Soyuz TMA-18 home after second undocking attempt success
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- Category: Transport
- Published on Saturday, 25 September 2010 08:21
Marking the end of Expedition 24, cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov, Mikhail Kornienko and astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson successfully undocked their Soyuz TMA-18 at the second attempt, before landing at 5:23am GMT. The scheduled undocking was delayed 24 hours, following a problem related to the latch and hooks between the Soyuz and the MRM-2 (Mini Research Module-2) module.
The Soyuz Vehicle consists of three modules: the Orbital Module, the Descent Module (DM), and the Instrumentation/Propulsion Module (IPM).
Mobile phone which can monitor heart problems and send data to your doctor goes on sale in UK
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- Category: Communications
- Published on Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:03
A new mobile phone could help millions of people who suffer from heart-related medical problems monitor their conditions. The H'andy Sana is a touch-screen phone that also includes an application called Heart Suite, which allows users to measure, record and send vital Electrocardiograms (ECGs). Users can take their ECG instantly by pressing two fingers on the side of the phone for 30 seconds.
Move over Fred Flintstone: The human-powered car that can reach speeds of up to 60mph
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- Category: Transport
- Published on Sunday, 22 August 2010 08:16
It looks like the kind of vehicle you would see Fred Flinstone driving around Bedrock, but this hand-powered hybrid car can reach speeds of up to 60mph and keep you fit at the same time.
The HumanCar Imagine PS, which can seat up to four people, is the brainchild of Charles Greenwood, an engineer who has been working on developing the perfect human-powered vehicle for more than 40 years.
Researchers target urine-powered robot
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- Category: Power
- Published on Saturday, 21 August 2010 09:00
Urine could move from being a waste product to become a useful fuel, if researchers in Bristol get their way. The team at Bristol Robotics Lab (BRL) is investigating the use of urine within Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), which use bacterial cultures to break down organic material to create power. MFCs are a developing technology used to power autonomous robots.
Researchers at BRL, which is a collaboration between the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England (UWE), have spent three and a half years developing a wastewater-powered robot with an artificial stomach, thanks to EU and EPSRC funding.
Student invents the 'intelligent' plant pot that lights up when it needs watering
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- Category: Control
- Published on Wednesday, 04 August 2010 13:19
By the time an ailing house plant sends out a distress signal, it is usually too late. But the days of wilting stems and yellowing leaves could soon be over thanks to an ‘intelligent’ pot which tells you when the plant needs some help. The ‘Tulipe’ pot glows bright red at the base when its sensors detect that temperature, light or moisture are not at optimum levels. Student Natalie King with the 'Tulipe' plant pot that glows red whenever the plant is in danger of becoming too hot, too cold, too light, too dark or too dry.
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