Space Systems/Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it was selected to provide a satellite to PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (BRI), the oldest and most profitable bank in Indonesia. The SSL-built satellite will make BRI the first bank in the...

NASA: Manusia Mendarat di Mars Tahun 2030an Ketua NASA bidang eksplorasi manusia di luar angkasa membeberkan rencana jangka panjang untuk menempatkan manusia di Mars pada tahun 2030an. William H. Gerstenmaier, pengelola NASA bidang eksplorasi dan kegiatan manusia, mengikuti langkah-langkah...

As well as chocolates, watches, and beautiful scenery, Switzerland is also a world power in research and innovation. Solar Impulse, the world first solar flight, is an excellent example. Carrying no fuel, the new single-seater Solar Impulse 2 aircraft is designed to make its first...

Science, Technology Festival in Nation’s Capital Inspires Students For one of the world’s most technologically advanced nations, the United States sorely lacks scientists and engineers. The USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C., is one of the initiatives trying...

Invention Awards 2014: A Personal Electric Airplane That Won’t Need A Runway More than half of all personal aircraft accidents occur during takeoffs or landings. That’s why inventor and entrepreneur JoeBen Bevirt—known for designing airplane-like wind energy turbines—is intent on...

Ilmuwan Temukan Spesies Baru Ikan Listrik Daya listrik yang dikeluarkan oleh ikan yang baru ditemukan itu tidak dapat dideteksi oleh manusia. Para ilmuwan mengatakan mereka telah menemukan sebuah genus dan spesies baru ikan pisau elektrik di Sungai Negro, Brazil. Procerusternarchus pixuna...

Harvard and Yale researchers have confirmed that monkeys can be trained to perform basic mathematics in a new study, proving what scientists have long believed about primate mental capabilities. The study, entitled “Symbol addition by monkeys provides evidence for normalised quantity...

President Obama is in Japan on a state visit right now (April 24, 2014), and he’s been making some high-tech new friends. Honda’s humanoid robot Asimo was on hand at Tokyo’s Miraikan science museum — previously host to the colossal Kuratas mech — to demonstrate its soccer...

Google and SunPower invest $250 million in residential solar panel leases Google and SunPower are planning to invest up to $250 million to lease solar panels to homeowners, the companies said on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Google is investing up to $100 million, while solar panel maker SunPower...

Mobil Ramah Lingkungan Semakin Digemari Meskipun masih dihadapkan pada beberapa masalah teknologi, namun permintaan akan mobil ramah lingkungan semakin meningkat. NEW YORK — “Colok kabel listrik ke mobil Anda, kemudian cabut, dan kendaraan Anda bisa dikendarai.” Semakin banyak konsumen...

X9 Golf Trolley Follows You Around Too lazy to carry your clubs, but not so lazy that you want to take a cart? The X9 Follow is a Bluetooth-connected electric golf trolley designed and created by Stewart Golf. It is a compact and foldable trolley, that unfolds in one smooth movement. Just...

Laser communications one of the several techs NASA is focused on for deep space missions The SpaceX cargo spacecraft, which will carry equipment needed for astronauts on the International Space Station to test optical laser communications, is scheduled to launch today. The SpaceX Dragon cargo...

Automakers lobbying to replace rearview mirrors with cameras Rearview mirrors may soon be left behind. In the wake of the federal government’s decision to require the use of backup camera systems on all cars by 2018, automakers are now petitioning NHTSA to allow them to replace traditional...

Next Up for NASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope: Finding Earth’s True Twin? NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has just spotted Earth’s cousin. Its next big find may be Earth’s twin. On Thursday (April 17), astronomers announced the discovery of...

Gerhana Bulan akan melewati sebagian wilayah Indonesia pada hari ini (15 April 2014). Gerhana Bulan ini akan tampak lebih merah atau masyarakat luas mengenalnya merah darah (blood moon). Kepala Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional (LAPAN), Thomas Djamaluddin, menjelaskan penampakan...

Turn your gaze to the stars tonight for an eerie and spectacular view of the “blood moon.” At 12:53 a.m. ET, the Earth will begin to position itself between the sun and the moon for the first of a series of four total eclipses to conclude in September 2015. The phenomenon is known...

Astronauts to Grow Lettuce in Space with NASA Veggie Farm Astronauts longing for fresh lettuce in orbit will soon have the chance to grow it for themselves: NASA is sending a mini-farm into space. When the private spaceflight company SpaceX launches its next Dragon cargo mission to the...

MIT’s FingerReader Helps The Blind Read With A Swipe Of A Digit At MIT’s Media Labs, researchers Roy Shilkrot, Jochen Huber and others are working on the “FingerReader,” a ring-like device that straps itself around your finger and reads printed text out loud with a synthesized voice,...

Navy to Christen Future USS Zumwalt, New Class of Destroyer The Navy will christen the future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) April 12, during a ceremony at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. The lead ship and class are named in honor of former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)...

From plant factories fueled by the magenta glow of blue and red LED lights, to the 30-foot tall Ferris wheel for plants in Singapore, we’ve shown you the design possibilities for growing vegetables up instead of out. But critics ask, what kind of stresses does that put on the plant? And...

Who in Silicon Valley doesn’t have their own fleet of drones now? Google acquired Titan Aerospace, a drone company, today, just one month after it was reportedly being eyed by Facebook. “It’s still early days, but atmospheric satellites could help bring internet access to millions of...

It’s not exactly a flying saucer, but a new lightweight spacecraft from NASA soon hopes to reach the skies of distant planets in our solar system. Officials with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) gave reporters a sneak peek Wednesday at its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD)...

Navy researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division, demonstrate proof-of-concept of novel NRL technologies developed for the recovery of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) from seawater and conversion to a liquid hydrocarbon fuel. Fueled...

Medrobotics Corp. has announced it will begin limited marketing in Europe of a robot-assisted surgical device that is based on the snake robot research of Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon University professor of robotics.   The Flex System is a flexible endoscopic system that enables...

In a London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts using stem cells. It is among several labs around the world that are working on the futuristic idea of growing custom-made organs in the lab. While only a handful...

Scientists have for the first time used regenerative medicine to fully restore a degenerated organ in a living animal, a discovery that could pave the way for future human therapies. The team from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Regenerative Medicine, at the University of...

U.S. regulators are close to approving new standards for enabling vehicles to communicate with each other, hoping the new technology will reduce traffic accidents. Within as little as three years, automakers may be required to equip all new cars with the so-called ‘vehicle-to-vehicle’...

Duta Besar Amerika Serikat, Robert Blake mendukung kerjasama dalam bidang pendidikan Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Teknologi atau Iptek di Bandung. Hal itu mengemuka saat Blake berkunjung ke kampus Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Rabu (2/4). Dukungan dari pemerintah Amerika Serikat tersebut salah...

Self-Healing Engineered Muscle Grown in the Laboratory By Ken Kingery Biomedical engineers have grown living skeletal muscle that looks a lot like the real thing. It contracts powerfully and rapidly, integrates into mice quickly, and for the first time, demonstrates the ability to heal itself...

The U.S Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, is commonly associated with space exploration, but aeronautics is still a big part of the agency’s research. Engineers at its Aeronautics Research Center, in Hampton, Virginia, are testing new ideas that someday may produce lighter, quieter...