“The work of ESA and the international planetary defence community is a great example of how to address this important hazard,” says ESA Director General Jan Wörner. “An asteroid impact is the only natural disaster we might avoid, if we see one coming soon enough.”
The extremely low power device sends signals at radio frequencies that are picked up by satellites in low Earth orbit. It was developed by Dutch company Plant-e and Lacuna Space, which is based in the Netherlands and the UK, under ESA’s programme of Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES).
The device can inform farmers about the conditions of their crops to help increase yield, and enable retailers to gain detailed information about potential harvests.
Due to launch aboard the return to flight launch of the Vega rocket, Belgium’s Simba CubeSat is a tiny mission with a big ambition: to measure one of the fundamental drivers of climate change in a new way. The 30-cm long nanosatellite will turn from Earth to space to the Sun and back again, to calculate our planet’s overall energy budget.
Designed by divers for divers, Dively aims at enhancing your experience while boosting your safety.
Remote Medical two-way-augmented reality service using satellite technology in remote sites
Currently, telemedicine focus is on diagnosis, remote consultation and medical advice. When practical action (treatment) needs to be taken, the patient usually still has to go to a medical facility, which takes time, effort, money and can be dangerous.
Helping seniors lead an active and healthy life
Although retired seniors have time resources and could become active supporters. Also seniors may not to be involved in active living because they feel insecure in the constantly changing urban environment, in the lack of easily accessible means of transport.
Geolocation Support for Outdoor Tourism and the re-creation of historical events
Gamifying flora & fauna preservation awareness in natural parks
WILDWEGO provides a novel / enriched augmented reality travel gaming experience enabling park authorities to foster nature discovery & conservation by engaging the visitors into a serious game that enhance their flora & fauna preservation awareness and their collaboration for the preservation of wilderness biodiversity.
Smart Fishing and Route Planning System
GLAUCUS is an end-to-end system to help fisheries to optimise their navigation routes and identify the best fishing grounds, dynamically updated to know where it would be more convenient to fish them during the fishing trip. The system will allow fishermen not only to locate the fishing grounds and the best time to fish in them over time but will also provide the optimal route to navigate through the seas, between fishing grounds and/or to the ports.
Using drones to inspect and respond to emergencies on power grids
Instead of having people or helicopters inspect the power grid, KVS Technologies uses automated drones. These drones are mobilized from drone hangars which are placed on the power grid, and they fly out over the grid taking images of the masts. These images are available to the customer in real-time, so that they can find errors on their grids faster and more safely and efficiently than before.
