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Inside GeoEye's $500 Million Imaging SatelliteOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 42 days ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
Category: other | Tags geo-eye-1, google, us government, national defense, security, environmental, mining, drilling, agriculture, mapping, national geospatial-intelligence agency, nga, nextview program, Search All Tags
The Geo-Eye-1 satellite, launched into orbit on Sept 6, 2008, is there to capture ultra high resolution images for Google and U.S. Government agencies. Applications include national defense and secur read more »
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Home Secretary rejects McKinnon anti-extradition pleaOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by articleeditor 52 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags john leyden, the register, home secretary, pentagon, hacker, gary mckinnon, us government, nasa, military, Search All Tags, , , ,
John Leyden of The Register writes "The Home Secretary has rejected a request to rip up an extradition order against accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon." McKinnon is accused of hacking into 97 US government, NASA and military systems during 2001 and 2002. read more »
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US satellite returns first hi-res snapOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 56 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags geoeye, geoeye-1, ceo, bill schuster, satellite, us government, mapping, space-based imagery collection, Search All Tags, , , , ,
GeoEye has released the first picture from GeoEye-1. GeoEye's CEO, Bill Schuster, states that the satellite is "an excellent fit to meet the US Government's important requirements for mapping and read more »
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Wireless-data LED lamps to replace lightbulbs - US profsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 58 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags smart lighting engineering research centre, us government, thomas little, boston university, wireless, lighting, boston university, rpi, rensselaer polytechnic institute, university of new mexico, Search All Tags, , ,
An initiative known the Smart Lighting Engineering Research Centre is being funded by the US government. According to Professor Thomas Little of Boston University "This is a unique opportunity to cr read more »
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