Following a successful launch earlier this week from Cape Canaveral, Fla., SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has reached orbit and is preparing to join with the International Space Space in what will be a historic event -- it'll be the first commercial ship to dock at the space station. The berthing is planned for tomorrow. Running through a series of tasks in preparation for docking with the ISS, Dragon showed its Absolute Global Positioning System (GPS), proximity operations sensors, and Commercial Orbital Transportation Services UHF Communication Unit (CUCU) are up and running properly. This first view of the Dragon spacecraft as seen from the space station, SpaceX's Dragon appears as a just a small dot in the sky in this image taken today. May 24, 2012 12:11 ... Continue reading →
19-year-old entrepreneur Eric Simons spent two months secretly living at AOL's Palo Alto, Calif. campus, sleeping each night on a couch like this one. (Credit: Eric Simons) It was 6 a.m. when Eric Simons was jolted awake by the yelling. After working until 4 a.m, the 19-year-old entrepreneur had finally passed out. A few hours of sleep would help with the day ahead. But unlike most people working at AOL's Palo Alto, Calif., campus who were surely still hours from showing up at the sprawling complex, Simons was already there. He'd been living there for two months, hiding out at night on couches, eating the company's food, and exercising and showering in its gym. And now, with an angry security guard bellowing at him, it ... Continue reading →
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Just saw the Obama motorcade pass by 3rd and Howard in SF. http://t.co/Ohgsq6Il Continue reading →
Millions of people across eastern Asia and the western U.S. had a great view of the annular eclipse, the first since 1994, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, creating a "ring of fire." May 21, 2012 10:52 AM PDT Photo by: James Martin/CNET | Caption by: James Martin Continue reading →
Photo of the eclipse from San Francisco http://t.co/ZcRDb0iS Continue reading →
Spectral Instruments is showing off an enormous 112-megapixel 1100-series camera sensor that has a dynamic range so great that it can photograph the sun and the stars simultaneously. To avoid noise on those lengthy shots, SI has a clever solution — the chip is cooled to -100 degrees Celsius (-148 degrees Fahrenheit), which allows for exposures that can last for hours while remaining crisp and clean. The 95mm x 95mm (3.7-inch) sensor is normally used in space telescopes, but the company has an idea: could it pack the sensor's capabilities into something that a regular photographer can use? Continue reading →
It could, of course, come down as rational thinking settles in. The stock really could go either way through the course of the day.by Roger Cheng I think you have to be thinking longterm if you're investing in a company with a P/E of about 100/1. Apple, by comparison, is 15/1.by jim.kerstetter While the stock priced at $38 last night, you could see a pop at the beginning of the day.by Roger Cheng @jarrod I'm by no means a financial adviser, but I assume people are going to buy the stock to take advantage of its growth potential. I'm not a fan of buying this stock early on though.by Roger Cheng Interesting that CNBC will soon be talking with an executive from Tumblr. It's the ... Continue reading →
By nourishing hungry children today, we are helping the next generation of the world’s inhabitants to meet whatever challenges they face. Copyright: WFP/Rein Skullerud In the first part of our series of features on Hunger, we established that this issue is the World’s Greatest Solvable Problem and listed six strategies that WFP is already using to solve it. In part two, we look at why solving hunger is critical for the next generation of the world's inhabitants. ROME – Wherever you look in the field of development, hunger is a central issue. With hunger, medicines are less effective, students can’t learn, adults aren’t as productive. In fact, the world can only make progress on development issues such as health and education when it tackles hunger ... Continue reading →
