EUROPEAN SATELLITE NAVIGATION COMPETION (ESNC) 2009
The Galileo Master prize for 2009 has been awarded to José Caro Ramón for his use of satellite navigation to increase the effectiveness of rescue dogs searching for survivors after natural disasters.
ESA's Technology Transfer Prize
The ESA prize went to Tim Springer for his idea of centimetre-level satnav positioning in near-realtime.
Read more:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/TTP2/SEMEXUZRA0G_0.html
TECHNOLOGY FOR START-UPs
Case 1. Tests of textile antenna prove to be successful
Through an ESA Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) 5 project called TEXTILE ANTENNAS, Patria has been successful in demonstrating that an antenna can be built using textile or cloth materials that can be worn and used in personal satellite communication.
The work performed during this project included complete design flow, from material selection and characterization, to actual design implementation and verification. The resulting demonstrator antenna looks like a simple patch of cloth and is capable to operate at the Iridium and GPS band as part of clothing.
The representative of this project Mr. Midthassel, says that the use of GPS and the Iridium satellite phone system for this project may be an attractive combination for a later product. Iridium sarellites allow two-way voice or data communication while GPS provides positional data to the end-user. Iridium could also be used to send the position of the end user to the operational centres.
For more information about this project see here
Contact information:
Rolv Midthassel
Communications Engineer
ESA/ESTEC
Keperlaan 1 2200 AG Netherlands
Noordwijk ZH
2200 AG
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0) 71 565 3046 +31 (0) 71 565 3046
Fax: +31 (0) 71 565 6691
