The ideas behind 5G got their start at NASA, which was seeking to improve space communication for satellites. As telcos roll out 5G networks with speeds of up to 10 gigs, the new wireless technology is poised to bring powerful [See the full post…]

In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: With no GPS in space, how can a rover know its exact location on a lunar surface? Phil Ludivig, rover navigation engineer with iSpace, Inc. joins Shashi Jain, innovation manager [See the full post…]

In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Bill Mannel, VP of Product Marketing at SGI, chats about updating SGI’s product lines – the ICE X blade server, rackable systems and the modular InfiniteStorage platform – based on [See the full post…]

Business Solutions for IT Managers: GST helps NASA deploy a mission-critical data delivery System featuring the Intel Xeon Processor E5 Family

In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Bill Mannel from SGI and Bill Thigpen from NASA discuss the launch of SGI ICE X based on the Intel Xeon processor E5 family and using high end computing at [See the full post…]

In 2009 the Irish rock band U2 experienced the realities of space communication when they connected in a live 2-way video conference between Bono on the concert stage in front of stadium audiences and astronauts in the International Space Station. [See the full post…]

It was not long ago that many of us realized video – not the dimly lit jittery homemade variety, but true high quality HD video and television – was moving online. It happened. The sources for HD video are popping [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, 2006 (PodTech News) — Google and NASA are working together to bring the virtual astronaut experience to a computer near you. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are working [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 16, 2006 (PodTech News) — Predicting extreme weather, like Hurricanes, has come a long way with the help of remote control devices. That same technology, or a version of it, has proven an unprecedented success through NASA’s [See the full post…]

“In astronomy it turns out that amateur astronomers are finding comets and asteroids before NASA and all the science labs can because the data is being sent out to the community and they can search and look in a distributed [See the full post…]