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China Launches Fifth Satellite For Its Own Global Navigation NetworkXichang, China (XNA) Aug 02, 2010 China successfully launched its fifth orbiter into space at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, as a part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network. The satellite was launched from the Long March 3I carrier rocket. It is the 126th flight for the country's Long March series of rockets. The satellite will join another four satellites in orbit to form a network that will eventually consist of 35 satellites. The system, code named "COMPASS", is a crucial part of the country's spac ... read more |
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Honolulu HI (SPX) Jul 30, 2010The University of Hawaii at Manoa's School of Ocean Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) completed a three-year long investigation of Sea Disposal Site Hawaii Number 5 (HI-05), a deep-water military munitions disposal site in U.S. coastal waters approximately 5 miles south of Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. This complex investigation required the use of high-resolution sidescan sonar and remot ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) July 30, 2010Japanese emergency services are to trial a small tank-like rescue robot that can search rubble for survivors and deliver water, food or cellphones in disaster zones. The fire department of Chiba City, east of Tokyo, will test the QUINCE prototype from next month, said Eiji Koyanagi, robotic engineering expert at Chiba Institute of Technology. "People die because they despair. If the robo ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Aug 02, 2010SDE has finalized the construction of the first large-scale sea wave power plant, in Jaffa Port in Israel. In the past, the sea wave energy conversion method has received support from the Chief Scientist of Israel, Ministry of Industry and Trade, approval no. 23425, which had enabled S.D.E. to build eight (8) sea wave power plant models. The last of which, has operated successfully for a p ... more |
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Soaring e-book sales speak volumesHong Kong (AFP) Aug 1, 2010 After years of lurking in the literary wilderness, the e-book market has exploded with online retailer Amazon.com's digital volumes recently overtaking sales of their hardcover counterparts. The increase in sales has come as Amazon slashes the price on its Kindle device amid heavy competition from Apple's multi-purpose iPad and e-readers from Sony and bookstore giant Barnes & Noble. Underscoring the growth, Hong Kong's massive book fair, an annual event attended by almost one million people, wr ... read more |
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