Electronic transmission: Give them everything, they will still complain – Senate blasts protesters
02 Mar
Politics

Electronic transmission: Give them everything, they will still complain – Senate blasts protesters

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Senate spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu has lashed out at Nigerians protesting real-time electronic transmission of election results. Speaking during an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television on Tuesday, Adaramodu said the protesters have always been there even for good things. DAILY POST reports that Nigerians, on Monday converged in Abuja for the “Occupy National Assembly” protest against the rejection of e-transmission of election results by the Senate. Prominent politicians such as the former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as well as former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, among others participated in the protest. Reacting, the Senate spokesman said, “Those people you saw on the street are always there, even for good things. “If you give them a road, they will say it is not wide enough. If you give them electricity, they will say the light is...
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NASA laser-based data transmission demonstrates serviceable internet 290 million miles from Earth
09 Oct
Science & Technology

NASA laser-based data transmission demonstrates serviceable internet 290 million miles from Earth

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NASA Space Technology Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust.Pushing the envelope: NASA is boldly going where no one has gone before with laser communications. The space agency's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment hitched a ride on the Psyche asteroid mission and achieved broadband speeds in deep space. In late July, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) transmitted laser data across 290 million miles from the Psyche spacecraft back to Earth. That's roughly the maximum distance between our planet and Mars. The record-breaking downlink capped off the first operational phase for DSOC since its launch last October.The test downlinked nearly 11 terabits during its first phase. Project Operations Lead Meera Srinivasan at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said the milestone confirmed laser communications could be a "robust and transformative...
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