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Ladies And Gentlemen, Boot Your Robots!

Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., was the place to be late last month for an unusual two-day competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. But if you went expecting high-octane cars zooming around the track at blazing speed, you might have been disappointed. The 16 robots participating in the challenge moved more like the tortoise than the hare, as they performed such tasks as opening doors or climbing a ladder; tasks aimed to speed the development of robots that could one day perform a number of critical, real-world, emergency-response tasks at natural and human-made disaster sites. (more…)

NASA Finds Japan Tsunami Waves Merged, Doubling Power

By Guest PostDecember 7, 2011Environmentc k shum, chilean tsunami, coastal regions, double high wave, european radar satellites, hawaii, Japan, march 2011, merging tsunami, merging tsunamis, NASA, northeastern japan, ocean ridges, ohio state university, san francisco, satellite, sea, sea floor topography, tohoku oki quake, tsunami, tsunami hazard, undersea quake, undersea topography, y tony song

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA and Ohio State University researchers have discovered the major tsunami generated by the March 2011 Tohoku-Oki quake centered off northeastern Japan was a long-hypothesized “merging tsunami.” The tsunami doubled in intensity over rugged ocean ridges, amplifying its destructive power at landfall.

Data from NASA and European radar satellites captured at least two wave fronts that day. The fronts merged to form a single, double-high wave far out at sea. This wave was capable of traveling long distances without losing power. Ocean ridges and undersea mountain chains pushed the waves together along certain directions from the tsunami’s origin. (more…)

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Ladies And Gentlemen, Boot Your Robots!

NASA Finds Japan Tsunami Waves Merged, Doubling Power