View the full report, 鈥淚nclusive Digital Transformation in India: Improving Digital Financial Services for the Poor Through Human-centered Design.” Gandhali, a farmer living in rural Bihar, India, doesn鈥檛 own a mobile phone; she borrows her son鈥檚 to talk with her brother in the next village. She has a bank account, but resents the half-day trip […]
While satellites may be some of our most impressive technology, they are bogged down by a single bottleneck 鈥� data. Satellites orbiting Earth routinely struggle to relay data back down to Earth in a timely manner, with sizable implications for the real world, on the ground economy. This is why companies like Analytical Space are hoping to tap into the big data space revolution that is just waiting to happen.
Space missions today are an increasing mix of public and private ventures. But what happens when the worst happens and something goes wrong? Who pays for the costly damage? Take a look inside a surprisingly important piece of the space sector puzzle 鈥� insurance.
There’s no question that the space industry is undergoing drastic change, but how do you create the proper incentives for success with so many interdependent business models within the space sector? Professor Matt Weinzierl offers his advice using the classic game theory model the “stag hunt.”
Machine learning is a popular topic in most industries these days, and it will come as no surprise that this is true for astronomy and astrophysics as well. University of Colorado PhD student Avery Schiff explores how a deep learning algorithm is being used to classify galaxy morphologies in this article from graduate student astronomy journal Astrobites.
The search for extraterrestrial life is bound to lead one place 鈥� underwater. To prepare for this reality, scientists from 性视界 and the聽Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution聽are narrowing in on autonomous ocean-floor vehicles equipped with cutting edge cameras and sophisticated sensors that can wirelessly alert researchers hundreds of miles away when something of note happens. Pretty cool stuff? We鈥檇 say so.
David Latham of the 性视界-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is tasked with an incredible mission 鈥� overseeing the selection and study of planets that are viable candidates for life as captured by TESS (the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). In this interview with the 性视界 Gazette, Latham discusses everything from TESS鈥檚 ground-breaking camera technology to the conditions required to foster life as we do (or don鈥檛) know it.
Companies that contribute to (and use) open source software can gain a competitive advantage鈥攅ven though they may be helping their competitors in the short run. The reason? Contributing to crowdsourced 鈥減ublic goods鈥� that benefit other firms or industries can enable companies to gain valuable insights and compete more effectively in the long term. Call it the 鈥淟inux effect.鈥�
