BROAD STRATEGIC APPRAISALS: Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009

Goddard team develops new carriers for space station

In a partnership that exemplifies One NASA, engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. teamed up with engineers at NASA's Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers to design, build, and test five new ExPRESS Logistics Carriers, or ELCs, which will be delivered to the International Space Station. "ExPRESS" stands for Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station.

Integrated sensor-derived data drives battlefield success

Getting sensor information down to coalition forces at the lowest level is the operational imperative that is driving architecture development and is one of the most important C4ISR development efforts during the past year.

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DOE Backs Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

A battery that could store three times more energy than lithium-ion batteries gets funded.

One of the most exciting battery chemistries for electric vehicles is lithium-sulfur--it has the potential to store three times more energy than the lithium-ion batteries currently used in electric car.

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Start-up claims its DVDs last 1,000 years

Cranberry's DiamonDisc product holds a standard 4.7GB of data, which roughly amounts to 2,000 photos, or 1,200 songs, or three hours of video, but the media is unharmed by heat as high as 176 degrees Fahrenheit, ultraviolet rays or normal material deterioration, according to the company.

What's next for Wi-Fi?

The recent formal approval of the IEEE 802.11n wireless standard marks not the end but the start of a wave of Wi-Fi innovation. In the next three to five years, the Wi-Fi experience will be very different from today.

The huge 11n performance jump -- to 300Mbps data rate and roughly 100M to 150Mbps throughput -- will become the basis for unwiring work and life to a much greater extent than ever before.

Army Testing XM-25 'Smart' High-Explosive Weapon for Soldiers

A Soldier successfully shoulder-fired a "smart" High Explosive Airburst, or HEAB, round for the first time Aug. 11 from the XM-25 weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md.

Boeing Receives Contract to Develop Miniature Weapon Technology

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] received a $500,000 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract on Sept. 30 for the first phase of a program to demonstrate miniature weapon technology for use on unmanned airborne vehicles (UAV).

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Nikon's Projector Cam Shines

Many of the camera's features — like the 11.044mm image sensor, 2.7-inch screen and 24mm wide-angle — look good on paper and proved decent.

In the S1000pj small, portable projector, picture is bright and clear while a slider on the top of the body lets you adjust the focus with ease.

3G Cellular Router integrates Wi-Fi, GPS, telemetry

Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) today introduced the Digi TransPort WR44, an all-in-one enterprise-class cellular router with integrated Wi-Fi access point. The multi-function Digi TransPort WR44 provides high-speed connectivity to remote devices by combining a 3G cellular router, state-of-the-art security, advanced routing, an Ethernet switch, global positioning system (GPS), telemetry and Wi-Fi access point all in one device.

Interference-free radio

Cambridge Consultants has developed InCognito, a novel ‘spectral sensing’ cognitive radio technology that will allow any radio product to transmit without interference over the so-called ‘whitespace’ frequencies recently vacated by the US digital TV switchover.

Hot Spot Hot Rod: The Internet Invades the Automobile

A group of companies led by Alcatel-Lucent demonstrate the power of next-generation wireless broadband technologies by rolling out a Prius with 4G connectivity.

Carbon Nanotube Sponge Could Suck Up Oil Spills

A new carbon sponge can soak up 180 times its own weight in organic matter .

Chinese scientists have created carbon nanotube sponges that don't absorb water, leaving them plenty of room for absorbing oil or other icky organic goo.

Invisibility cloak is created--virtually

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruhe, Germany) have created a new visualization tool that can render a room containing such an object, showing the visual effects of such a cloaking mechanism and its imperfections.

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Microsoft, IBM Prime for RFID`s Next Wave

The hype around RFID solutions peaked around 2004 but has not come close to meeting lofty expectations -- much to the dismay of some invested solution providers. But IBM and Microsoft see a revival in the works, and are banking that a newly positioned RFID will finally make headway.

Bose-Einstein Condensates of Strontium Atoms Created for the First Time

Two independent teams have, for the first time, created Bose-Einstein condensates of strontium atoms. The ability to cool strontium to very low temperatures and control its motion could lead to increasingly precise clocks and may advance our progress toward quantum computers and novel experiments in ultracold chemistry.

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Boeing completes 787 wing fix install

Boeing today confirmed that installation of reinforcements within the side-of-body section on the 787 is complete.

The modification entails installing new fittings at 34 stringer locations within the join where the wing attaches to the fuselage.

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