February 2021
Satellites are key to unlocking a better-connected world
... evolved and increasingly, consumers are switching to their mobile devices to access and browse the internet, rather than hard-... including hard-wired desk top computers, laptops and mobile devices. Almost half the world’s population has no access to...
16 January 2020
World premier: first plant-powered IoT sensor sends signal to space
...Plant-e with the extremely power efficient devices from Lacuna Space, these devices are completely self-sustainable and operate... and night. The Internet of Things (IoT) prototype device, developed by the two companies, uses the electricity generated...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... ago in his 1911 work, Exploration of Outer Space by Rocket Devices. “Just as the Earth’s atmosphere is cleaned by plants with...in orbit. It had a larger planting area than previous devices, a higher vegetation chamber, a much brighter light system and...
01 April 2020
Biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products for use on Mars or Earth
A device that combines bacteria and nanowires to capture carbon dioxide from ...can achieve an efficiency of 3.6 percent. There is one plant that can out-perform the device; sugar cane. The tall, fibrous, tropical grass can convert CO2 to sugar with a ...
16 October 2020
SWRI tests "Clockwork Starfish" for sampling asteroids
... locations on numerous asteroids,” said SwRI Principal Scientist Dr. Alex Parker, who led development of the Clockwork Starfish device. “This would be a game-changer for understanding the origin and history of the solar system, as well as providing...
January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
... the future. Research has also been conducted on the ground in simulated microgravity laboratory settings where rotational devices lessen the effects of gravity on embryos or the hind limbs of rodents are elevated to mimic microgravity conditions...
