News tagged with collision avoidance systems
Scientists develop method for verifying safety of computer-controlled devices
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have developed a new method for systematically identifying bugs in aircraft collision avoidance systems, high-speed train controls and other complex, ...
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Jules Verne demonstrates flawless Collision Avoidance Maneuver
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2008 |
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Mission controllers received confirmation shortly after 10:45 CET (09:45 UT) this morning that Jules Verne ATV had successfully demonstrated the critical Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre. The crucial test began ...
Crash warning for connected cars?
Jan 09, 2008 |
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European researchers have demonstrated in the lab a collision warning system for cars that could alert the driver several seconds in advance of an imminent impact. The device could save thousands of lives ...
Collision avoidance technology for mine haul trucks
Dec 05, 2007 |
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Today's mine haul tracks are massive vehicles in which drivers have limited vision and cannot see anything within around 30 meters. If a smaller vehicle on the mine site gets in the way of one of these monsters, ...
Warning signals for drivers who like to listen to music
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Listening to the radio can make it hard for drivers to hear the collision avoidance warning signals that are increasingly being introduced into new cars. Oxford University experimental psychologists have analysed ...
Improved satellite navigation for remote areas
Aug 22, 2008 |
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CSIRO scientists with the Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship are working closely with industry and government to develop vastly improved navigation technology for remote areas.
Jules Verne on track for long journey to ISS
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 11, 2008 |
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Following an overnight recovery operation, Jules Verne ATV's propulsion system has successfully been restored to full robustness. The spacecraft has since performed the first orbital manoeuvres necessary to ...
Space age engineers to verify control software for future robotic interplanetary missions
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2008 |
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An international team of engineers is to develop mission-critical control software for future European robotic space missions, it has been announced.
Successful manoeuvres position Jules Verne ATV for crucial tests
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Jules Verne ATV successfully performed two boosts today, bringing the spacecraft to an altitude of 303 km – half-way between the insertion orbit reached after last Sunday's launch and the orbit of the International ...
When Worlds Collide: Have Astronomers Observed the Aftermath of a Distant Planetary Collision?
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Astronomers announced today that a mystery object orbiting a star 170 light-years from Earth might have formed from the collision and merger of two protoplanets. The object, known as 2M1207B, has puzzled astronomers ...
A direct gaze enhances face perception
Aug 13, 2008 |
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Gaze direction is significant for the processing of visual information from the human face. Researchers in an Academy of Finland funded research project have discovered that the visual system of the brain processes another ...
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