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Environment Friendly Paper-Based Security Tags to Protect Shipments

In collaboration with its EU project partners, VTT has developed an electronic security tag, which can used to protect valuable shipments and enhance product safety in the future. By using a security tag equipped with sensors, the sender and the recipient can ensure, for example, that the packaging of the product has not been tampered with and that the product is genuine.

12 May 2015

GPM Satellite Ku/Ka-Band Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar Data Helps Make 3D Image of Texas Thunderstorm

Stormy spring weather over the U.S. Southwest generated at least 20 tornado sightings over Texas on Sunday, April 26, 2015. During the storm event, the Global Precipitation Measurement mission's Core Observatory measured rainfall rates and cloud heights in severe thunderstorms that moved through the state.

30 Apr 2015

NASA and JAXA Stop Operations of TRMM Rainfall Mission

In 1997 when the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM, was launched, its mission was scheduled to last just a few years. Now, 17 years later, the TRMM mission has come to an end. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) stopped TRMM's science operations and data collection on April 8 after the spacecraft depleted its fuel reserves.

13 Apr 2015

New Home Energy Meter on Updated WeatherBug Weather App

The latest update of the popular WeatherBug weather app for iPhone and iPad debuts a new WeatherBug Home Energy Meter to help you save energy and money on heating and cooling, while staying comfortable in your home.

7 Apr 2015

Bucknell Athletics Installs WeatherBug Weather Station and Lightning Detection System

As part of Bucknell Athletics’ primary mission of student-athlete safety and welfare, the department has completed the installation of WeatherBug, a state-of-the art weather station and lightning detection system.

6 Apr 2015

ISS-RapidScat Instrument Measures Sustained Winds of Typhoon Maysak

The RapidScat instrument that flies aboard the International Space Station saw Typhoon Maysak's strongest winds wrapped tightly around its center, extending outward to over 30 miles from the eye. Maysak weakened as a result of increasing wind shear.

3 Apr 2015

OCEASOFT Introduces Inexpensive Temperature Tracker for Cold-Chain Shipping through Smartphones

OCEASOFT (Alternext - FR0012407096 – ALOCA), a global provider of sensor-based solutions for monitoring environmental parameters, today announced a unique, single-use temperature-tracking tool whose measurements can be read through isotherm wrapping or container walls via smartphones and tablets using Bluetooth technology.

From Dickson 2 Apr 2015