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Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 18, 2005 at 5:17:58 PM
If you want to see what Intel is up to for this year, check out the new article: »http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=163
NASA tests new artificial gravity machine. No, it isn't grav-plating.
Amber Alert heads to cell phones.
Palm adds 4GB to its PDA.
ISS oxygen generator fails.
NASA tests new artificial gravity machine. No, it isn't grav-plating.
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For the initial study this summer, Paloski said that 32 test subjects will be placed in a six-degree, head-down, bed-rest position for 21 days to simulate the effects of microgravity on the body. Half that group will spin once a day on the centrifuge to determine how much protection it provides from the bed-rest deconditioning. The ‘treatment’ subjects will be positioned supine in the centrifuge and spun up to a force equal to 2.5 times Earth’s gravity at their feet for an hour and then go back to bed.
Amber Alert heads to cell phones.
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Under the program, cellular customers who can receive text messages on their phones will be able to opt-in to the free service. Customers, however, will have to register at either the Wireless Amber Alerts Web site, or through their cell phone company.
Palm adds 4GB to its PDA.
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The company is formally announcing its LifeDrive product, a $499 handheld that includes a 4GB hard drive along with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless abilities. As previously reported, the move is an effort to expand the handheld into a repository for all manner of digital media, including photos, videos and music, while maintaining its abilities as a digital organizer.
ISS oxygen generator fails.
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The crew also is equipped with oxygen generators that work like drop-down emergency air supplies on commercial airliners. Supplies from those would last until early July. Beyond that, there is a 100-day oxygen supply in tanks attached to the station U.S. Quest airlock.