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1 week ago | electronicsweekly.com | Alun Williams

The agency has signed a memorandum of intent with Constellation Technologies & Operations (CTO), a Paris-based specialist in space-based connectivity services. The organisations will conduct joint experiments in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with a pathfinder satellite. The tests will focus on the “Early Test”, says the ESA — the first regenerative payload operating in the 5G mmWave band. It will be onboard a satellite scheduled for launch in June 2025.

1 week ago | electronicsweekly.com | Alun Williams

You must be a registered user to view our feature articles. Registering takes seconds - click below, or login if you are already a registered user. A bit like AI used to be, smart glasses seem always to be just on the verge of arriving. But maybe they are about to make a splash. Which is a roundabout way of introducing the Android XR glasses from Google... Google I/O 2025 was the launchpad for the latest…

1 week ago | electronicsweekly.com | Alun Williams

A live test featured the car equipped with the company’s IoT-NTN-based Telematics Control Units (TCUs). LG said it demonstrated uninterrupted, conversation-level voice communication switching between terrestrial and non-terrestrial network environments. “Our IoT-NTN technology represents a leap forward for seamless, reliable connectivity for vehicles in the most remote or challenging environments,” said Lee Sang-yong, head of VS R&D laboratory at the LG Vehicle Solution Company.

2 weeks ago | electronicsweekly.com | Alun Williams

Based on the payload service contract, the “Memory Disc V3” will be installed on a lunar micro-rover developed by the company. This rover will be deployed to the lunar surface from the “APEX 1.0″ lander, which is heading for Schrodinger Crater on the south pole of the moon. This is all part of iSpace Mission 3, which is currently scheduled to launch no earlier than 2027. Note that iSpace EUROPE is a subsidiary of the Japanese ispace. And ispace-US, another subsidiary, will be leading the mission.

2 weeks ago | electronicsweekly.com | Alun Williams

Let’s take them in reverse order, as always, according to Google Analytics…5. Onward and upward for NvidiaAt Computex in Taiwan, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announces that the upgraded Grace Blackwell chip, GB300 Blackwell Ultra, will ship in Q3. “When new markets have to be created, they have to be created starting here, at the centre of the computer ecosystem,” said Huang.