Soundtrack to Google Earth
A New Zealand company devises a way to add dynamic urban sounds to a Spanish port in Google Earth Google Earth - Google - New Zealand - San Sebastián - JavaScript
Bad credit? Insurers will make you pay
By now you know that you need to keep tabs on your credit history to make a good impression on lenders, landlords and employers. But did you know that your home and auto insurers are also looking?
Cree devises 150-mm SiC wafers
LED component and lighting specialist Cree Inc. claims that it has achieved a breakthrough in the development and commercialization of silicon carbide (SiC) technology with the demonstration of 150-mm SiC substrates with micropipe densities of less than 10/cm2.
Air Force Devises Backup Plan to Salvage Ailing Satellite
WASHINGTON ? A propulsion system glitch aboard the U.S. Air Force's first Advanced Extremely High Frequency secure communications satellite has forced the service to devise a new orbit-raising plan utilizing smaller thrusters that will delay the craft's arrival at its operating orbit by six months to seven months, according to a service official.