Space technologies continue to be integrated seamlessly into our lives such as high bandwidth global communications and Earth imaging for environmental monitoring and satellite navigation services. This talk will explore a range of emerging space technologies which could enable new services including; swarms of ‘smart dust’ devices to monitor the space environment for ‘space weather’ events; large reflectors fabricated in-orbit to reflect sunlight onto terrestrial solar power farms to boost their output at dawn and dusk and near Earth asteroids as a resource to reduce the scale of future ventures by using material already at the top of the Earth’s deep gravity well.

Tea & Talk Series

The Tea & Talk series invites everyone to enjoy a cup of tea while engaging with experts in a friendly, relaxed discussion. There won't be any powerpoints, notes or formality here - just the chance to ask questions and to listen to some of Scotland's leading authorities on a variety of subjects.

All Tea & Talk events will take place using Zoom Meetings so attendees can take part using audio and video. To encourage discussion and allow for everyone an opportunity to ask questions we have limited the number of spaces available.

Please note that the audio of these sessions will be recorded for marketing purposes - only the Speaker's audio will be used. Recordings will be deleted once the necessary audio has been edited.

Curious times call for curious minds

The RSE (Royal Society of Edinburgh) launches its second annual summer programme Curious, a month-long series of online events bringing together some of Scotland’s leading thinkers and practitioners , curated to make us question the world around us . Programme themes include:

• Our Planet: with a particular focus on climate change, and celebrating Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters
• Health & Wellbeing: the dichotomy of mental and physical health also examining wider well-being
• Innovation & Invention: from the innovation that drives our path forward to the inventions which created the modern day era.

Browse the full programme at www.rse-curious.com