“At the possible brink of a new nuclear arms race, questions answered during the Cold War will need to be reopened.”
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“Modern life relies on satellite sytems but they are alarmingly vulnerable to attack as they orbit the Earth. Patricia Lewis explains why defending them from hostile forces is now a primary concern for states”
Very nice. I am looking forward to seeing it more utilize to help citizens and especially kids.
Gunfire or Car Backfire? Most people don’t know the difference however Shooter Detection Systems and Desktop Alert do.
Rowley, Massachusetts (PRWEB) February 09, 2016.
Today, Desktop Alert, Inc. and Shooter Detection Systems, LLC announced a successful integration project that combines the industry’s fastest and most reliable gunshot detection product with the fastest mass notification system. The Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System made national news recently when featured in a TODAY Show exclusive on how to survive an office shooting.
In case you’re wondering…
There IS a big, goofy and stupid smile on my face!
But a word of warning: It’s a contagious condition that WILL infect you if you watch this trailer…
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Surprise: It’s Force Friday all over again! A new Japanese trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has arrived, with lots of new footage from the film (in theaters December 18) — including the first (non-commercial) appearance of C-3PO, another glimpse of Princess Leia, lots more BB-8, a big moment between two heroes, and some exciting shots of villain Kylo Ren wielding his cross guard lightsaber. Watch it above!
The new trailer begins, as the last one did, with desert scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley) on the desert planet Jakku — which, more than ever, harkens back to the desolate planet of Tatooine, where Luke Skywalker’s adventures began in 1977′s A New Hope. Unlike previous Force Awakens trailers, though, the focus in this latest glimpse is on Rey’s companionship with the droid BB-8, who does lots of endearing R2D2-esque beeping and chirping. In voiceover, we hear the pirate Maz Kanata (Lupita Nyong’o, still unseen) asking Rey questions about her identity, one of which prompts an intriguing response: “I know all about waiting. For my family.” Sounds like Rey, long speculated by fans to be the daughter of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) or Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), was abandoned on Jakku for a reason. But why?
Wow, first they create a real hoverboard, and now they’re on the road to creating a real lightsaber? Joy! wink
Killjoy physicists have long pointed out the sheer unlikelihood of building a working light saber. But now, they’ve taken a small step toward realizing the dream of Star Wars fans worldwide, by figuring out how to get photons to stick together like molecules in a super-chilled gas.
This latest work builds on prior experiments from 2013, when Harvard physicists first announced a new state of matter.
Photons don’t have mass and zip along at the speed of light, with no time to hang around in clumps. They also aren’t charged particles and thus don’t interact with each other much at all. They love to hang out with charged electrons, though. And that’s what’s going on here: the Harvard experiment created a special kind of medium in which photons act like charged particles with mass, enabling them to form molecules.
