Hyperspec Sensors Target Vegetation Fluorescence
Fitchburg MA (SPX) Jul 16, 2014 -
Headwall is announcing the availability of a new hyperspectral imager targeting very high resolution spectral measurements of 0.1 nm over specific spectral ranges which yield indicators of vegetative fluorescence to measure plant health.
The ability of the new High Resolution Hyperspec instrument to analyze chlorophyll fluorescence emissions at extremely high resolution and high throughput ...
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Drones take flight into a world of possibilities
Montreal (AFP) July 17, 2014 -
Like a well-trained dog, the HEXO+ follows you faithfully wherever you go. But it doesn't walk besides you - it's airborne.
Developed by a French start-up, Squadrone System, the six-rotor HEXO+ - which handily totes a GoPro video camera - is billed as the first autonomous small drone for the mass market.
It's also a prime example of the many ways in which automation will take to the ...
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S. Korea-US naval drill begins in face of North's anger
Seoul (AFP) July 16, 2014 -
South Korea and the United States on Wednesday launched a five-day joint naval exercise in the face of angry North Korean protests and warnings backed by missile tests.
Two separate drills began simultaneously in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) and off the southern port of Mokpo, South Korean military officials said.
The drill off Mokpo was led by the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, ...
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US drone strike kills 18 in NW Pakistan
Bannu, Pakistan (AFP) July 16, 2014 -
A US drone strike on Wednesday killed least 18 people in a suspected militant compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, as the country's military wages a major offensive against insurgent hideouts.
The attack came in North Waziristan, where for the past month the Pakistani military has been fighting to wipe out longstanding bases of Taliban and other militants.
"A US drone fired t ...
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Obama, seeing Iran progress, hints at more time
Washington (AFP) July 16, 2014 -
US President Barack Obama signaled Wednesday that talks with Iran on its nuclear program may need to extend beyond a weekend deadline, saying negotiations have shown a "credible way forward."
Obama said he was consulting with Congress - where there is strong criticism of his quest for a diplomatic deal with Iran - as negotiators meet in Vienna ahead of Sunday's expiration of a temporary de ...
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Sanctions on Russian launchers confers advantage to others
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 16, 2014 -
Even though Russia's rocket industry is forced to operate under Western sanctions, thought these punitive measures can eventually do the industry more good than harm, Russia's deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, Interfax-AVN reports on Saturday.
"Russia's space rocket industry and other innovative sectors are working under sanctions today," Rogozin stated at the Khrunichev space center ...
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US F-35 fighter will not fly at UK air show
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2014 -
The US military said Tuesday it will not send F-35 fighter jets to Britain's Farnborough air show because of safety precautions, in another embarrassing setback for the most expensive program in Pentagon history.
US officials saw the prestigious show as a chance to stage the plane's international debut in front of potential foreign customers, but instead the cancelled appearance raised yet m ...
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