In a landmark development for space sustainability, Starfish Space, a Tukwila, Washington-based startup, has secured a $52.5 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) to provide “deorbit-as-a-service” (DaaS) for satellites in the Pentagon’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). This agreement marks the first commercial contract of its kind to manage end-of-life disposal of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, signaling a significant shift in how...

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly central to industries ranging from autonomous transportation to smart cities, the demand for computationally efficient AI at the edge has surged. Edge devices—such as drones, cameras, sensors, and IoT nodes—are often resource-constrained, lacking the memory and processing capabilities of cloud servers or high-performance GPUs. Yet, real-time, intelligent decision-making on these devices is critical for applications like traffic monitoring,...

Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping the landscape of pediatric audiology, particularly in optimizing outcomes for children receiving cochlear implants (CIs). A series of groundbreaking international studies have demonstrated the potential of AI, specifically deep transfer learning models, to predict spoken language development in children post-implantation with unprecedented accuracy. These developments not only promise to enhance individualized therapy but also offer a...