A new report from the National Research Council lays out options NASA could follow to detect more near-Earth objects (NEOs) – asteroids and comets that could pose a hazard if they cross Earth's orbit. The report says the $4 million the U.S. spends annually to search for NEOs is insufficient to meet a congressionally mandated requirement to detect NEOs that could threaten Earth. Congress mandated in 2005 that NASA discover 90 percent of NEOs whose diameter is 140 meters or greater by 2020, and asked the National Research Council in 2008 to form a committee to determine the optimum approach to

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Conference: 2010 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Conference Dates: 24 Jan - 28 Jan 2010 Location: Hon Kong Convention & Exhibition Center Wanchai, Hong Kong Conference Web Site: http://ieeemems.org/general.html Conference Scope: Development of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) focusing on design, simulation and analysis tools, fabrication technologies and processes, integration techniques, and assembly and packaging approaches. Application of MEMS in sensors and actuators, microdevices for opto-mechanical systems, fluidic microsystems, biomedical engineering, wireless communication, power supply and energy harvesting and nano-electro-mechanical devices. Continue reading...

Conference: 2010 5th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS) Conference Dates: 20 Jan - 23 Jan 2010 Location: Xiamen University Xiamen, China Conference Web Site: http://www.ieee-nems.org/nems2010/ Conference Scope: Micro and Nano Fabrication Micro/Nano Sensors and Actuators Nanophotonics Nanomaterials Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Micro and Nano Heat Transfer Nanobiology, Nano-bio-informatics, Nanomedicine Nanoscale Robotics, Assembly, and Automation Carbon Nanotube based Devices and Systems Micro/Nanoelectromechanical Systems (M/NEMS) Molecular Sensors, Actuators, and Systems Continue reading...

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Conference: 2010 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Low Temperature Bonding for 3D Integration (LTB-3D) Conference Dates: 19 Jan - 20 Jan 2010 Location: The University of Tokyo ,Tokyo, Japan Conference Web Site: http://www.3dwb.org/ Conference Scope: This workshop aims at reviewing the recent development of 3D/MEMS-integration based on rapidly emerging low-temperature wafer bonding as well as other low-temperature and high-density interconnect technologies. Invited and contribution papers are solicited to cover the full range of basic science, process development, and applications in volume production. Continue reading...

Conference: 2010 Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Conference Dates: 19 Jan - 21 Jan 2010 Location: NIST Conference Center Gaithersburg, MD, USA Conference Web Site: http://www.ieee-pes.org/ Conference Scope: -Power and Energy System Applications (generation, transmission, distribution, distribution, markets, operations, and planning) - Cyber and Physical Security Systems (Intelligent Monitoring and Outage Management)-Smart Sensing, Communication, and Control in Energy Systems; - Wireless Communications and Advanced Metering Infrastructure; -Energy Mgmt Systmes (with applications to buildings and home automation); - Interdependent Energy Infrastructures (with applications to gas, water, transportation, and telec Continue reading...

Conference: 2010 Learning and Intelligent Optimization (LION) Conference Dates: 18 Jan - 22 Jan 2010 Location: Ca' Dolfin Venice, Italy Conference Web Site: http://www.intelligent-optimization.org/LION4/ Conference Scope: This meeting is aimed at exploring the boundaries and uncharted territories between machine learning, artificial intelligence, mathematical programming and algorithms for hard optimization problems. The main purpose of the event is to bring together experts from these areas to discuss new ideas and methods, challenges and opportunities in various application areas, general trends and specific developments. Continue reading...