Remote Sensing

New LG TVs can play Unity games with Magic Motion Remote

8 Feb 2012

TVs these days: the 2012 collection of LG tellies will come with a motion-sensing Magic Motion Remote and the ability to play Unity-powered games. One of those games is Madfinger's chunky third-person shooter Shadowgun. It's not quite Gears of War, but from a distance, and if you squint... Oh the things technology can do today. Bright and colourful family-friendly game Frisbee Forever is on ...

DHS to Re-solicit Remote Sensing for Homeland Security Procurement and other Federal Gov GIS News

7 Feb 2012

In reference to the subject solicitation for Remote Sensing services, the Office of Procurement Operations, Enterprise Acquisitions Division (OPO/EAD) intends to cancel the procurement and re-solicit...  It's not 100% clear why, but maybe the documents were just confusion. The... Continue reading

Toward a global microwave standard

6 Feb 2012

Much of what is known about decadal climate change – and much of what appears on the evening weather forecast as well – comes from satellite-based remote sensing of microwave radiation at different levels in the Earth's atmosphere. Microwave measurements are generally reported as the apparent temperature of the object being monitored. Yet, at present, there is no accepted brightness-temperature ...