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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Henrik Christensen (Interactive Computing) suggests that unmanned aerial vehicles be used to collect images from potentially dangerous sites in Japan following the March 10 earthquake. "I am very surprised they have not used this option," he says. "UAVs could be used to generate information from close range without risking lives." Source: IEEE Spectrum
