Technology is frequently positioned as one of the most powerful tools for tackling long-term global problems such as the climate emergency or food and water security. Terms such as “smart farming” refer to a future of agriculture where sensors monitor conditions such as soil quality, water, humidity, and temperature. Software and robotics technologies make continual …
Momentus (www.momentus.space), provider of in-space transportation services for satellites, today announced a launch service agreement with Singapore-based companies, NuSpace and Aliena. Momentus’ Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle will carry the NuX-1 3U nanosatellite to its final orbit, after launching onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg, California during the first quarter of 2021. NuX-1 will …
Aliena and NuSpace announced collaboration plans to build and demonstrate an integrated avionics suite. The avionic suite will address the demands in the nanosatellite market for constellation management systems. Two local Singapore space companies will work together to develop and commercialize an integrated space avionics solution; to address the upcoming demand for constellation management systems. …
Kneron, the San Diego and Taipei-based AI algorithm, core IP and fabless chip company, and industrial PC maker Aaeon have an AI accelerator card for edge applications based on the company’s first chip, the KL520. The M2AI-2280-520 card will accelerate AI models in IoT, smart home, security and mobile devices. The KL520 runs 0.3 TOPS …
Tomorrow SpaceX will launch 64 satellites at one time which would be a US record. Eight of the satellites will be from companies building a global Internet of Things (IoT) by revolutionizing satellite communications. Most of today’s IoT devices, such as smart meters and agricultural sensors, rely on Wi-Fi or cellular signals, leaving remote areas, …
The effects of climate change have become increasingly real over recent years. NASA confirms what we regularly see on the news: increases in extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, and hurricanes; melting polar ice caps leading to higher sea levels; and a devastating impact on ecosystems and natural life. The United Nations Paris Agreement …
Iridium Communications announced Sept 27, 2018, it joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) and has been collaborating with AWS on the development of Iridium CloudConnect, the first and only satellite cloud-based solution that offers truly global coverage for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Enabled by the Iridium® network, and planned for launch …
China will make more investments and accelerate reforms of agencies and systems to boost its $3.8 trillion digital economy. The digital economy included the internet of things, big data, clouding computing and AI. The National Development and Reform Commission has a new agreement with the China Development Bank to offer 100 billion yuan ($14.55 billion) …
IoT Chain is developing blockchain to secure the internet of things against bots. It will also be more energy efficient and provides lower costs. IoT (Internet of Things) is the network that enables interconnection between all ordinary physical objects which can be located independently. IoT has three key features: 1. the equalization of ordinary objects, …
The world currently wastes or loses trillions of dollars from inefficient management of supply chains. There is hundreds of billions lost of fraud and counterfeiting. There is bureaucracy and administration to handle accounting, auditing and administration. There are multiple computer systems used by each party to the system. Supply chains makeup or impact 70% of …
An off-the-wall new study by Brown University researchers shows that terahertz frequency data links can bounce around a room without dropping too much data. The results are good news for the feasibility of future terahertz wireless data networks, which have the potential to carry many times more data than current networks. Today’s cellular networks and …