The contract pertains to swarming space robotics research.
Under the agreement, Geisel Software will work in tandem with researchers at ASU to develop technologies enabling communications-less coordination. The research will be important for helping deploy small, low-cost spacecraft which could transport sensors and instruments to high-risk environments, according to the announcement.
“This is Geisel Software’s second NASA award in the area of swarming robotics and this new research will help take us a step closer to providing swarming solutions that increase the efficiency of space exploration while decreasing the risk to human explorers,” said Brian Geisel, the company’s CEO, in a statement.
Biden Budget Requests Major Investments for Federal Technology and Cybersecurity President Joe Biden Evan Vucci/AP Get the need-to-know news for current and aspiring technology executives.
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The 1.5 trillion budget would give the Technology Modernization Fund and CISA big increases as well as launch new advanced research projects agencies.
President Joe Biden sent his first discretionary funding request to Congress Friday, outlining a $1.5 trillion spending roadmap that includes cash infusions to the Technology Modernization Fund and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as well as “$750 million as a reserve for Federal agency information technology enhancements.”
This outline, released Friday, previews a fuller proposal coming this spring and includes $769 billion in non-defense discretionary spending a 16% increase from what was enacted in fiscal year 2021, according to the request t
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HOMESTEAD â Synthetic dyes are taking a back seat as consumers and manufacturers are driving increased demand for natural dyes with agriculture at the wheel.
Take the indigo blue color, for instance. It has been an international icon for centuries that captivated the textile, fashion and agriculture industries. Where would blue jeans be were it not for indigo, for example? For the last century, however, synthetic dyes stepped into the market, reducing the demand for growing the plant transitioning its agricultural demand into the back seat â until now.
Scientists at University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have just completed a two-year series of field trials in Homestead that were sponsored by Tennessee-based company Stony Creek Colors. Their tests could make growing the indigo plant, which produces the iconic natural blue dye, a profitable and environmentally sound crop in the Sunshine State.
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Tune in for MSU business college’s Venture Competition
April 5, 2021
From MSU News Service
BOZEMAN Montana State University’s
The competition with two tracks, social venture and traditional venture, is open to all MSU undergraduate and graduate students, MSU faculty and staff, and MSU alumni who have graduated within the last 10 years. Ventures that won first, second and third place prizes in previous MSU $50K Venture Competitions are not eligible to participate. In addition, ventures that have received venture capital or angel funding are not eligible to compete, but ventures that have received funding from MSU or the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs or similar grants are allowed to participate.