Google has successfully run an artificial intelligence model on a satellite and received the generated response back on Earth, according to a report by Olhar Digital. The test is part of Project Suncatcher, an initiative examining the possibility of placing AI data centers in orbit.
In other technology and science news highlighted by Olhar Digital, Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket on Monday, November 2, carrying a Japanese Earth-observation satellite developed by iQPS. Its radar technology can monitor the planet’s surface at night and through cloud cover.
Authorities in Europe are investigating reported problems with supermarket refrigeration systems in Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden and Estonia. The incidents raised suspicions of cyberattacks on internet-connected equipment.
NASA technicians are tracking the orbit of the Swift space telescope to determine where it may return to Earth. The telescope has spent more than 20 years in orbit conducting scientific research and observations. Without its own propulsion system, it has gradually lost altitude because of atmospheric drag.
Sources: Olhar Digital.