Commercial space flight into suborbital space is becoming a reality and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has purchased a ride from two of the leading private space flight companies.
With an eye on performing microgravity experiments SwRI is splitting funds between XCOR Aerospace and Virgin Galactic. Read the full article to learn about the progress of commercial space flight and the planned experiments to be performed by SwRI
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The eGFI website (from ASEE) profiled the Under Armour E39 shirt. The new shirt is “equipped with electronic sensors that monitor heart rate and breathing as well as triaxial accelerometer to gauge swiftness.”
The new E39 shirt has been worn by NFL prospects during the recent NFL combine. Click here to learn more about the design of the shirt.
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A new unmanned hexacopter has made its debut this week. The remote-controlled copter from TiaLinx “can sense breathing and motion in buildings, travel long distances, and see through concrete walls with radio waves.”
There are both military and rescue uses for the mini-copter. Read more from Popular Science
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