NASA's Mars Ingenuity Helicopter's Bay Area Touch
"The batteries on Ingenuity -- about 30 percent of the batteries -- are being used just to make sure the vehicle can survive the Martian night,” said Young. “It doesn't have anything to do with flying." Also on board are Bay Area radios. “One on the rover and one on the helicopter itself,” said Tobin Richardson, CEO of Zigbee Alliance. Made by Zigbee Alliance, it's the same technology that lets your Amazon Alexa communicate with the lights or computers in your house. "It's great for small devices, like a hub to a lightbulb, but it's also great for a helicopter to a rover, to check w...
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