Congratulations to 8C Founding Sponsor DigitalGlobe

Just 11 days after its launch, DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2’s promise is paying off. The first high-resolution, eight-band, remote-sensing commercial satellite – remarkable in its ability to collect multispectral imagery at 1.8-meter resolution and panchromatic imagery at 0.46 meters – released its first images on Oct. 20 of Love Field Airport near Dallas and the AT&T Center [...]

Swanson & Bratschun: Helping Engineers Understand the Broader Implications of their Inventions and Ideas

Bill Vobach, patent attorney and partner at the law firm of Swanson & Bratschun, wants to make something very clear to all the engineers out there: your entrepreneurial aspirations and innovations are indeed marketetable commodities.
“In my career I have found that engineers working in creating new technology too often think they have not invented anything. [...]

Three Spacecraft Find Water on the Moon

In the last several weeks just about every major media outlet has covered a startling discovery: there is water on the moon. And, LOTS of it! From the Associated Press to ABC World News to Discovery to the Christian Science Monitor – this is big news!
The discovery – found by three orbiting satellites – was [...]

DigitalGlobe Named Earth Observation Operator of the Year by International Firm

Congratulations to DigitalGlobe, 8C founding sponsor and a leading provider of commercial high-resolution, world imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, government and commercial clients! The Longmont, Colo.-based company has been named Earth Observation Operator of the Year by Euroconsult, a research and analyst firm specializing in the satellite sector.
The honor was presented at [...]