Astronauts May Grow Their Own Food The opening of spaceflight to private citizens who fly as "space tourists" in the 21st century may again revive milder "space madness" concerns. "As we see space become more democratized with people who fly in space not being former test pilots, there are concerns about people flying in space without having had a lifetime of training for stressful situations," Hersch said. Such concerns previously arose when NASA opened up its space shuttle program to more civilian scientists, engineers and teachers, but the civilian astronauts soon proved how well they could perform. Even the first few space tourists have mostly proven motivated and eager to undergo their own crash-course training. Still, spacefaring nations already look beyond the imagined fears of space madness in planning for the real human challenges of new space missions. China has carefully screened its prospective astronauts (called taikonauts ) for compatibility among possible space crews — an issue that was rarely considered during the early days of spaceflight. NASA has also paid more attention to its astronauts' psychological health on Earth in recent decades. The wonder of it all Space madness may mostly live on in science fiction stories rather than in reality. Yet the idea of spaceflight as a life-changing experience — something similar to a spiritual journey — is still strong in the minds of people shaping the future of space exploration. Such people range from the earliest rocket pioneers to the private spaceflight entrepreneurs of today. "That kind of idea often motivates people who get into the spaceflight business," Hersch explained. "Virtually every spaceflight pioneer, including Werner von Braun, was steeped in the notion of spaceflight being good for its own sake, but justified it for military, business or technical capability reasons." But will there ever be a time when spaceflight stops being seen as an automatic life-changing experience and starts becoming routine? Hersch thinks yes. "It may take a few hundred years, but we'll eventually get there," Hersch said.

Should Religion Boldly Go Interstellar?

During the 100 Year Starship symposium, religious leaders discussed a thorny question: should we take organized religions to the stars?Sending people to another star will be a monumental undertaking, and the challenges will be not just technological, but human. One thorny question, experts say, is whether to involve organized religions in the effort to mount an interstellar journey. Religious leaders argued the issue Sept. 14 in Houston at the 100 Year Starship Symposium, a meeting to discuss the prospect of sending a space mission to another star within 100 years. ANALYSIS: Interstellar Travel Is Hard, Why Bother? The church has the resources, funding and reach to garner support for an interstellar mission, said Jason Batt, group life director at Capital Christian Center in Sacramento, Calif. Batt said there is "spiritual potential" in space travel and that the church should begin preparing an organization for an off-planet ministry. However, others resisted the notion of involving organized religions in a starship mission. Such a voyage would likely be long, and may involve multiple generations, with perhaps 10,000 people onboard. "The only way humanity can survive is if they leave behind the Earth-based religions," charged Rev. Alvin Carpenter, pastor at First Southern Baptist Church West Sacramento. "If there's any way to make this fail, bring Earth-bound religions." ANALYSIS: Former U.S. President Backs 100 Year Starship Religions, he argued, breed aggression and conflict, citing the violent history of his own faith, Christianity, in episodes such as the Inquisition and the Crusades. Many religions' negative stance on homosexuality has driven young gay people to commit suicide, he said. "When you bring a religion on a starship, you bring the toxicity that we have seen on Earth," Carpenter argued. "This is something that we do not wish to export to the stars." "All it takes is one charismatic fundamentalist, with a Bible or a Koran in his or her hand," to spark conflict aboard a starship, he added. But Batt said religion wouldn't necessarily be a disruptive force on such a mission. "I'm not going to lie, we've got a horrible history, but we've made major grounds," he said. "There is a nastiness around religion. But I would argue that might be part of humanity in general." ANALYSIS: Hawking: Surprise! There's No Heaven Carpenter, however, advocated leaving religions behind on Earth, to allow room for new ways of thinking. "I think space-born religion is going to be based on science," he said. But the question of whether or not to invite religions to participate on an interstellar mission may be a moot point, because they will likely be part of such a voyage no matter what, Batt said. "Where humans go, they take religion with them," he said. "Even if we screen people and we say no religious principles, 100 years from now people are still going to return back to those things."

HECTOR the Walking Robot Inspired by Insects

  

A six-legged robot has been built to study the elegant movements of animals. HECTOR (Hexapod Cognitive autonomously Operating Robot), designed by researchers at the University of Bielefeld's Center of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology, uses a new kind of bioinspired, elastic joint drive that mimics muscle movement. Each drive is equipped with sensors, electronic controls, a dedicated processor and a sensorized elastic coupling all controlled by biologically inspired algorithms. These allow HECTOR to react by yielding during collisions or interactions with people. HECTORS exoskeleton is made of a light, yet durable, carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) and only accounts for only 13 percent of the robot's 26.45-pound body weight. Yet the 3.28 ft robot is still capable of carrying load over twice its body weight. A test showed it could carry a 66-pound load with less than one tenth inch of deformation. The robot's exchangeable lid body design allows special sensor equipment to be easily switched and installed for different studies. For example, an omnidirectional camera for near- and long-range sensing can be easily swapped for a tactile antenna, more suitable for exploring immediate surroundings. HECTOR's control program runs on the same distributed intelligence principle found in insect brains responding to stimuli. A specially developed interface and bus concept processes sensory information and links the robot's movement to the control system. HECTOR'S creators plan to give the robot the ability to learn and plan, which will allow it to navigate unfamiliar territory and autonomously carry out exploration tasks.

Human Ear Inspires Universal Radio

TV, radio, GPS, cell phones, wireless Internet, and other electronics all use different radio waves to receive and send information. Now scientists at MIT have created a tiny chip capable of receiving any radio signal, based on the human ear . The new universal radio could lead to better reception and a new class of electronics that can pick up any radio frequency . "The human ear is a very good spectrum analyzer," said Rahul Sarpeshkar, a professor at MIT who co-authored the paper in the June issue of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. "We copied some of the tricks the ear does, and mapped those onto electronics." The unique architecture of the human ear allows it to detect a wide range of sounds. A spiral with membranes, fluids, and cilia with different mechanical properties help the ear to separate out each frequency, from 100 hertz up to 10,000 hertz, and transmit that information to the brain. To detect electromagnetic waves instead of pressure waves the MIT scientists used circuits, in place of cilia. Starting on the outside edge of the 1.5-mm by 3-mm-chip are tiny squares, each one important for processing a different radio-frequency signal. As they spiral into the center, the squares become larger and larger. The outer spiral detects the highest energy, shortest frequency waves, while the center circuits detect longer frequency waves. The universal radio might be inspired by the human ear, but in terms of spectrum range that can be detected, the EM ear outperforms the human by about a million to one. The electromagnetic ear detects this huge range of frequencies using the same amount of energy that a typical cell phone does. Other devices do exist that can examine a range of radio frequencies. They just require much more power to do so. The low power usage of the electromagnetic ear means it would be ideal for portable electronic devices. The MIT team has a patent on their chip but so far doesn't have firm plans to commercialize the technology. The first use of a universal radio, say the scientists would be to eliminate any noise in the signal. Cell phone breaking up? The chip could switch to a nearby and less cluttered wavelength. Same for snowy TV sets and slow wireless Internet, or inaccurate GPS signals. In the future, a cell phone equipped with such a chip could easily pick up TV programs, songs on the radio, and virtually all other radio transmissions . A chip that can receive virtually any radio signal is good. A device that can also transmit on any frequency would be even better. Adding more power to the device can achieve this, and the MIT scientists are still working on it, but for now, creating a universal radio that receive any signal is still impressive. "It's very interesting just to see that it's possible to do this," said Christopher Shera, a doctor at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. "People have tried to construct electronic cochlea before, but this is the first demonstration that imitates the amplification we think happens in the ear to produce a device that works."

    

World's smallest transistor

  

The world's smallest transistor  , made from a mere six atoms of carbon suspended between two gold electrodes, has been created by scientists from Yale University and South Korea.
Although transistors, which amplify or switch electric signals, are the fundamental building blocks of modern electronic devices, this molecular model is more of a scientific discovery than a technological breakthrough for now. But once such transistors are proven viable, they could help create smaller computer chips for consumer devices that stay cooler by not wasting energy.
In other words, if you're reading this with your computer on your lap -- the smaller, efficient transistor could mean your lap stays cool.
The key is not so much the transistor's size, but in how efficiently it transfers energy.
"People always thought the end game was making transistors   small," said Mark Reed, a professor at Yale University who helped design the new transistor. "That's really not the problem; it's how much power they dissipate, and one way to modify that is by using different transport devices."
Reed and his colleagues created two molecular transistors; one that worked, and one that didn't work, or at least didn't work very well.
The first transistor, the one that didn't work very well, was made of eight carbon atoms strung together in a line with hydrogen atoms hanging off the sides, like a clothes line with eight wooden pins stuck at even intervals along its length.
This first transistor didn't work well, which the scientists expected; they simply wanted to show they could build a device that small. Electricity traveled along the string, but it took a lot of power to push even a small amount through the alkane string -- too much power to make an efficient transistor.
For the second model, the researchers took six carbon and hydrogen atoms and twisted them into a circle -- creating a molecule of benzene. In this form, the electrical current flowed with ease, up one gold electrode, through the carbon atoms, and down the other gold electrode.
Twisting the carbon atoms into a ring brings the carbons electrons closer together, so that the carbon atoms can actually share electrons with each other. Those shared electrons let an electrical current run through with relative ease.
A transistor smaller than one nanometer is a scientific breakthrough, but not a technological one, cautions Reed. "If I take this result and go to IBM and ask what they think, they will answer that its interesting, but it won't help us," said Johnson.
Modern silicon commercial transistors can reach down to about 45 nanometers in size, even smaller in specialized research laboratories. But pack these tiny transistors together and the computer chips can still get hot since energy is being lost during transfer.
Studying new kinds of transistors dissipate heat could produce cooler computers and longer lasting cell phones. These devices are still years away from commercial reality -- of all the benzene transistors Reed and his colleagues created, only about 15 percent of them actually worked. That's a far cry from the reliability of the transistors found in cell phones and computers today.
"Making one is great, showing how it works is fabulous," said James Kushmerick, a scientist at the National Institutes for Standards and Technology. "But you need thousands of them interconnected with a high success rate to create a computer."
The technology to create that many interconnected benzene transistors doesn't exist right now, and likely won't for at least another 10 years, but Kushmerick is still excited about what he calls a "huge scientific breakthrough."

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Even the earth is nothing in this vast universe. Then think how much we are in this universe.

The sparking mysterious event in space.

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