surface earth
Photos: Sony unleashes latest Vaios - from mini laptops to touchscreens
Photo Users can also explore the earth on the L Series using Microsoft's Surface Globe software, which allows users to zoom in on cities around the world and even find individual streets. Last week saw Sony... [14 Oct 2009]
Underwater robots, Google Moon, edible beetles and ID cards
Photo Here, you can see the location where astronauts played golf on the moon's surface. Last month marked the 40th anniversary of the first moon walk, an event Google celebrated by launching Moon in Google... [04 Aug 2009]
Photos: Do the moonwalk, Google-style
Photo Moon in Google Earth incorporates the data on the surface of the moon from Nasa. Besides enabling users to see the surface of the moon in close detail, the application allows people to... [21 Jul 2009]
Momentum Webcast: Learn About the Latest Innovations in Virtual Earth (Level 100)
White Paper Virtual Earth helps to deliver rich user experiences - on desktop, mobile, or Surface computing devices - that connect customers and constituents with the locations, products, and services. The attendee... [28 May 2009]
Photos: What will be in your pocket this year?
Photo The device is due to surface later this year with Orange to be the first operator to offer it in the UK. Samsung also announced an 'eco' touchscreen phone called Blue Earth, which is designed to resemble... [24 Feb 2009]
Photos: Google Earth - deep-sea dive and travel back in time
Photo You can now fly under the surface and see subsurface ridges and landmarks like this underwater mountain range off the coast of Hawaii. If the Blue Planet isn't enough for you, images of Mars now include extensive 3D... [04 Feb 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.01.09
Round-Up The Surface can also let kids improve their spelling through touch-sensitive games and, to be fair, a whole load of very cool stuff. Also on show was the Microsoft touchscreen Surface technology, which... [23 Jan 2009]
Photos: From robot teachers to Microsoft Surface
Photo Also making an appearance at Olympia was Microsoft's Surface touchscreen technology which is being used by a number of businesses - including Barclays' high-tech bank branch in London's Piccadilly Circus. [19 Jan 2009]
The future of climate change is in Linux's hands
Case Study The Millennium Simulations' Earth System Model contains sub-models for atmosphere, ocean, land-surface, and ocean-biogeochemistry and features an "interactive carbon cycle". The Millennium Simulations,... [08 Dec 2008]
Lunar satellite mission inches closer to blast off
News The plan for the mission is to put a satellite in orbit around the Moon for use as a telecoms station, relaying data from a network of geophysical instruments on the Moon's surface back to Earth. In... [05 Dec 2008]
Building Intermap's Data Management System Interface Using ArcPublisher and ArcReader
White Paper Intermap is in the business of creating digital descriptions of the Earth's surface. The unique data acquisition technology enables Intermap to quickly and affordably acquire large and continuous datasets. [04 Dec 2008]
Photos: The best of Google Labs
Photo It works in much the same way as Google Earth, although instead of providing views of the globe, Google Mars offers the surface of our nearest planetary neighbour using images from Nasa's Mars Global... [19 Nov 2008]
Nasa Mars probe safely touches down
News Smith noted that the ground looks like the "active surface of the Arctic regions of Earth". The Phoenix is on a three-month mission to determine whether ice below the surface ever thaws... [27 May 2008]
Photos: Lunar mobile phones preparing to soar
Photo Astronauts and robots exploring the moon's surface will only be a text message away after the full system - which will be similar to the Inmarsat, seen here in a mock-up, network on Earth - goes live... [25 Feb 2008]
Mobiles on the moon? Nasa prepares trial for takeoff
News Astronauts and robots exploring the moon's surface will only be a text message away after the system goes live later this century. During the MoonLite mission a lunar orbiter would use the technology to transmit... [19 Feb 2008]