Novaspace, the new name of the merged companies Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners, has published the 17th edition of its Earth Observation Data and Services Market and projects the market to exceed $8 billion by 2033.
Read More »EarthDaily Analytics Adds More AI Capabilities with Acquisition of Descartes Labs
EarthDaily Analytics (EDA) is adding more artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in announcing the acquisition of Descartes Labs.
Read More »Mission Control and Spire to Work Together on Advancing AI in Space
Mission Control and Spire Global announced the Persistence Mission today at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, an effort to advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) in space.
Read More »Hexoskin Raises $5.6 Million for Wearables and AI Platform
Carré Technologies Inc., also known as Hexoskin, announced August 27, 2024 that it had raised $4.2M USD ($5.6M CAD) to “invest in growth, digital biomarkers research, and new AI-based digital diagnostics solutions.”
Read More »Government of Canada Allocates $2.4 Billion for Artificial Intelligence in Budget 2024
With the federal budget being released on April 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Cabinet are unveiling a series of initiatives including on Sunday when he announced the Securing Canada’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) advantage initiative.
Read More »AI Powered EZResus Wins Deep Space Healthcare Challenge
The Deep Space Healthcare Challenge selected EZResus among the five finalists on Wednesday (Feb. 28), securing a $500,000 for the winners in a challenge co-run by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Impact Canada.
Read More »MyRadar Signs Launch Agreement with Exolaunch for Weather CubeSats
Weather data company MyRadar recently announced a launch agreement with Exolaunch to deploy weather satellites. The pathfinder satellites, called “HORIS-1” and “HORIS-2,” will be launching as part of two upcoming SpaceX Transporter rideshare missions.
Read More »NorthStar’s CEO Asks for Deep Thinking on Artificial Intelligence and Solving Space Problems
We’ve been grappling with the problems – and promise – of technology, society, politics and space ever since we first could conceive of leaving our Earth. To take a single example: Students of history know well that some of the first NASA rockets – including the mighty Saturn V that flew several astronaut crews to the moon – were led by chief architect Wernher von …
Read More »Canadarm-Based Medical Robot Passes FDA Review
A medical robot based on the Canadarm has recently passed FDA review. Called the Image-Guided Autonomous Robot (IGAR), it lets doctors perform surgery while a patient is inside an MRI scanner, allowing for more complex and difficult surgeries with greater reliability. It’s sold by Insight Medbotics, after being developed by both MDA and the Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation (CSii), and it’s yet another …
Read More »Space Software Company Mission Control Raises $3.25 Million
Mission Control, a startup that is based in Ottawa, has raised $3.25 million in a seed round led by a Toronto Company. Mission Control officials said that the seed round of equity financing was led by GreenSky Ventures. The company plans to use the funding, principally, for two major ventures. The first is to continue work on its Spacefarer platform, which manages space-based robotics and …
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