Eventually Higg ratings will translate to consumer labels, but the Coalition is being careful to test the index, gather data, and refine the system before delving into anything consumer-facing.

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The firm said it would analyse the data and prepare for another test flight aimed at demonstrating the system to regulators in "coming days".

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The system gathers nearly one million data points during a typical series of 24 test swings.

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Although spacecraft instruments are set to return photographs and compositional data, the encounter primarily is a test of Deep Space 1's autonomous navigation system, the last of 12 technologies the mission was designed to pioneer.

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Also following the 2004 tsunami, UNESCO-IOC and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) agreed to explore the potential of using data from the International Monitoring System (IMS) for tsunami warning purposes.

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