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Prototype Telescopes Complete Key Test

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the if-this-trend-continues dept.

Matthew Sparkes writes "Two prototype antennas for the world's largest array of millimeter-wave telescopes have passed a key test, working to track and image Saturn for more than an hour. Ultimately, ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) is expected to resolve details 10 times finer than the Hubble Space Telescope when it is completed in 2012."

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  1. Re:Ow, cool. by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Call me back when they complete the Turing test.

    It would call you by itself

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    Table-ized A.I.