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Visions of Mars planet

admin — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:24:11 +0000

The sophisticated and new representative of the humanity has arrived in Mars: the NASA’s polar spacecraft Mars Phoenix Lander, with sophisticated scientific instruments to analyze the terrain of the mysterious north pole of Mars.

The spacecraft, which has already sent wonderful (and amazingly familiar) images of the Red Planet’s landscape, also has a mini DVD (made of silicon) where there are the names of 250000 people.

The idea of sending such a disk was planned by The Planetary Society, a civil and nonprofit organization created by the astronomer Carl Sagan who participated in space investigations. The multimedia content is called “Visions of Mars” and includes a literature collection on Mars with the H. G. Wells book (”The war of the worlds”), the radio version by Orson Welles, the maps made by Percival Lowell with the Canals of Mars, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury and Green Mars By Kim Stanley Robinson.

It also contains messages for future explorers and settlers of Mars on behalf of Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke.

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Old feces indicates the first history of American people

admin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:26:26 +0000

DNA of old human feces found in a cave in Oregon (United States) contributes to the biological verification of people who lived 14000 years ago in North America, scientists said on Thursday.

The discovery, published in the journal Science, is added to the proofs for the existence of people living in America, before the date usually accepted by most of the researchers (13000 years ago), based on bones of the so-called Clovis culture in the Southwest of United States.

“The dates of the coprolites are more than 1,000 years earlier than currently accepted dates for the Clovis-complex”, the scientists wrote.

Dennis Jenkins, archaeologist of the University of Oregon, found the dry samples in caves known as Paisley Caves, about 350 kilometers to the southeast of Eugene, Oregon.

(Photo by Jim Barlow)

Beijing China told to buy green technology

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:28:54 +0000

The U.S. and China are the world’s two largest energy consumers, and 16 of the world’s most polluted cities are in China.

Mobile Software - Microsoft will launch Internet Explorer Mobile for cell phones

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:45:50 +0000

The Microsoft plan regarding cell phones market is clear: the company wants to win a share of the market segment that Apple has. For that reason, Microsoft announced that this year, it will offer a complete internet browser for mobile phones. The company wants to follow the steps of the iPhone, which is well-known for its great capacity to display web pages.

Microsoft pointed out that its browser for cell phones (Internet Explorer Mobile) will be available to the makers in the third quarter of this year and the first device with this program will be put on sale later this year.

The company also announced a new version of its operating system for mobile devices (Windows Mobile 6.1). It will make easier the menu navigation in those devices, according to a Reuters report.

Microsoft has had great results with the operating system for smartphones which have computer-like feature, but the company has competitors like Apple, Research In Motion (Blackberry maker), and Palm.

Digital television: Analog Signals To Be Cut Off Next Feb.

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:05:05 +0000

Next February, analog television broadcasts will go off the air as stations switch over to newer, digital technology. That means thousands of North Texans with older television sets may need to upgrade.