Technology

Fly-by 3D tour or 2D tour of the sun and each planet in its orbit, with close-up views of the planets and weather patterns. Requires a Viscape SVR browser plug-in for the 3D tour.

Overview of ISS activities and news by a German provider. Includes mission, crew aspects and supporting material.

Offers data sheets on the module that connects elements and house a number of life support systems.

Provides contacts, documentation, news and events for the scientific users of the space station.

A comprehensive timeline of all nations' space missions to Earth's moon and the planets. Includes spacecraft and mission profiles, and many related links. From the NASA National Space Science Data Center.

Basic information about space shuttle missions, the International Space Station, NASA TV schedule, and missions to Mars.

Comprehensive daily news resource on space science and industry. Includes updated overview of news from multiple sources.

Includes current news, ongoing missions, upcoming launches, and archived articles.

Offers frequently updated space news by a news organization in USA.

Non-profit organization devoted to space technology in Australia. Includes overview of its main research projects and Australia's space activities in general.

Provides article collection and research on the Russian and US space programs, Mir and the International Space Station, by an author of numerous books in the space domain.

Provides a resource for space history, radio tracking and technology by a space enthusiast. Frequently updated.

Offers collection of personal photos of space meetings and sites.

The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 5.1 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and ArXiv e-prints.

Research teams at the Southwest Research Institute formulate concepts, design and manage complex hardware and data systems, develop advanced space borne instrumentation and address theoretical aspects of space physics and planetary astronomy.

Simple 10-part tutorial description helps you understand how satellites work, what they contain and how they get into orbit.Basic level.

In-depth look at Space Shuttle. Photos and animations show the inner workings of America's Space Transportation System.

Offers views of Space Shuttle Columbia as it is was preparing for launch. Includes the cockpit, airlock and the Neurolab payload.

NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Includes organization, key personnel, mission, activities branches, and space-related bulletin boards.

News items, membership details, newsletters, officers listing, and related links.

A listing of upcoming events, news items, contacts, members listing, and community section.

Upcoming events, related links, contacts, a newsletter, members directory, and bylaws.

Project investigating the possible effects of elevated temperature on the behavior of structural components partially damaged by direct blast. Conducted by students at the University of Edinburgh.

Provides a range of structural services required to provide safe, economical and reliable structures for the state's transportation system. Features projects, maps, and data.

Responsible for bridge design, construction assistance, and management. Includes guidelines, preservation program, structural detail cad drawings, and a gallery of bridges.

Addresses the protection of structural systems to earthquake hazards through the use of devices with controllable damping and stiffness properties.

Endeavors to integrate the discipline of structural control with the applications and specialties of civil engineering problems.

Supports research in the field of structural engineering related to earthquakes, especially the construction of buildings and infrastructure to withstand earthquakes. Lab reports available to all for download and links to related databases.

A technical society of the Australian Institution of Engineers presents its earthquake related activities.

Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.

In-depth unbiased multi-part tutorial explains digital television (DTV). Shows how the worst computer monitors you can buy have more resolution than the best analog TV set.

Davix Oxenford's blog. Separate DTV-section covering legal aspects of digital television.

Section 100 requirements for DBS communications, in PDF and text form

Overview of satellite channels from around the world.

Features history of Britain's early transportation system from the 18th century until present day. Topics cover canal building, railway construction and aviation developments. Includes photos and timelines.

Japan's first suspended monorail, built in 1970, 6.6km, 8 stations.

Originally opened in 1995, this system will be expanded to 6km in 2004.

Engineering firm offering the HighRoad Monorail System: 1 beam, 2-way traffic.

Information on the work of the man internationally called "The genius of steam", French engineer Andre Chapelon, designer of the most efficient steam locomotives ever built. Includes pictures and technical drawings.

Undertakes research into logistics and the supply chain. Services include consultancy and collaborating with private companies and public institutions.

Information from Wikipedia on this means of estimating the sound field near a source by measuring acoustic parameters away from the source via an array of pressure or particle velocity transducers.

The principle of operation of these filters is based on the dependence of the diffracted light wavelength on the acoustic frequency. This article considers non-collinear filters based on a single TeO2 crystal.

The theory, technology, materials, and applications related to ultrasound, acoustic signal processing, ultrasound imaging.

Company that developed the first FDA-approved HIFU device. Bronze winner of the Wall Street Journal's 2004 Technology Innovation award.

This foundation supports education and research related to MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery.

Covers the century of aviation, from ancient myths to the jet age. Provides pictures and narratives of each era.

A picture gallery of aircraft used by the Swedish Airforce.

An online text tracing the technical development of the airplane from the beginning of World War I to today. Emphasis is placed on aircraft originating in the United States.

A listing of Australian military aircraft serial numbers and individual aircraft history.

Features the airships built by Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik in Germany. Provides photos, articles, music, lists, discussions, tools and links.