https://wordlesstech.com The future today in our amazing world Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:47:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 223030326 https://wordlesstech.com/forestguard-fire-detection-system/ https://wordlesstech.com/forestguard-fire-detection-system/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:47:40 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=202174 ForestGuard is a fire detection system to identify potential forest wildfires quickly.]]> https://wordlesstech.com/forestguard-fire-detection-system/feed/ 0 202174 https://wordlesstech.com/fire-in-space/ https://wordlesstech.com/fire-in-space/#respond Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:25:33 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=174733 In the gravity on Earth, heated air rises and expands, causing flames to be teardrop shaped.  But what does fire look like in space? In the microgravity of the air-filled International Space Station (ISS), however, flames are spheres. Fire is the rapid acquisition of oxygen, and space flames meet new oxygen molecules when they float]]> https://wordlesstech.com/fire-in-space/feed/ 0 174733 https://wordlesstech.com/california-on-fire/ https://wordlesstech.com/california-on-fire/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:04:05 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=168145 This Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite frightening image shows the extent of the smoke from fires currently ablaze in California, US. Amid the blistering heatwave, which is in its second week, there are around 40 separate wildfires across the state. Record high temperatures, strong winds and thunderstorms have created the dangerous conditions that have allowed fires to]]> https://wordlesstech.com/california-on-fire/feed/ 0 168145 https://wordlesstech.com/a-huge-forest-fire-spotted-from-space/ https://wordlesstech.com/a-huge-forest-fire-spotted-from-space/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2020 06:25:05 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=167358 NASA’s Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument imaged areas burned by the Bighorn Fire north of Tucson, Arizona, on June 29. Vegetation is shown in red and burned areas are shown in dark gray. It covers an area of 20 by 30 miles (33 by 48 kilometers). On the night of June]]> https://wordlesstech.com/a-huge-forest-fire-spotted-from-space/feed/ 0 167358 https://wordlesstech.com/the-world-is-on-fire-2/ https://wordlesstech.com/the-world-is-on-fire-2/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:20:17 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=162060 The world is on fire. Or so it appears in this image from NASA’s Worldview. The red points overlaid on the image designate those areas that by using thermal bands detect actively burning fires. Africa seems to have the most concentrated fires. This could be due to the fact that these are most likely agricultural]]> https://wordlesstech.com/the-world-is-on-fire-2/feed/ 0 162060 https://wordlesstech.com/the-carbon-monoxide-that-is-coming-off-the-burning-amazon/ https://wordlesstech.com/the-carbon-monoxide-that-is-coming-off-the-burning-amazon/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2019 06:56:09 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=161957 NASA map shows how carbon monoxide has risen in atmosphere from Aug 8-22, caused by Amazon rain-fores fires. Carbon monoxide has hit 160 ppbv high over some regions, according to NASA Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on Aqua satellite. This time series shows carbon monoxide associated with fires from the Amazon region in Brazil from]]> https://wordlesstech.com/the-carbon-monoxide-that-is-coming-off-the-burning-amazon/feed/ 0 161957 https://wordlesstech.com/there-are-ingenious-3d-scans-of-notre-dame/ https://wordlesstech.com/there-are-ingenious-3d-scans-of-notre-dame/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:52:45 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=159017 There are good news for how to rebuild the Notre-Dame Cathedral after the fire: Highly-detailed 3D scans. In this video, portions of the National Cathedral look exactly like the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, that just was on fire. Tech-savvy art historian Andrew Tallon uses lasers to unlock the builders’ secrets behind the construction of]]> https://wordlesstech.com/there-are-ingenious-3d-scans-of-notre-dame/feed/ 0 159017 https://wordlesstech.com/camp-fire-as-it-burned-through-paradise/ https://wordlesstech.com/camp-fire-as-it-burned-through-paradise/#respond Mon, 19 Nov 2018 07:57:18 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=155461 Fire destroys and decimates. It takes out almost everything in its path. Satellite images from Camp fire as it burned through Paradise, in California. In the wake of a fire, a burn scar appears which takes a long time to heal. The mountains of San Bernardino County in Southern California were in a healing pattern]]> https://wordlesstech.com/camp-fire-as-it-burned-through-paradise/feed/ 0 155461 https://wordlesstech.com/a-devastating-fire-destroyed-brazils-natural-history-museum/ https://wordlesstech.com/a-devastating-fire-destroyed-brazils-natural-history-museum/#respond Mon, 03 Sep 2018 07:00:21 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=153554 An enormous fire has totaly destroyed the 200-year-old Museu Nacional of Brazil, in Rio De Janeiro. Museu Nacional was established in 1818 and is the oldest scientific institution in Brazil. President Michel Temer said that the fire at Rio de Janeiro’s National Museum ‘a tragic day for Brazil’ with ‘two hundred years of work and]]> https://wordlesstech.com/a-devastating-fire-destroyed-brazils-natural-history-museum/feed/ 0 153554 https://wordlesstech.com/the-world-is-on-fire/ https://wordlesstech.com/the-world-is-on-fire/#respond Fri, 24 Aug 2018 05:31:44 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=153299 In this image from NASA’s Worldview, the world is on fire.  The red points overlaid on the image designate those areas that by using thermal bands detect actively burning fires. Africa seems to have the most concentrated fires. This could be due to the fact that these are most likely agricultural fires. The location, widespread]]> https://wordlesstech.com/the-world-is-on-fire/feed/ 0 153299