The Arecibo Observatory’s telescope has collapsed

Posted on 01/12/2020 by Engadget

The world-famous Arecibo Observatory has collapsed. The National Science Foundation (NSF), the agency that oversees the telescope, announced the unfortunate turn of events on Tuesday. At some point during the night, Arecibo’s receiver platform crashe...

Without the Arecibo telescope, our search for intelligent life is hamstrung

Posted on 20/11/2020 by Engadget

Structural engineers and repair crews have done all that they can but the end result is as we feared: the Arecibo radio telescope has to come down. The venerable space observatory has been out of commission since August when a cable atop Tower 4, whi...

Arecibo Observatory will be torn down because repairs are too dangerous

Posted on 19/11/2020 by Engadget

After 57 years of helping to expand human knowledge and understanding of the cosmos, the story of Puerto Rico’s world-famous Arecibo Observatory is coming to an unfortunate end. Following two cable failures in recent months, the National Science Foun...

Recent damage to the Arecibo telescope could keep it offline for months

Posted on 19/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It could take several months to repair the recent damage to Arecibo Observatory, SpaceNews reports. During a NASA meeting earlier this week, Lindley Johnson, director of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, said the massive radio telescope c...

Puerto Rico’s Arecibo radio telescope suffers serious damage

Posted on 12/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Arecibo Observatory -- the second-largest radio telescope in the world -- is in trouble again. Early this week, a support cable snapped, causing a 100-foot-long gash in the telescope’s reflector dish. It also damaged panels in a receiver called t...

Scientists want to fix our notoriously insecure smart home devices

Posted on 12/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The dream of a smart home that would automate your life à la The Jetsons is more like a nightmare thanks to the lack of security in numerous smart devices. Now, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is intervening with a nationwide project designed t...

Bipartisan Senate bill aims to invest $100 billion in technology R&D

Posted on 27/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A group of bipartisan, bicameral politicians have drafted a bill that would “dramatically” increase investment in tech research and development. The Endless Frontiers Act would commit $100 billion over five years toward research in artificial intelli...

Capturing the Sun’s Texas-sized cells in the highest detail ever

Posted on 03/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) started with some controversy, but its first images are already changing the field of solar science. The Maui observatory captured the highest-resolution photos of the sun ever taken, revealing detail down...

MIT algorithm ensures drones get the freshest data possible

Posted on 06/06/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

Consider a group of drones that have to constantly exchange information on their position in order to avoid colliding with one another. Or a smart car that needs up-to-the-millisecond sensor data to avoid crashing into objects, other cars or people....

ICYMI: Separating blood based on a kids toy

Posted on 12/01/2017 by Engadget RSS Feed

Today on In Case You Missed It: Stanford bioengineers created a centrifuge to separate blood and detect disease, all based on whirligigs from childhood. They estimate the blood cell device would cost only 20 cents a piece to make, and since it'...

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