PLato said,"Look to the perfection of the heavens for truth," while Aristotle said "look around you at what is, if you would know the truth" To Remember: Eskesthai
Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus spacecraft will carry 3,293
pounds (1,493.8 kg) of cargo on its upcoming commercial resupply mission
to the International Space Station, including crew supplies,
nanosatellites, student research and this prototype free-flying space robot equipped with a smartphone, known as Smart SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites).
NASA has been testing SPHERES
on the space station since 2011. This summer, astronauts will upgrade
these existing space robots to use Google’s "Project Tango" smartphone,
which features a custom 3-D sensor and multiple cameras. NASA will then
use the Smart SPHERES to test free-flying 3-D mapping and navigation
inside the space station. NASA is developing the Smart SPHERES to
perform work on the space station that requires mobile sensing, such as
environmental surveys to monitor levels of radiation, lighting and air
quality. They also will be used to monitor inventory and conduct
experiments. The development and testing of Smart SPHERES is funded by
the Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in
Washington.
Alvar Saenz Otero, Ph.D., associate director and SPHERES lead scientist
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Space Systems Laboratory,
presents an overview of the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage,
Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) used for multiple robotics
research investigations aboard the International Space Station. The
SPHERES help researchers learn how to control bowling-ball sized
satellites in a microgravity environment. Specifically, the research
team is looking at how to control multiple satellites so that they work
together. Planned uses for SPHERES include in space robotic assembly and
refurbishing and repairing existing satellites in orbit. SEE: The ISS SPHERES Facility
I have been away a while getting caught up on some work and enjoying some vacation time. I am always exciting about where we are going next in terms of communication development. Some of these previews have been show here in various blog posts, that you can preview with label access.
The United States 700 MHz FCC wireless spectrum auction
was started by the FCC on January 24, 2008 for the rights to operate
the 700 MHz frequency band in the United States. The details of process
were the subject of debate between several telecommunications companies,
including Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and startup Frontline Wireless,
as well as the Internet company Google. Much of the debate swirled
around the "open access" requirements set down by the Second Report and
Order released by the FCC determining the process and rules for the
auction. All bidding must be commenced by January 28 by law. The auction
was named Auction 73.[1]
The interesting thing here in terms of development is that the industry is still in a sort of infancy where those who are quite brave in terms of their science and knowledge back ground can contribute and create a different type of communication base that is current residing outside of government regulations right now. The spectrum allocation is currently not licensed and using that platform if you can develop it create the possibility of networks that do not currently reside in spectrum allocation that are being sold.?
Li-Fi, or "light fidelity", is a technology, that can be a complement of RF communication (Wi-Fi or Cellular network), or a replacement in contexts of data broadcasting. Li-Fi, like Wi-Fi, is the high speed, bidirectional and fully networked subset of visible light communications (VLC). It is wireless and uses visible light communication (instead of radio frequency waves), which carries much more information, and has been proposed as a solution to the RF-bandwidth limitations.[1]
While we know the ground rules of communication are limited in terms of
wifi, the future is quite as to how information can be disseminated and
how much of it can be accessed through new technology that will reside
outside of the devices that currently are being adapted too, to use that
type of communication. So I encourage new development here if you have the brains and brawn in order to tackle that new fledgling business of the future.
It is a 5G[2]visible light communication system that uses light from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as a medium to deliver networked, mobile, high-speed communication in a similar manner as Wi-Fi.[3] Li-Fi could lead to the Internet of Things,
which is everything electronic being connected to the internet, with
the LED lights on the electronics being used as Li-Fi internet access
points.[4]The Li-Fi market is projected to have a compound annual growth rate of 82% from 2013 to 2018 and to be worth over $6 billion per year by 2018.[5]
It is a sobering thought to thing of the optical side of things of having such a wide market growth, with the potential of money development, but at the same time brings to light the development that is currently and has yet to become marketable through innovation and technological design. So I encourage the young folk coming out of universities to explore at least from their educative perspective and expertise this area of communication and technological design..
pureLiFi is at the forefront of research and commercialisation into
Li-Fi, an industry expected to grow from $100 million to $6 billion by
2018. Visible Light Communication (VLC) is the use of light to transmit
data wirelessly. Li-Fi - a term coined by pureLiFi’s Chief Science
Officer and co-founder, Professor Haas – is a technology based on VLC
that provides full networking capabilities similar to Wi-Fi, but with
significantly greater spatial reuse of bandwidth.
See: pureLiFi to demonstrate first ever Li-Fi system at Mobile World Congress
