Enabling smart battery ecosystems solutions through higher battery performance, greater lifetime and cost value
Electrification of passenger cars and commercial vehicles is entering a new phase of market penetration. The shift away from technology feasibility demonstration to the mass production of premium vehicles is obvious. The commercialisation of technology leads to more optimised and affordable vehicles. Nevertheless, most current generation electric vehicles (EVs) are still considered as expensive or less attractive when compared to conventional combustion engine cars. Consequently, cost reduction and improved performance are key to ensuring a successful and sustainable market growth. Reduction of size, weight and cost impacts the competitive edge of battery systems over a vehicle’s complete lifecycle.
First SA manufactured microsatellite since 2009 heads to US as it prepares for December launch.
EOS SAT-1, the first imaging satellite to be built by Dragonfly Aerospace, will soon leave the 3000 m2 Dragonfly Aerospace design and manufacturing facility in Stellenbosch, as it heads to SpaceX’s launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida for pre-launch testing ahead of the Transporter-6 mission scheduled to launch in December. The satellite will form the first of a seven-satellite constellation in low Earth orbit for customer EOSDA (EOS Data Analytics). The remaining six satellites of the constellation will be deployed over the next three years.
EOS SAT will be the world’s first agriculture-focused satellite constellation providing the agriculture and forestry industry with high-quality data to support efficient and sustainable practices.
Beyond the spam: The new era of crypto gaming is about finding sobriety, reducing complexity, and reshaping technology.
There is perhaps one word that captures the seismic digital shift that’s taken place in the Web3 space over the past few months – sobriety. Crypto currencies have dipped, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have slowed and there is, as McKinsey puts it, a significant amount of ‘digital debris’. However, the firm also points out that bad actors and poor use cases do not make a failure of this technology. The opposite is, in fact, the reality. While there are risks to NFTs, crypto gaming and crypto currencies, there are equally opportunities – the technologies that underpin the innovations are proving their value across multiple sectors, applications and industries. Web3 gaming projects have shown significant gains over traditional crypto currencies like bitcoin. For example, last year bitcoin grew from 20k to 68k while Web3 game Star Atlas was up 19 465% over a similar period (from $0.00138 to $0.27). Most
of these gains have since been erased, illustrating the risk reward in this nascent sector versus the “blue-chip” cryptos such as bitcoin and Ethereum. Ultimately there is far more room for gains on projects that can survive and iterate.
Ericsson’s largest consumer study shows 5G is already paving the path to the metaverse.
Jasmeet Singh Sethi, head of Ericsson ConsumerLab, says: “The scale of the research gives us an authentic insight into consumers’ views and attitudes to 5G. The report shows that the next wave of potential 5G users have different expectations from the technology compared to early adopters. Overall, consumers see engaging with 5G as an essential part of their future lifestyles.” He adds: “It is interesting to note that 5G is emerging as an important enabler for early adopters to embrace metaverse related services such as socialising, playing and buying digital items in interactive 3D virtual gaming platforms. The amount of time spent on augmented reality apps by 5G users has also doubled over the past two years, compared to 4G users.”
Powerful gamma-ray burst made currents flow in the Earth
Astronomers have never seen anything quite like it. Dr Tony Phillips of Space Weather.com wrote that on 9 October 2022, Earth-orbiting satellites detected the strongest gamma-ray burst (GRB) in modern history: GRB221009A. It caused electrical currents to flow in the Earth.
