Brown University Presented by Luis Jaime Castillo (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú). Drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, are changing the way we look at the world, mostly by allowing us to look from above when we want it. In archaeology and other field related disciplines these technologies are truly revolutionizing methods and procedures, particularly if drones […]Read More
Blockbuster The Martian, actor Matt Damon plays a botanist who discovers how to grow potatoes on the Red Planet. Now, US scientists are conducting an experiment that will bring them a step closer to making that a reality in Peru. The team will simulate Martian atmospheric conditions in a laboratory, using soil from Peru’s Pampas de […]Read More
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Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP) Mesa verde “El uso de drones en la investigación arqueológica y protección del patrimonio”, a cargo del viceministro de Patrimonio Cultural e Industrias Culturales, Luis Jaime Castillo Butters. Fecha: 17 de junio de 2014.Read More
New Horizons is the first mission to the Kuiper Belt, a gigantic zone of icy bodies and mysterious small objects orbiting beyond Neptune. This region also is known as the “third” zone of our solar system, beyond the inner rocky planets and outer gas giants. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland, designed, […]Read More
Having helped design the Mars rovers Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity, NASA engineer Kobie Boykins reveals what these robots are telling us about the existence of life on the red planet.Read More
In Peru, drones are keeping a watchful eye on some ancient cultural sites endangered by encroaching development or other perils. In our Culture at Risk series, Jeffrey Brown reports on how archaeologists and government officials are using the new technology to protect the country’s heritage from above.Read More
Original Mission Video as aired in July 1969 depicting the Apollo 11 astronauts conducting several tasks during extravehicular activity (EVA) operations on the surface of the moon. The EVA lasted approximately 2.5 hours with all scientific activities being completed satisfactorily. The Apollo 11 (EVA) began at 10:39:33 p.m. EDT on July 20, 1969 when Astronaut […]Read More
Lee Berger stops by the Googleplex to discuss his latest field work, as well as the journey through Google Earth that resulted in some of the most dramatic discoveries in paleoanthropology. You can find more about his new book, “The Skull in the Rock”, on Google Books: http://goo.gl/yq9CR . From the publisher: In 2008, Professor […]Read More
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