Freefall Aerospace is a NASA NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) success story. The inflatable antenna system enables big data from cubesats and small low-cost spacecraft. The 3-dimensional phased array antenna technology can provide high data rate communication at virtually any frequency at a fraction of the size and cost of any existing solution. They have …
SpaceX has tweeted out that Starlink is providing over 100 Mbps download speeds in user tests. They launched the twelfth batch of 60 Starlink satellites. The speed and low latency is fast enough to stream multiple HD movies at once and still have bandwidth to spare. It also can play any online game. Latency tests …
Trump is banning China’s Huawei in 5G. US companies will not sell components for China’s 5G. Qualcomm, Micron and other companies will not be selling to Huawei. Cisco is a big winner and is up 6.6% today. This is more than the Trade War. This will be full technology war with the US blacklisting China …
SpaceX has announced a launch target of May 2019 for the first group of operational Starlink satellites. SpaceX needs to launch about 2200 Starlink satellites by April 2024 to be in compliance with the FCC license. SpaceX filed with the FCC to modify its Ku/Ka-band NGSO license to relocate satellites previously authorized to operate at …
Globalisation has brought down many barriers to trade. No longer do you have to pay high import/export tariffs making new international markets accessible ready for your offering. It is quite easy to deploy a remote team or be part of one. There are still barriers, however, to overcome. This is great, and yes, you can …
Today, China released a new grand plan for the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Guangzhou would be the four key cities of the bay area and the core engines for regional development. Finance, Insurance Industry Support for Hong Kong The plan supports Hong Kong as an international …
SpaceX is raising $500 million at a $30.5 billion valuation to get the Starlink Satellite network deployed. SpaceX will get money from existing SpaceX investors and new investor Baillie Gifford and Co, who is also the third-largest shareholder in Musk-led electric carmaker Tesla. How Much Starlink Could You Get With $500 million? The SpaceX Super …
I will now tell you a true story of technology in the San Francisco Bay Area. It applies to most places in the United States. I know that I will soon be allowed to buy gigabit fiber. I know this because I talked to some workman with a large communications truck over one month ago. …
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 …
Intel today announced substantial advances in its wireless product roadmap to accelerate the adoption of 5G. Highlights include the introduction of the Intel® XMMTM 8000 series, Intel’s first family of 5G new radio (5G NR) multi-mode commercial modems, and Intel’s latest LTE modem, the Intel® XMMTM 7660. Intel also announced it has successfully completed a …
Mainstream adoption of LiFi will be available within LED light bars which will replace the most widely utilized light source in the world – fluorescent tubes. The introduction of the first LED “light bar” is forecasted to replace the most conventional form of lighting within commercial and industrial facilities: fluorescent tubes; with an estimated 3-4 …