Science and Technology
Japan is planning to create a regional network of satellites for disaster prevention
The Nikkei business daily reported today that Japan will propose to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to create an information network based on small satellites and focused on prevention of natural disasters. The satellites would be developed with Japanese technology and selling it to countries in the region could be financed in part [...]
How toads predict earthquakes
The animals may perceive chemical changes in the water shortly before earthquakes. That could be causing the strange behavior of several species at times of earthquakes, according to researchers in the U.S. and the UK. Scientists began to study possible changes in the water after seeing how a colony of toads left their pond days [...]
Natural and efficient movements in robotic arms
If you ask a person who has his hands resting on his lap to grab a cup of coffee on the table at which he sits, and this person will draw one of his hands under the table and stretch his arm into the bowl without requiring to make any mental effort. Asking a robot [...]
Apple, green energy from solar power plants
Apple will build solar power plants near the datacenter, to reduce their energy impact. Apple will be a little greener thanks to the large solar power plant under construction in North Carolina. The Cupertino Company has been able to obtain permits to operate on 171 acres of land for the construction of the Dolphin Project [...]