NASA faces a tough year as Mars and shuttle programs strain
A 45 page NASA panel report critiques the Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander failures due to design and management issues. It cites unit mixups, training gaps, and communication flaws, urging safer, coordinated engineering and testing. NASA officials warn of staff cuts and ongoing delays amid broader shuttle setbacks and budget pressure.
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Walking may talk in bank heist security study
British researchers at Southampton University develop gait recognition to identify people by walk, usable from distance with low-res cameras. Two methods prove promising, one analyzing leg pendulum motion and the other a data based feature extraction.
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