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Down-to-Earth Benefits from NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge To advance the technology needed to create sustainable housing solutions for trips to the moon, Mars, and beyond, as well as here on Earth, NASA is conducting the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. Teams compete to construct dwellings out of local, indigenous, or recyclable materials, and designs are out of this world. |
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The New Reality of Mixed Reality Want to play with a porg? Walk on Mars? Or help those with autism practice social skills? Welcome to the new reality of mixed reality, where digital and physical objects coexist and interact to provide a new medium that a variety of organizations see as full of potential. |
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Notable Challenges: NASA, LEGOs, and YouTubers Did you ever say to yourself, "What a brilliant idea! How did they come up with that?" One school of thought holds that the best "aha" moments take place when someone’s alone. However, another theory—shared by organizations such as NASA and LEGO—is that a problem shared is a problem solved. |
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NASA’s New Online Remote Sensing Toolkit Helps Spinoff Technologies Although the scientific community and other government agencies and nonprofit organizations have benefited from NASA’s policy of free and open remote-sensing data, the potential for commercial use has remained largely untapped. NASA’s Technology Transfer program hopes to change that. |
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May the Forest Be with You: A New GEDI Laser Is Coming There’s a new laser device coming to the galaxy this fall that will be good for the forests here on Earth. NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation Lidar (GEDI) will be the first space-borne laser designed to map the world's forests in 3-D to help us study and understand forest changes. |
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Expanding AI for Earth in 2018 In an ambitious undertaking, Microsoft is pledging $50 million over the next five years to expand Microsoft’s AI for Earth program and put artificial intelligence technology in the hands of individuals and organizations around the world who are working to protect our planet. |
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NASA Code Available for Down-to-Earth Apps The 2017–2018 NASA catalog has hundreds of free, downloadable software codes in categories ranging from aeronautics and autonomous systems to environmental science and vehicle management. |
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Be a Habitat Maker for NASA and Win $1.1 Million A trip to the Red Planet will eventually require shelter, and NASA is offering $1.1 million in prize money as part of the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge for new ways to create sustainable housing solutions where future space explorers can live and work. |
