Open Connectivity Foundation (IoT group)

.. a substitute for "Open Interconnect Consortium"...

an entity whose goal will be to help unify IoT standards so that companies and developers can create IoT solutions and devices that work seamlessly together. Via cross-industry collaboration, the OCF will work towards unlocking the massive opportunity of the future global IoT segment, accelerate industry innovation and help all developers and companies create solutions that map to a single, open IoT interoperability specification. Ultimately, with OCF specifications, protocols and open source projects, a wide-range of consumer, enterprise and embedded devices and sensors from a variety of manufacturers, can securely and seamlessly interact with one another.

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OPEN CONNECTIVITY FOUNDATION (OCF)

OCF - Open Connectivity Foundation Brings Massive Scale to IoT Ecosystem

Future of Humanity Institute... (by humans in Oxford)

Thinking about the future... and human priorities.

The Future of Humanity Institute is a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford. Based in the Faculty of Philosophy, it enables leading researchers to bring the tools of mathematics, philosophy, and science to bear on big-picture questions about humanity and its prospects.

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Future of Humanity Institute | University of Oxford

The Global Priorities Project | Prioritisation and policy research

Laser for communicate with satellites

New laser relay technology for satellite communications... up to 1.8 Gbit/s.

The European Data Relay System’s first laser terminal has reached space aboard its host satellite and is now under way to its final operating position.

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First SpaceDataHighway laser relay in orbit / Telecommunications & Integrated Applications / Our Activities / ESA

Telecommunications & Integrated Applications / Our Activities / ESA