...) where a three-dimensional image is encoded in a two-dimensional surface. It is perhaps easier to visualise it in the context of a watching a 3D film at the cinema. You can see the images as having height, width and more importantly, depth – when...
... be a major leap forward for the Earth Observation industry providing a number of innovative capabilities including; the ability to film moving objects such as vessels, vehicles and aircraft in Ultra High Definition colour video and the provision...
... acts like a giant parasol, is the size of a tennis court. Made from a material known as Kapton, the polyamide film has a high heat-resistance and is designed to protect the telescope from external sources of light and heat...
...only life-sized object on board is a mannequin called "Ripley," named after Sigourney Weaver's character in the "Alien" films. Ripley is an anthropomorphic test device, so is not there simply for show or for promotional purposes. Instead this "smarty...
... inhabitant onboard was a life-sized mannequin called "Ripley," named after Sigourney Weaver's character in the "Alien" films. Boeing aim to send a similar anthropometric test dummy on their test flight, but this one is called “Rosie...
In a far-off galaxy with a name apt enough for a sci-fi film, astronomers have for the first time detected molecular oxygen beyond the Milky Way and it has ...