Tiny satellites and a new view of humanity | Hard Reset by Freethink

Tiny satellites and a new view of humanity

Today, satellite mapping has forever changed the accuracy with which we can map, and AI computer vision systems have made satellite mapping more useful than ever before.

Using AI, satellite mapping revolutionizer, Planet, can automatically identify and categorize what their satellites see, creating something like a true global database of “what’s on the world.”

“Using computer vision, we can abstract out objects. Then we basically build up a database of all of the objects on Earth over time,” Will Marshall, Planet co-founder and CEO, says.

Marshall notes protecting the ecosystem as a key example of what Planet’s technology can do; they can stop illegal logging in advance, because they can see the roads being cut into the forests before the harvest begins. Planet performed the first coral reef satellite mapping project, and can now — because we can watch it change day to day — lookout for coral bleaching or illegal fishing.

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Read more of our stories on mapping:
See the first 3D map of the heliosphere
Predator drones are using AI to create faster fire maps
Citizen scientists helped NASA map our cosmic backyard

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[freethink]

What would you like to see this used for?

[KuruGDI]

4:40 _Transparency creates security, creates trust_
I really like this segment! 👍👍👍

[jordan]

Skynet deeply appreciates your contributions.

[octogames]

This is crazy, I'm an engineer and hobbyist. I was just telling my son I want to make a mini satellite the size of a cell phone. Maybe I spent to much time playing ksp but I believe given the blessing by the FCC I could make this work. I dont know what the end goal is yet outside a private mesh communications network and real time weather reporting.

[oOXenosOo]

I have a feeling, that these guys dont make money by pointing out illegral deforestation or checking on coral reefs... This does not benefit the small people, it mostly benefits large companys, intelligence services and the military who are able to process such huge amounts of data. Satalites do not come cheap.

[degummybear]

Definitely cool but what are they going to do about space debris from their products? Like does it all burn up and does it pose a threat to other satellites during its lifetime?

[ernest]

I remember learning about these guys years ago! I'd been wondering how it was going.

[juandelacruz]

Finally a high quality content that is availlable to almost anyone, that you freethink for taking the time to share and explore what is possible whith this kind of technology..

[ernest]

"Transparency creates security, creates trust."

This! We need more transparency in this world.

[samtallen]

This actually makes me more excited and hopeful about humanity and collective/decentralized intelligence

[clayofman-levisiewert]

My fear, as with many things is that this technology can become too depended upon for truthful or unadulterated information.
The shift between google as a indexing company and google as a pervasive system that tries to influence culture, opinion and perceived truth.

I would hope that there is some way to insure all information is treated equally, perhaps if every satellite was in some way public, and all processes used to categorize and understand the information were open source.

[maudepotvin]

The first step of Jacques Fresco's Utopia was to index all the ressource of the world, nicely done here !

[MaxPower-]

This is a very cool concept but I wish the daily images were freely available for anyone to browse without restrictions and having to be a university researcher to view them.

[bolland]

"Transparency creates security, creates trust." No, it just means the horrible people in charge no longer have to hide how horrible they are, It creates less trust as more and more people realize that the powers that be have no interest in your security. This is actually a good thing though, as more people are seeing this there's more hope for effective change.

[sollymadeit]

The US government would not allow this.
People having satellite technology without supervision?! Never
Big government doesn't do freedom of information to the people.

[KuruGDI]

Very interesting video. I hoped that you cover more information though:
1) Unit price. Since such a satellite is so much cheaper than a traditional one, how much is it?
2) Launch cost. A good part of the cost of a satellite is launch. So how much does it cost to bring them into space?
3) Stored data. The entire earth, every day. How much data is that and how is it stored?

[photorealm]

If the masses had access to this it would shine a bright light on a lot of dark corners that politicians don't want us to know. I imagine governments will not like illuminating the masses. Keeping us in the dark is the current model.
It's a very exciting thing, cheering for them.

[Hygix_]

Technically speaking, they are the fastest smartphone ever

[Владислав-ещъ]

It's time to buy shares of companies that build underground 😀

[MrStumpson]

Let's goooo! I wanna see more transparency from all. If we all can see the things going on, terrible and good, then we all can decide together whether or not to allow those things to continue. So many amazing things we can do together with this that helps keep the world safer, and allows us to know when malicious actors are continuing to be malicious without having to trust any government. KEEP GOING PLANET