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Submission + - Parker Solar Probe captures the first visible light images of Venus' surface (dpreview.com)

Submitted by dargaud on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:27AM

dargaud writes: NASA's Parker Solar Probe has captured its first images of Venus' surface in visible light. The images show distinctive areas on the planetary surface, including continental regions, plains and plateaus. The images were taken on the night side of the planet where the heat re-emitted by the various surface areas has differing characteristics.

Submission + - Ubuntu closes longstanding bug #1

Submitted by dargaud on Thursday May 30, 2013 @08:57AM

dargaud writes: Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu fame has closed the primal bug on launchpad, standing since 2004 and titled "Microsoft has a majority market share", due to the 'changing realities' of tablets, smartphones, wearable computing...

Submission + - Ask /.: are home drones a possibility ?

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dargaud

on Tuesday April 03, 2012 @12:36PM

dargaud writes: "I live in an alpine setting and I'd like to be able to remotely view various remote valleys to check for ice formations for winter climbing. I wonder if there are cheap drones that could do that. Requirements would be: GPS guided on a preset route (no remote control necessary, and anyway there's no line of sight), at least 20km autonomy, 1 or 2 cameras on the sides to record valley walls, easy launching and autonomous landing (parachute?) at predefined point, ground detection to avoid crashes (if preset route is wrong or GPS echoes on valley walls as is often the case). Is there anything commercially available cheap enough, or any DIY that doesn't require a year of assembly ?"

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