satellite tech
RSS satellite techSatellite tech to map cables under UK roads in 3D
News Researchers at the universities of Leeds and Nottingham will try to create the map by integrating existing digital and paper-based records and link them with data from satellite and ground-based GPS systems. [22 Mar 2006]
Satellite tech turns London into Monopoly board
News GPS technology has hit the headlines in the last week because the government's satellite-based road charging plans are likely to use the technology. London is to be transformed into a giant Monopoly board for a version of the game which will use... [13 Jun 2005]
Is satellite car-toll tech ready for prime time?
News The price would depend on the level of congestion and satellite tracking would be used to enforce the toll. Since the start of the year, the satellite-based 'Toll Collect' system has been charging trucks using Germany's autobahns €0.12 per... [06 Jun 2005]
Satellite comms to bridge digital divide?
News Satellite tech has been in the spotlight recently following reports Nasa is developing a satellite-based system to put a mobile phone network on the moon. Dr Hamadoun Touré, the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) secretary-general, said... [28 Feb 2008]
Arctic tech gets sub-zero test
News Satellite and radar equipment for measuring the thickness of the polar ice cap will be tested in the Arctic Circle next week. Included in the trials is a communications and satellite system, which will send the data collated by the team to the UK... [26 Oct 2007]
Photos of the month - July 06
Photo Galileo heads for orbit: Galileo is the new European satellite-based navigation system currently under development. This is the Giove-A satellite on its Soyuz launcher on pad six at Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. [28 Jul 2006]
Road-pricing satellites get European thumbs up
News EU citizens are backing the European Galileo satellite programme according to research. The European Commission's Eurobaromometer survey found Europeans are "highly positive" about the development of satellite network and the sat-nav technologies... [06 Jun 2007]
Mobiles on the moon, Google Android, Facebook fall
News The satellite-based moon mobile network would give lunar dwellers a full four-bar signal - and even enable them to phone home (aka Earth), though presumably the roaming costs would be astronomical. It's all still a long, long way off however (if... [28 Feb 2008]
Mobiles on the moon? Nasa prepares trial for takeoff
News S is for Satellite The satellite system should ensure a full four-bar signal for lunar colonists living in the base Nasa wants to build at the south pole of the moon after 2020. The joint Nasa/BNSC MoonLite mission, due to be launched after 2012... [19 Feb 2008]
Leader: Driven by in-car connectivity
Leader Satellite navigation falls somewhere in between necessity and luxury for many these days (more necessity for a lot of drivers in London, it seems) and units are flying off the shelves. Imagine RFID and other contactless chips for road toll payments... [06 Feb 2006]
Agriculture benefits from satellite data
News The farming community of Europe could be the next big vertical market for satellite services if IT services company, Logica is to be believed. Logica and the EC's Centre for Earth Observation (CEO) have released a report highlighting the benefits... [20 Aug 1998]
Leader: Lessons from Aramiska's failure
Leader The sudden failure of satellite broadband provider Aramiska at the end of last week once again focuses minds on just how cut-throat much of the tech and comms world can be - and just how important it is for user organisations to have a 'plan B'. [01 Feb 2006]
Sat-nav: A great deal at half the price...
News The most desirable in-car technology for UK car-buyers is satellite navigation. But, according to a JD Power survey, high price is the main barrier to car buyers choosing to specify satellite navigation systems. [22 Sep 2006]
Photos of the month - June 2007
Photo This month silicon.com visited an annual field trial running military scenarios and testing tech such as the Skynet 5 satellite-based comms and VoIP phones as part of the military's Falcon project. Find out more about the battlefield tech here. [27 Jun 2007]
Cornwall - the new Seattle?
News Click on the links below to find out more about organisations including the satellite Earth station at Goonhilly, the St Austell Brewery and the Eden Project. Cornwall could be the new Seattle if it sets out the right IT strategy, claim local tech... [14 Sep 2006]
