... time. They always included me and my sisters in the activities they enjoyed. Mom sewed our clothes, macramed plant hangers, made pottery and hooked rugs; and Dad taught us how to boat and water ski, and...
... work (SatelliteVu), monitor the spread of wildfires (ConstellR, OroraTech) and enhance predictions of crop yields and plant health (ScanWorld). Data sources Several hundred satellites from many different manufacturers are already up in space taking...
... experiments have been conducted onboard the ISS to understand the effects of microgravity, such as flame formation, bacteria/plant growth and astronaut biology, while cargo transfer to the ISS can be performed easily with existing launch...
... goods such as cars, household items and watches, and infrastructure such as ships, oil fields and power plants are more and more often connected. The sensors they embody generate a vast amount of information that...
...project which uses a heterogenic system out of bioreactors, plant compartments and human crew to create a closed ecological ... other but have their origins in different kingdoms (e.g. plants, bacteria etc), their reactions and adaptations to changes ...
... and built a scientific payload that controlled air and liquid systems, to precise levels, allowing scientists to study plant growth in a microgravity environment. This system, the Biomass Production System (BPS), deployed onboard the Space Shuttle...