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12:18am, 23rd April, 2019

Electric vehicle study sees opportunity for utilities

Increasing demand for electric vehicles in the United States over the next decade will create revenue opportunities for electric utilities that invest in greater grid capacity and offer EV charging and related services, according to a study released...

The Opportunity Mars rover’s greatest shots and discoveries

8:13pm, 13th February, 2019

Gadgets

The Opportunity Mars rover’s greatest shots and discoveries

, and the rover that was supposed to last 90 days closes the book on 15 years of exploration. It’s sad, but it’s also a great time to look back on the mission and see some of its greatest hits. Here are 25 images showing where it came from, where it...

Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead

5:14pm, 13th February, 2019

Space

Opportunity on Mars, 2004-2019: NASA sings requiem to a rover — and looks ahead

Ths colorized image of the Opportunity rover’s shadow was taken on July 26, 2004, by the rover’s front hazard-avoidance camera as it moved farther into Endurance Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Photo) After months o...

Opportunity Mars Rover goes to its last rest after extraordinary 14-year mission

3:53pm, 13th February, 2019

Gadgets

Opportunity Mars Rover goes to its last rest after extraordinary 14-year mission

Opportunity, one of two rovers sent to Mars in 2004, is officially offline for good, and JPL officials announced today at a special press conference. “I declare the Opportunity mission as complete, and with it the Mars Exploration Rover mission as co...

Two mini-probes fade into the sunset beyond Mars: Is Opportunity rover next?

9:57am, 7th February, 2019

Space

Two mini-probes fade into the sunset beyond Mars: Is Opportunity rover next?

This image of Mars was captured by one of NASA’s MarCO satellites from a distance of about 4,700 miles, about 10 minutes after the descent of NASA’s Mars InSight lander on Nov. 26, 2018. The grid seen on the right edge of the image is the spacecraft’...

Uber sees opportunity for minibus service in Kenyan capital

8:11am, 14th November, 2018

News

Uber sees opportunity for minibus service in Kenyan capital

Uber Technologies may roll out a new service in Kenya to help users book seats on minibuses that ply the streets of the congested capital, if tests on the product in Egypt and Mexico prove successful, a company executive said on Wednesday.

As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard

6:58pm, 25th September, 2018

Space

As Mars’ huge dust storm clears, NASA’s Opportunity rover is seen but not heard

An image from a high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Opportunity rover as a bright blip inside the white box. The box marks a 154-foot-wide area in Mars’ Perseverance Valley. Click on the image for a larger version....

NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned

12:32am, 13th June, 2018

Space

NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned

This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the sun from the Opportunity rover’s point of view, with the right side simulating Opportunity’s current view in the current dust storm. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / TAMU) N...

Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm

4:38pm, 13th June, 2018

Space

Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm

An artist’s conception shows NASA’s Opportunity rover under sunnier conditions. (NASA Illustration) NASA has had to put its power-starved Opportunity rover into an induced coma on Mars, but that drastic maneuver — plus some luck — should be enough to...