DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF
By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane
WILL BIG BROTHER BE WATCHING EACH OF US FROM SPACE?
- In 2025, a "Big Brother" satellite will be launched that's capable of zooming-in on anyone, anywhere. It is breakthrough imaging technology so advanced that it can even view and track a license plate on the back of a car. What are the opportunities and the risks of this new innovation? Here are a few key facts:
- This new satellite with high resolution close-up imaging was created by Denver-based startup Albedo Space Corp.
- Thermal infrared imaging is so advanced it can zoom in on a person's face
- Big opportunities for use by US military to track the enemy and national security threats; USAF & Natl. Air & Space Intelligence Center have contracts with Albedo
- Other uses include tracking Climate Change, infrastructure, agriculture and mapping disaster zones
- Big concern from privacy experts that it's a giant camera in the sky and could violate privacy rights
- Albedo says the system does not contain facial recognition and that they vet their customers
- The 1st satellite will launch in 2025 and under current law it is legal
- Low orbit 100 miles above Earth
- The technology is awesome: According to Albedo, it's "ultra-high resolution exquisite imaging co-collected at 10 cm x 2m thermal - natively - from space to server in less than an hour"
- Albedo says it's the 1st company to offer aerial quality imaging from space.
FIGHTER JETS INVISIBLE ON RADAR?
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- Chinese scientists say they've created plasma stealth technology that allows aircraft to disappear from radar. Here's what we know:
- The technology can be switched on at a moment's notice to protect aircraft from radar detection
- The tech was developed by the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Stealth radar advantages, according to the Chinese developers include:
- Simple structure
- Wide power adjustable range
- High plasma density
- How it works:
- Radar emits electromagnetic waves
- When the waves interact with the plasma, they cause the particles to move rapidly and collide, dissipating the waves energy and reducing the strength of the reflected signal
- This is a strategically important, technological advantage for a military opponent to have its fighter jets and bombers undetected by radars.
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