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The first patent for a multibeam sonar was filed in 1962: "Radiation mapping system" patents.google.com/patent/US31446…

This past Monday, the Albedo team revealed our integrated VLEO spacecraft, the Precision Platform. This specialized bus represents the foundation of Albedo's approach to capturing ultra high-resolution imagery, commercializing VLEO, and is now ready for the final pre-launch

Almost 400k votes cast in Travis County with 2 days left of early voting. A decent sized chunk (2.2k) of mail ballots were counted today as well. I wonder if Halloween + some rain in the forecast keep turnout below the 500's.

China recently sanctioned the drone maker Skydio because it supplied drones to Taiwan, and the result now is that Skydio has to limit its customers to *one battery per drone* because the batteries are sourced from China and supply has been cut off. The US remains in trouble.

the problem is that the very few things that actually matter are orders of magnitude more worth doing than the countless things you could be doing that only somewhat matter.

Please let me know how the images compare! It's a major step forward for the industry that multiple systems now operate at the legal limit set by the International Telecommunication Union. Everyone will fly 25cm systems by the end of the decade, this is a glimpse of the future.

oh it's a 200 page pdf oh claude read it instantly and told me exactly what to do it's actually a miracle how is this real

The industry and infrastructure around turning remote sensing data into valuable intelligence is shockingly inchoate. We will solve the data cost, quality, and availability problem. But, we still urgently need more downstream partners to realize a fraction of our potential.

stop saying your model has achieved the same skill “as a PhD student in X domain”! It’s bad practice for two main reasons: a) most people have no frame of reference for being a PhD student b) we’re already so stressed and really don’t need this right now

If you thought earth observation was complex with single-sensor satellites, wait until we start seeing more commercial multi-sensor satellites Matter Intelligence: hyperspectral + thermal Albedo: optical + thermal GalaxEye: optical + SAR

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Thanks Jeff Lawson for buying the Onion so we could get this great zoom in on electoral coverage. No other news source has gone to this level of detail.

Stop worrying about the election and start worrying about the Drag Crisis

🌊 Dive into the mesmerizing world of Arctic shipping routes with my latest map! 🚢 Each radiant trail captures the vibrant paths of vessels weaving through icy waters, forging connections and fueling global trade. Can you pinpoint the busiest routes? 🌐

Usagi has achieved super typhoon status just off the coast of the Philippines.