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SAM PULLEN, Stanford University A: Since at least 1997, the Global Positioning System (GPS) Control Segment (CS) has issued what are known as “Notice Advisor(ies) to NAVSTAR Users” or “NANU(s).” As originally reported in Section 3.5 of the 2001 version of the GPS SPS Performance Standard (GPS SPS PS), these provide “notification of changes in constellation operational status that affect the service being provided to GPS users, or if the U.S. Government anticipates a problem in support...

Around 7,000 tonnes of space debris is in the Earths orbits - expert About 3,000 tonnes of operating vehicles are in the Earths orbits, Head of the information and analytical center at Central Research Institute of Machine Building at the Russian Space Agency Igor Bakaras said MOSCOW, May 13. /TASS/. About 3,000 tonnes of operating vehicles and about 7,000 tonnes of space debris are in the Earths orbits, Head of the information and analytical center at Central Research Institute of Machine Bui...

Zebra Technologies Corp (ZBRA) Q1 2021 Earnings Call Transcript Motley Fool Transcribers © The Motley Fool Logo of jester cap with thought bubble. Zebra Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: ZBRA) Q1 2021 Earnings Call Operator Good day, and welcome to the First Quarter 2021 Zebra Technologies Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] After todays presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the...

19 April 2021 In an effort to curb global warming, Purdue University engineers have created the whitest paint yet. Coating buildings with this paint may one day cool them off enough to reduce the need for air conditioning. In October, the team created an ultra-white paint that pushed limits on how white paint can be. Now they’ve outdone that. The newer paint not only is whiter but also can keep surfaces cooler than the formulation that the researchers had previously demonstrated. “If you we...

16 April 2021 NASA’s Perseverance rover has now spent its first months on the surface of Mars. The testing and deployment phase is proceeding well, and after the first technology demonstration with the Ingenuity helicopter, the rover is commencing the continuous scientific measurements. With the arrival of the humidity and pressure measurement instruments onboard Perseverance, the first meteorological network on another planet is being created. The Perseverance rover landed successfully on Ma...

03 March 2021 Scientists report connecting the ear of a dead locust to a robot that receives the ears electrical signals and responds accordingly. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have successfully connected the ear of a dead locust to a robot that receives the ears electrical signals and responds accordingly. The result is extraordinary: when the researchers clap once, the locusts ear hears the sound and the robot moves forward; when the researchers clap twice, the robot moves backwards. The...

Pitch drive controllers from KEB play a central safety role in wind turbines 08 February 2021 KEB Automation is seeing an increase in demand for its drive controllers, motors and brakes for onshore and offshore wind turbines. Pitch and yaw drives, pitch motors, as well as pitch and yaw brakes from KEB, are proving popular as a central safety component in wind turbines, including the latest high-power (10MW and above) turbines. "The trend is clearly towards ever larger, more powerful wind turbin...

TSC Printronix Auto ID and InterVision Global Partner to Bring Manufacturers Real-Time Label Inspection for a New Level of Accuracy and Compliance Share Article TSC Printronix Auto ID, a global leader in barcode label printing solutions, has announced its partnership with InterVision Global, an expert in complex inspection solutions for industry compliance to bring TSC Printronix Auto ID customers a full-featured label print management and inspection solution called Perceptor PTXL. TSC Printron...

publicaffairs@doc.gov The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding a new ‘Military End User’ (MEU) List, as well as the first tranche of 103 entities, which includes 58 Chinese and 45 Russian companies. The U.S. Government has determined that these companies are ‘military end users’ for purposes of the ‘military end user’ control in the EAR that applies to specified items for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) ...

Russia to respond to new US sanctions, says Lavrov The US Department of Commerce on Monday imposed sanctions on a number of Russian and Chinese enterprises, Washington argues that the blacklisted economic entities cooperate with Russia’s armed forces © Valeriy Sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. Moscow will draw conclusions on the entire range of relations with the US following Washington’s new sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Wednesday. "Th...