Saturday, 28. October 2006
Topic: NASA - on October 28, 2006 at 12:37:00 AM CEST
A Growing Intelligence Around Earth
EO-1 is a new breed of satellite that can think for itself. "We programmed it to notice things that change (like the plume of a volcano) and take appropriate action," Chien explains. EO-1 can re-organize its own priorities to study volcanic eruptions, flash-floods, forest fires, disintegrating sea-ice—in short, anything unexpected.
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