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Newsletter - 2009 no. 1
Our newsletter is a half-yearly publication presenting the latest news on commercialisation and spin-offs from space.

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Real-time water monitoring by satellite navigation
 
 
Better flood predictions via satellite navigation technology
 
German start-up company Etamax, incubated in ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme’s business incubator in ESOC, has developed an innovative mobile flood monitoring system that uses satellite navigation to measure water levels of rivers in near-real time, enabling authorities to react quickly and thus potentially reduce damage.
 
   
 
Space technology to improve airport security
 
 
No chance for hidden guns
 
Security start-up company Thruvision uses ESA developed space technology to screen passers-by for hidden objects.
 
   
 
Benefit from space technology research and development
 
 
Frank M. Salzgeber, ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office
Innovations for Europe through Technology Transfer
 
Frank Salzgeber, Head of ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme, explains how technology transfer uses the impetus of European space technology research to stimulate innovation.
 
   
   
 
Last update: 19 March 2010
 
 


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