KNUST TCC offers support for commercialization of research findings
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KNUST TCC offers support for commercialization of research findings

Technology tamfitronics On October 5, 2024, 7:30 PMThe KNUST Technology Consultancy Centre (TCC) is set to provide support for transforming research findings into products. Director-General of the TCC, Professor Francis Davis, believes the move is an avenue for wealth creation. “TCC has the capacity to transition research findings into products,” he said. “We believe that what comes out of our research labs, centers of excellence, and universities should become multi-billion-dollar companies in the shortest possible time. Let us collaborate.” He made this statement at the closing ceremony of the Calestous Juma Executive Dialogue held at KNUST. Director of Strategy at African UnionDevelopment Agency – New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD), Mr. Mohamad Abdisalam, encouraged the various institutions to foster collaborations that will provide solutions to the problems that have been raised. “All the problems we...
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Collimate offers tool to predict downlink success
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Collimate offers tool to predict downlink success

Top Stories Tamfitronics Collimate Space (left to right) CEO Guillermo Jenaro and chief technology officer Anthony Xiao. Credit: Collimate SpaceSAN FRANCISCO – Collimate Space, a new Silicon Valley startup, aims to tackle a specific problem for satellite operators.Collimate offers a tool for predicting the success of satellite downlinks, after considering space weather, terrestrial weather and the location and profile of ground-based antennas.That’s valuable because satellite operators can say to a customer, ‘I can get you the data with 90-percent confidence,’” Guillermo Jenaro, Collimate co-founder and CEO, told SpaceNews. “It gives you more precision in your prediction. This will empower our customers to say yes to customers they could not assist before.”In addition, once satellite operators understand the probability of success for various downlinks, they can “reverse-engineer” their operations to improve the odds of success, Jenaro...
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Rocket Lab offers ‘heartbroken’ students tour after Nasa trip abruptly cancelled
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Rocket Lab offers ‘heartbroken’ students tour after Nasa trip abruptly cancelled

NASA Space Technology Navigation for News Categories Rocket Lab has 500 rocket scientists and engineers, and a big mission control at its Auckland facility. Photo: Supplied / Rocket LabRocket Lab is stepping in to fill the vacuum that more than a dozen students find themselves in after their space camp dreams came crashing down.It is offering the students a tour of its rocket factory and mission control in Auckland after a company organising to send the students to a US space camp collapsed.Actura charged up to $13,000 for...
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