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Safety and Security Coping with the hostile environment of space is a huge task, and astronauts and spacecraft both face many potential dangers from extremes of heat and cold, radiation, launch vibration and equipment failure. Many technologies and materials have been developed to guard against catastrophes and it is not surprising that safety and reliability measures are natural spin-offs of space exploration.
From more reliable brakes on aircraft and high performance cars to air bags and improved airport detection systems, technology transfers are helping to improve safety and security at home and in the work place. | | | | | | | | | | Green car sets speed record
When the non-profit organisation IdéeVerte Compétition decided to create a 'green' racing car, they turned to space technology to make it safer. Running on liquefied petroleum gas, one of the least polluting fuels, and lubricated with sunflower oil, the car is protected against fire hazards by space materials. 'Green' does not have to mean slow - last week the car set a new speed record of 315 km/h.
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| | | | | | | | | | Airbag to keep windsurfer safe on 8000 km voyage
ESA PR 47-2003. Extreme sports adventurer Raphaëla Le Gouvello is about to windsurf 8000 km across the Pacific Ocean - from Peru to Tahiti in 80 days. Her board incorporates a new ‘anti-capsize’ airbag system, the first result of an ESA technology transfer initiative to improve safety for small boats at sea.
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| | | | | | | | | |  More autonomy for blind people thanks to satellite navigation
“When blind people take a taxi, they will be able to give directions to the taxi driver!” says Jose Luis Fernandez Coya. The man speaking really knows what he is talking about: he is blind but also heads the R&D department of ONCE, the National Organization of Spanish Blind people.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOPE on trial in Bosnian mine fields
The HOPE mine detector has now been under test, near Sarajevo in Bosnia, for the past three weeks by an important local mine clearing non-governmental organisation, Norwegian People's Aid (NPA).
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| | | | | | | | | | New pyjamas could prevent cot deaths
A new type of baby pyjamas, developed by a Belgian company and the University of Brussels (ULB), could help in preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), commonly known as cot death.
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| | | | | | | | | | HOPE for detecting landmines
It will soon be easier, safer and quicker to detect land mines, thanks to a Handheld Operational Demining System project, better known as HOPE. ESA has played an important role in this EU project, which could save thousands of lives each year.
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| | | | | | | | | | Space technology for Alpine activities
Locating cracks in tunnel walls, monitoring landslides and providing high-insulation clothing are just some examples benefiting from space technology. Many such innovative applications will be discussed by ESA and European companies at the workshop ‘How space technology can provide effective solutions for challenges in mountains’ in Innsbruck, Austria, 28-29 October.
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