06 October 2015
Facebook, Eutelsat to beam Internet from space to Africa
... living in remote regions, traditional connectivity infrastructure is often difficult and inefficient, so we need to invent new technologies,” he said. The Israeli company Spacecom’s Amos-6 satellite will fly in geostationary orbit, Eutelsat said...
December 2014
Necessity is the mother of invention
... timescale. Creating the Iron Dome system meant overcoming a number of major challenges. We would need to develop a new technology for the interception of rockets by means of interceptor missiles while keeping the costs of each interception and the...
March 2015
Twinkle, twinkle satellite
...’s “War of the Satellites,” inspired in its dramatism by the Sputnik launch. Yet far beyond politics, any kind of new technology naturally inspires apprehension. Until we get used to it, that is. Today, the general public so used to satellite...
July 2014
Preventing catastrophic impact
... their people about ‘the end of the world’? 3. The Applications Dilemma: could the new technology be used for military purposes? Could the technology created for the interception and destruction of an NEO be used, for example, to create components...
August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
... real time through mobile devices and social media. In the case of Daesh, their sophisticated use of these new technologies has been used to deliberately communicate atrocities to a horrified and outraged global public. In particular, the continuing...
September 2019
Expectations in a connected world
... mitigation must be deemed crucial in preventing collisions, alongside developing new technologies to remove debris already in orbit. Meanwhile, developing AI technologies to streamline efficiencies and improve transmission to ensure best spectrum...
