| Public Invited to UA's Phoenix Mars Mission Open House May 5 ...
The University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory will open its Phoenix Mars Mission science operations center (SOC) to the public from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, for a Cinco de Mars celebration.
The Phoenix Mission SOC is the base of science operations for NASAs upcoming mission to the red planet. The Phoenix Mars Lander will be launched in early August from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for a May 2008 touchdown.
This public open house will be the last before the mission is launched.
After the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., flies the spacecraft to Mars and verifies that the landed spacecraft is healthy, NASA will turn mission control over to UA in Tucson. UA is the first public university to lead a mission to Mars.
Patient Safety Drives South Georgia Medical’s Selection of ...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) has big plans to "scan" both patients and pills for safety. Thanks to the Valdosta-based hospital's sweeping safety-driving technology initiative, nurses at the hospital will gain proven, bar-code technology to verify the five "rights" of medication administration – right medication, right patient, right dose at the right time via the right route. The goal behind the bar-coding is to reduce medication errors, which are the most common of medical errors and harm at least 1.5 million people every year nationwide, according to the federal Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. With less than a quarter of U.S. hospitals currently using bar-code scanning technology, SGMC will join the ranks of an elite group of healthcare organizations that are using this proven and common technology, found in most retail stores, to improve patient safety and care.
Animal Logic Takes On Joy
Booming Aussie vfx and CG animation house Animal Logic has announced that Karin Joy has joined the company as head of film visual effects production. She will be responsible for overseeing the production of feature film f/x projects. Joy started her career at Boss Film Studios as a coordinator on Species, Waterworld, Drop Zone, The Specialist and True Lies. Later she was named visual effects producer on Multiplicity and Air Force One. As head of bidding at Cinesite some of her credits included X-Men, Thirteen Days, Practical Magic and Armageddon. Joy also had stints as head of features at Station X; senior visual effects producer at Rezn8; as well as working as a producer on Angels in America at Complete Post. Her most recent work as a visual effects producer on the production side includes Charlotte's Web and I, Robot.
Students Slug It Out In Green Machine Competition
High school students from across the country were pumped up for a unique competition using robots that was recently held in Ohio by FirstFuelCells.com in partnership with FIRST Robotics. The Fuel Cell Green Machine Competition is a pilot program designed to encourage and advance the understanding of hydrogen fuel cells - an alternative to energy, in young minds while also fostering an interest in science and technology. In a fast and ever-changing world, innovative programs to motivate young people to pursue opportunities in science and technology are vital to keeping up with the times and making progress. In cooperation with program sponsors and supporters, students participating in the Green Machine competition integrated fuel cell technology into a diverse mix of robots; they demonstrated the use of fuel cells in robots.
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