Nick Gilbert

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Student Experiments Involved in NASA Rocket Mission

University students will test their academic skills during the launch of atmospheric and technology experiments aboard a NASA suborbital sounding rocket. It will be launched from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, on Aug. 23, between 6:30 and 10 a.m.

20 Aug 2012

Test Being Completed by MEADS Multifunction Fire Control Radar

Pratica di Mare Air Force Base near Rome, Italy-based MEADS battle manager and launcher was integrated with first Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR).

20 Aug 2012

Lincoln Electric to Extend Magnum Pro Robotic Guns Promotion During 2012 IMTS

During this year’s International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), Lincoln Electric will provide Magnum PRO Robotic 550 Thru-Arm Welding Gun (exclusive of wire feeder, robotic arm, and power source) and Magnum PRO Robotic 550 External Dress Welding Gun. Two winners will be selected each day from September 10 to 15.

20 Aug 2012

Florida Hospital Tampa Further Improves LESS and Robotic Surgery Program

Dr. Alexander Rosemurgy and Dr. Sharona Ross, experts in Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) surgery and hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery, have selected Florida Hospital Tampa, where they will extend their clinical research.

18 Aug 2012

Wave Glider Robot Enables Monitoring of White Sharks in the Pacific

An unmanned Wave Glider robot has been set off the US coast close to San Francisco. This robot complements the arsenal of technologies for observing marine creatures including great white sharks, in real-time.

18 Aug 2012

Building Automation Systems under Cyber Security Attack

David Fisk of the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation at Imperial College, London has recorded in the recent issue of the Intelligent Buildings International journal that as observed with the PC, it is possible that process controllers, the fundamental building blocks of intelligent buildings, which constitute the building management system (BMS) can be affected by malware, mostly through a backdoor that is left open unnoticed on a reliable network.

16 Aug 2012

SCC Selects UTC’s SUAS for Incorporation in First RespondersTraining Program

Dayton, Ohio-based Sinclair Community College (SCC) has selected a division of United Technologies, UTC Aerospace Systems, to deliver the company’s small unmanned aerial system (SUAS) for deployment in training program conducted by SCC for first responders.

16 Aug 2012