October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
... needed functions are discovered, such as high definition cameras, heaters, efficient lighting and high-speed network connectivity, those functions quickly become standard offerings. In a motor vehicle, a rear-view camera may evolve into lane...
April 2020
Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future
... stanchions that physically, visually and thematically connect the components together. Each material was selected...our past, and considered some of these intrinsic qualities that connected creativity to humanness. What endures after culture is gone? ...
10 March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
...150 Mbit/s on the outbound link, and up to 24 Mbit/s on the inbound link, well in excess of terrestrial ADSL or cable connections. This technology is currently deployed for 30 satcom services worldwide. Many technical features of these new modems are...
March 2015
Satellite technology in newsgathering and disaster coverage
...This is arguable. Nevertheless, news organizations need to do more with less, and the trend is toward terrestrial, public connection technologies like public Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Reliability and quality aside, the belief is that these systems...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
...sealed environment with the main habitat. LavaHive is a modular structure for Mars, with central crew quarters connected to 3D-printed sub-habitats. With thanks to LIQUIFER Systems Group who conceptualized the overall layout, derived an architectural...
October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... spinning around a roughly constant axis, there is at least a vector that can be used to approach the target. Establishing a connection remains problematic, however. More challenging still are objects which may be tumbling around all three axes...
