Telsa vehicles will soon be connected to SpaceX’s global space internet system
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Elon Musk has announced on Twitter that all Teslas will soon be using his space based satellite communications system to connect to the internet. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
T-Mobile and SpaceX team up to end mobile dead zones in the USA
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By creating a hybrid service T-Mobile can now use StarLink’s satellite internet systems to offer mobile coverage to every inch of the US. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Space based communication company Starlink just signed its first airline customer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This is disruption in motion, and it won’t be long before other airlines and regions of the world ditch their current telco’s and sign up with Elon Musk’s Starlink. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Elon Musk’s Starlink space internet system brings 500Mbps to anywhere on Earth
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you live anywhere that doesn’t have great, or any, internet connectivity then this is for you as space internet systems help finally connect everyone on the planet. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
SpaceX say they’ll be able to provide internet anywhere on Earth by September
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF SpaceX’s ambitious Starlink communications project is smashing all expectations and every record, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Starlink, the satellite internet unit of...
Samsung guns for 6G leadership by unveiling its future vision
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 6G is about 8 to 10 years away, but companies are already positioning themselves to be the leaders in the space. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. 5G is has just started...
NASA trials beaming messages into space using lasers
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Communicating with space stations and orbiting objects today makes 1980’s dial ups look fast, this new upgrade will help NASA unlock even more of the universe’s secrets. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, enjoy exclusive content, future proof yourself with XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
US military signs on to start testing Elon Musk’s StarLink communications network
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Only around half the planet has what can be termed good connectivity, and now for the rest there’s Elon Musk’s StarLink network. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Recently SpaceX began launching its Starlink network – the satellite...
Satellite launch kick starts Elon Musk’s quest to connect everyone on Earth
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Over 3.5 billion people on the planet aren’t connected to the internet, for better or worse, and space internet is here to change that. They’ve finally done it – for years I’ve been talking about how a raft of companies were planning on launching...
SpaceX seeks FCC approval to bring space based internet to the entire US
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Laying down hundreds of thousands of miles of fibre optic cable has had its day as space based internet platforms compete with established telcos. Private spaceflight firm SpaceX has been publicly planning to deploy a network of “Starlink” satellites to offer broadband internet for several years...
Futurist keynote, London: The Future of Investing, STOXX Annual Conference
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There has, arguably, never been a better time, or a risker time to invest in today’s markets, but as every industry undergoes titanic transformation investors who are ill advised, or who lack the right vision, could quickly find themselves on the wrong end of tomorrow’s...
SpaceX will launch it’s global satellite internet ambitions today
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Elon Musk’s company SpaceX wants to bring high speed, quality internet access to every person on Earth, and they’re starting today. Now that the dust has settled from SpaceX’s first successful Falcon Heavy mission earlier this month, which was years in the planning, the...
SpaceX will launch 4,425 satellites to bring superfast broadband to the entire world
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Over 65% of the Earths population still don’t have internet, Musks ambitious project will bring them the same internet benefits that the rest of the world have… and fund his city on Mars. SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, is planning to put more than 4,000...
Elon Musk wants his space internet venture to fund a city on Mars
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Musk needs to raise $10 Billion to fund his ambitious 2026 Mars flights as well as a Martian City, the profits from this project will help fund his Mars project. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from...
