NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has a toolbox to make any gadget-lover jealous. Check out our drill-down on the instruments helping determine whether microbial life ever existed on the red planet.
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The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) uses a suite of meteorological instruments to report daily weather from Mars. Here is an example of a weather report by REMS. NASA has reported that of one of the two sets of REMS wind sensors is not providing data, possibly due to a hit during landing. The remaining wind sensor is being used to get wind speed and direction. Image credit: NASA
InformationWeek Elite 100Our data shows these innovators using digital technology in two key areas: providing better products and cutting costs. Almost half of them expect to introduce a new IT-led product this year, and 46% are using technology to make business processes more efficient.
The UC Infrastructure TrapWorries about subpar networks tanking unified communications programs could be valid: Thirty-one percent of respondents have rolled capabilities out to less than 10% of users vs. 21% delivering UC to 76% or more. Is low uptake a result of strained infrastructures delivering poor performance?