A factory where robots make robots is surely the stuff of nightmares for those living in fear of the dreaded uprising. But putting apocalyptic horrors aside for a moment, ABB’s new site could be one of the most advanced facilities of its kind when it opens in 2020 with plans to make 100,000 robots a year.
Welcome back, Hubble!
NASA said the Hubble Space Telescope has returned to normal operations after issues with a gyroscope knocked the device into safe mode.
The telescope completed its first observations Saturday, capturing information on a distant, star-forming galaxy, the agency said.
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By Pol Justin Marquez and Dhel Nazario
The Philippines will launch today the DIWATA-2 microsatellite, marking the country’s third venture into space under the P840-million PHL-MICROSAT Program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
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Scientists hope the world’s smallest satellites will boldly go where no probe has gone before.
Ben Bishop
During an interview at a Boston- area café, Zac Manchester apologized for not bringing along a copy of his latest satellite — one of many duplicates due to enter orbit this fall during a mission to the International Space Station. “Don’t worry,” says Manchester, a Stanford University professor of aeronautics and astronautics. “I’ll put one in an envelope and mail it to you.”
