Telecom
Between September 1982 and December 2020, at least 51,512 people were rescued on land and at sea with help from a network of Earth-orbiting satellites able to detect and locate emergency distress beacons.
Oct 15, 2021
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Robotics
Student teams are an underappreciated resource in much of the scientific community. Joining a team working toward a goal while at university, whether for racing solar-powered cars or digging fish ponds in Africa, is an excellent ...
Sep 5, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The idea of space-based solar power (SBSP)—using satellites to collect energy from the sun and "beam" it to collection points on Earth—has been around since at least the late 1960s. Despite its huge potential, the concept ...
Aug 15, 2023
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Computer Sciences
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: Hideyuki Tokuda, Ph.D.), Kochi Health Science Center (KHSC, Director: Yasuhiro Shimada) and collaborating teams have developed a secure ...
Dec 12, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Airborne wind energy (AWE) is a lightweight technology which uses flying devices including kites and gliders to harvest power from the atmosphere. To maximize the energy they extract, these devices need to precisely control ...
Feb 7, 2023
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