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04 Dec 2009

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Friday’s Food for Thought: Science Fiction Influences Real Science; Original Star Trek Used GEOINT Technologies

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JulesVerneWelcome once again to our “Friday’s Food for Thought” post hosted exclusively on got geoint? We hope everyone had a productive week and were able to get a jump start on holiday shopping during the better-than-expected Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping sprees. For this week’s FFT post, we are tackling the theme of how science fiction has influenced real scientific breakthroughs. Science fiction movies, books and television shows are often ahead of their times (i.e., Jules Verne, pictured) and play a major role in the development of some of our most significant scientific achievements. Art influences real life. How cool is that? Hope you enjoy and happy Friday!

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06 Nov 2009

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Friday’s Food for Thought: It’s All About The Data and Thomas Dolby

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DataWelcome to our Friday’s Food for Thought post on got geoint? In the GEOINT world, we tend to focus on the actual imagery provided — and less so the actual data. The data provides the context and knowledge required to make GEOINT situation actionable and effective. And, of course the combination of imagery and data is the winning solution — to put it in a a very simple context. Hey, it is Friday, we are allowed to keep things basic today, right. So, the theme of this week’s FFT is all about “data.” We hope you had a productive week and can take a few minutes to enjoy this post. Go data!

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03 Apr 2009

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Friday’s Food for Thought: Space, No Longer the Final Frontier; And It Smells Funny

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Happy Friday. We hope everyone had a productive and prosperous week. Once again, it is “Friday’s Food for Thought” time and we tried our best to serve up some enlightening, entertaining and somewhat perplexing things happening in the world today. Today’s theme is all about space. From Space Symposium highlights to classic David Bowie and Flight of the Concords video clips, we have it all. Scroll down and enjoy.

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