They are our scouts in space: the satellites usually carry telecommunication means. Since the beginning of November, they have even sent Bordeaux wines to the International Space Station.
In a few days, it will be the turn of a 100% Swiss project to discover exoplanets. The mission of the satellite Cheops: to study these planets of other solar systems to discover which could be habitable. Laure Wagner followed, from Bern, the team of engineers behind this expedition.
And why not install solar panels ... on the moon? This is the dream of the Luxembourg company Maana, which aims to exploit the lunar regolith, comparable to some silicas of terrestrial deserts, to build these panels.
Shimizu, a Japanese company, had already issued the idea, in early 2010, to build a solar panel belt around the moon. Back on this crazy project.
Finally, China is not left out. Beijing wants to put into orbit the first solar farm by 2025. Guillaume Grallet explains everything.
Magic trick in our test24 section. Abracadabra: keyboard! Adok, a portable tower, brings out virtual and tactile keyboards on all surfaces. His secret: the rear projection by image recognition. The Parisian startup has developed a sign language dictionary. Demonstration on the board!