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April 26, 2010
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Good Morning,
Check out the details on a newly launched NASA observatory
that is studying and taking images of the sun in the first
article. Follow the link at the end of the article to view
some of the pictures taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Until Next Time,
Erin
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NASA releases new images of the sun
WASHINGTON - NASA released the first images taken by its
recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, some of which
reveal never-before-seen detail. The space agency's astro-
nomers said the observatory is returning data that confirm
an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better
understand the sun's dynamic processes. These initial images
show a dynamic sun that I had never seen in more than 40
years of solar research," said Richard Fisher, director of
NASA's Heliophysics Division. "SDO will change our under-
standing of the sun and its processes, which affect our
lives and society. This mission will have a huge impact on
science, similar to the impact of the Hubble Space Telescope
on modern astrophysics." NASA said the observatory, launched
Feb. 11, is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to
study the sun. During its five-year mission, it will examine
the sun's magnetic field and also provide a better under-
standing of the role the sun plays in Earth's atmospheric
chemistry and climate. It is designed to provide images with
clarity 10 times better than high-definition television and
return more comprehensive science data faster than any other
solar observing spacecraft. The images are available at:
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003700/a003715/index.html
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Sony ends floppy disc production
With new technology coming out all the time, some of our
iconic favorites are being scrapped. And this time the death
bell has finally sounded for floppy disks with Sony, one of
the few companies who has kept this tech alive, announcing it
will end sales of floppy disks by March 2011. The Japanese
company, which had a 70 percent share of the 12 million disks
sold last year put the reason for the final nail in the
coffin as a result of "dwindling demand." Sony was the first
company to kick start the global floppy disc market, laun-
ching the world's first 3.5-inch floppy disks in 1981, and
back then the disks were seen as a great storage medium for
personal computers and word processors. It even stood its
ground right into 2000 when these disks were shipping around
47 million. However with the development of large-capacity
storage devices such as USB flash drives, companies have been
burying this technology for a while. Apple was the first
computer maker to eliminate the floppy in 1998 and then Dell
followed in 2003. Will the CD be the next piece of technology
to suffer the same fate?
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NASA robot to become member of ISS crew
WASHINGTON - NASA scientists say they will launch the first
human-like robot into space later this year to become a
permanent resident of the International Space Station. Called
"Robonaut 2," or R2, the 300-pound unit was developed jointly
by NASA and the General Motors Co. through a cooperative
agreement to develop a robotic assistant that can work along-
side humans, whether they are astronauts in space or workers
at GM manufacturing plants on Earth. NASA said R2 --
consisting of a head and a torso with two arms and two
hands -- will be launched on space shuttle Discovery as part
of the STS-133 mission planned for September. Once aboard
the station, engineers will monitor how the robot operates
in weightlessness. R2 will be confined to operations in the
station's Destiny laboratory, but NASA said future enhance-
ments and modifications might allow it to move more freely
around the station's interior or outside the complex. "This
project exemplifies the promise that a future generation of
robots can have both in space and on Earth, not as replace-
ments for humans, but as companions that can carry out key
supporting roles," said John Olson, director of NASA's
Exploration Systems Integration Office. "The combined poten-
tial of humans and robots is a perfect example of the sum
equaling more than the parts. It will allow us to go farther
and achieve more than we can probably even imagine today."
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