{$lblSkipToContent|ucfirst}

Apples to apples: Boffins find a way to make e-waste edible

maandag 18 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

We're rubbish at recycling plastic, but Singaporean scientists think they can make more of it recoverable. Even the hard cases used in electronics Researchers have developed a method to reuse plastics – including those employed in electronics, compu…

Lees meer

UK civil servants – hopefully including those spending billions on tech – to skill up in STEM

donderdag 14 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

How about the ministers go next? UK citizens wondering if Whitehall civil servants really "get" technology may be heartened to learn that the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology have signed up for the STEM Futures scheme.…

Lees meer

Scientists spot startlingly close black holes in Hyades star cluster

donderdag 14 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Black hole stun: They're more than 1,400 light years closer than the previous record holder Not to alarm anyone, but the nearest black holes to Earth are closer than we previously thought. …

Lees meer

Amazon's three rocket makers insist Project Kuiper will launch on schedule

woensdag 13 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

It's not as if space is hard, is it? The three companies tapped by Amazon to launch its Project Kuiper constellation have confirmed that they're definitely going to get the satellites into orbit despite repeated delays.…

Lees meer

Scientists trace tiny moonquakes to Apollo 17 lander – left over from 1972

woensdag 13 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Humans just can't leave anything alone, huh The leftover lunar descent module, which carried the Apollo 17 crew to the surface of the Moon in 1972, triggers tiny artificial moonquakes that rumble through Earth's natural satellite every lunar morning…

Lees meer

South Korea's moon orbiter snaps India's lander

woensdag 13 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

As Japan's space agency preps a rover to land on Martian moon Phobos South Korea's science ministry has released a photo taken by the nations Danuri Moon orbiter depicting the landing site of India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission.…

Lees meer

James Webb spies distant exoplanet that could be wet, wild, and Hycean

dinsdag 12 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

That or it's just really gassy The James Webb Space Telescope continues to deliver the goods with scientists publishing insights into the atmospheric properties of a habitable-zone exoplanet.…

Lees meer

MOXIE microwaved Mars air into oxygen, but now it's time for a breather

maandag 11 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Concept will need to be scaled up to keep more than a small dog alive NASA has called time on the oxygen-generating experiment bolted to its Mars Perseverance rover.…

Lees meer

MOXIE microwaved Mars air into oxygen, but now it's time for a breather

maandag 11 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Concept will need to be scaled up to keep more than a small dog alive NASA has called time on the oxygen-generating experiment bolted to its Mars Perseverance rover.…

Lees meer

Musk's mighty missile is ready for launch once FAA says OK

maandag 11 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Starship Super Heavy to remain on terra firma until US watchdog ticks off the corrective actions Updated  SpaceX supremo Elon Musk has declared that the next fully stacked Starship is primed for blast off. Sadly, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)…

Lees meer

Lithium goldrush hits sleepy Oregon-Nevada border

maandag 11 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Deposit in 19-million-year old caldera could dwarf sources in Bolivia, Chile and Australia A lithium find in the McDermitt Caldera region on the border between US states of Oregon and Nevada has excited media attentions with the promise of lithium d…

Lees meer

Lithium goldrush hits sleepy Oregon-Nevada border

maandag 11 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Deposit in 19-million-year old caldera could dwarf sources in Bolivia, Chile and Australia A lithium find in the McDermitt Caldera region on the border between US states of Oregon and Nevada has excited media attentions with the promise of lithium d…

Lees meer

Okay, SMART ePANTS, you tell us how to create network-connected textiles

zaterdag 9 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Soldiers, first responders may eventually be able to phone home from their clothes The US government is investing in network-connected garments through a program called – we kid you not – SMART ePANTS.…

Lees meer

NASA rockets draining its pockets as officials whisper: 'We can't afford this'

vrijdag 8 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Watchdog finds space agency has no plans to measure SLS production costs NASA has received another kick from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) as space agency officials said the quiet part out aloud: "The SLS program is unaffordable."…

Lees meer

Scientists turn to mid-20th century tech for low-power underwater comms

donderdag 7 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Hat tip to the late Lester Clare Van Atta, whose array is behind the system A group of MIT boffins have successfully tested what they said is the first practically useful ultra-low power underwater networking and communication technology, and all it…

Lees meer

Musk's mighty missile is ready for launch once FAA says OK

donderdag 7 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Starship Super Heavy to remain on terra firma until US watchdog ticks off the corrective actions SpaceX supremo Elon Musk has declared that the next fully stacked Starship is primed for blast off. Sadly, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) doesn't …

Lees meer

UK rejoins the EU's €100B Horizon sci-tech funding program

donderdag 7 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Two and a half years after Brexit, some cheer for scientists based in Britain. We're... baaaaxit (sorry!) UK scientists can once again pitch for chunks of the EU's £86 billion ($107 billion) Horizon program after the British government negotiated re…

Lees meer

Scientists turn to mid-20th century tech for low-power underwater comms

donderdag 7 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Hat tip to the late Lester Clare Van Atta, whose array is behind the system A group of MIT boffins have successfully tested what they said is the first practically useful ultra-low power underwater networking and communication technology, and all it…

Lees meer

Japan's 'Moon sniper' and its two ejectable landers make it into space

donderdag 7 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Now for the hard part: testing its ability to pick a safe landing spot Japan's space exploration agency (JAXA) has successfully launched a rocket carrying the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) – an effort to test new technologies that allow…

Lees meer

India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission hibernates to see out a long lunar night

woensdag 6 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Spacecraft scheduled to snooze until September 22 when it's hoped machines return to duty India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission has ended its first phase of operations, with the Pragyan rover and Vikram lander entering sleep mode to see out a long, lon…

Lees meer

Europe's Ariane 6 takes rocket science seriously by testing patience before engines

dinsdag 5 september 2023 inThe Register Emergent Tech (Tech News)

Four seconds of fire and fury to be followed by eight minutes then... a launch in 2024? Arianespace's delayed Ariane 6 rocket is scheduled to take its next step toward launch today with a brief firing of the main stage Vulcain 2.1 engine.…

Lees meer

Internet - WiFi • e-mail • Software • Hardware • Reparatie • (Geheugen - SSD) Upgrades • Advies • Netwerken • Routers • Beheer op afstand (Teamviewer) • Onderhoud (Online Backup's) • Data Recovery • OSX Server • Synology NAS • Bootcamp - Parallels - VMWare

• 20 jaar ervaring •