Overview
Newsletter - 2009 no. 1
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.
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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.
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Benefit from space technology research and development
 | | 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.
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Last update: 19 March 2010
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