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Nitech releases the Aqua Bed Warmer Safe Bed Heating System, which uses hot water circulation, instead of electric wires, to heat beds. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 01, 2013 Nitech, Inc. has made the Aqua Bed Warmer available for purchase online at Amazon.com. The Aqua Bed Warmer is a non-electric bed heating system, which includes a water heater and mattress pad. When activated, the Aqua Bed Warmer water heater pumps hot water through the mattress pad, heating up the bed. According to Nitech...
Subsystem enhancements will provide greater efficiency and cost savings AURORA, Colo., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded an $8 million contract with NASA Goddard Space Center to upgrade the command, control and telemetry (CCT) subsystems of the Earth Observing System (EOS). Enhancing the CCT subsystem will allow NASA to lower maintenance costs by exploiting automation and virtualization technologies, reducing the number of machines that need to be...
Brands to Remain Unique, Focus on Different Segments of Professional Pool Construction and Retail Industry LAS VEGAS, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquatech Corporation, today announced the launch of United Aqua Group, a new identity for the corporate parent of its growing family of professional pool construction and retail brands: Aquatech Pools, AquaCommercial and AquaValue. The three brands will remain unique under the new identity. (Logo:...
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Infrared satellite imagery tells the temperature of the cloud tops within a tropical cyclone as well as the sea surface temperatures around the storms. A recent infrared image from NASA's Aqua satellite showed very little strength in the remnants of ex-cyclone Tim offshore from southeastern Queensland. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Cyclone Tim on March 18 at 0355 UTC (March...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) today announced that it has acquired a 20% stake in Nippon Aqua Co. Ltd. (Nippon Aqua), a spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation company based in Yokohama, Japan, and that it has entered into a 10 year supply agreement with the company. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nippon Aqua is the SPF market leader in Japan, with business operations in over 30 locations across the...
Pro Swimmer and Expectant Mom Shares Tips to Stay Active While Pregnant VISTA, Calif., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Aqua Sphere, the worldwide brand of choice for premium swimwear and swim accessories based on comfort and high-quality technical designs, today announced pregnancy workout tips from one of the company's most prominent sponsored athletes, seven-time Olympic medalist and expectant mom Amanda Beard. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130131/LA52575LOGO) As a...
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Tropical Depression Sonamu has been consistently slow moving over the last couple of days, and that has not changed. NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of the stubborn storm lingering in the South China Sea, and it still contained some strong thunderstorms. When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Depression Sonamu on Jan. 8 at 0641 UTC (1:41 a.m. EST/U.S.), the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard took an infrared...
NASA NASA and NOAA satellites have been providing data on the powerful low pressure area that dropped more than a foot of snow in some Midwestern states and prompted many warnings and weather advisories. NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image, while NOAA's GOES-13 satellite data was compiled into an animation that showed the movement of the storm system. On Dec. 21 at 0729 UTC (2:29 a.m. EST), the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua...
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's Aqua satellite got "eyeballed" from Cyclone Claudia in the Southern Indian Ocean when two instruments captured the storm's eye in infrared and visible light. Satellite data indicates that Claudia's eye is about 10 nautical miles wide. On Dec. 10 at 0841 UTC (3:41 a.m. EST), NASA's Aqua satellite's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captured an infrared view of Cyclone Claudia which showed a clear eye surrounded by powerful...
A stunning array of images of our home planet, taken by Earth-observing science satellites, are featured in a new NASA publication. The book, "Earth as Art," is available in hardcover, electronically, and as a free iPad application. The 158-page book celebrates the aesthetic beauty of Earth in the patterns, shapes, colors and textures of the land, oceans, ice and atmosphere. Images include snow-capped mountain peaks in the Himalayas, Arizona's Painted Desert, the Mississippi River Delta...
