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Augmented reality systems appearing in Japanese shopping malls

Augmented reality systems appearing in Japanese shopping malls

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Augmented reality (AR) systems are being developed for real applications in store windows and shopping malls in Japan.


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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner set for maiden flight

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner jet takes to the skies for the first time Tuesday, in a critical milestone for the problem-plagued aircraft seen as key to the future of the US aerospace giant.





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Virtual testing gives lightweight planes lift-off

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Monash University aeronautical engineers are working with the world's leading aerospace company to fast-track the design and construction of a new generation of super lightweight and efficient passenger airplanes.


Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have set themselves the goal of producing a new generation of super-strong, lightweight polymer composite materials for use in aircraft, road vehicles, trains and ferries.


Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole

Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image of data from three different telescopes shows an ongoing collision between two galaxies, NGC 6872 and IC 4970.


Cassini closes in on the centuries-old mystery of Saturn's moon Iapetus

Cassini closes in on the centuries-old mystery of Saturn's moon Iapetus

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Extensive analyses and modeling of Cassini imaging and heat-mapping data have confirmed and extended previous ideas that migrating ice, triggered by infalling reddish dust that darkens and warms the surface, ...


Going vertical: Fleeing tsunamis by moving up, not out

Going vertical: Fleeing tsunamis by moving up, not out

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the minutes after a strong earthquake struck offshore of the Indonesian city of Padang on Sept. 30, fears of a tsunami prompted hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate the coastal ...



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