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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

A #Seattle startup called #Hubble Network (no relation to NASA's Hubble) is unveiling a system that uses low-power #Bluetooth chips and #satellites in low Earth orbit to keep track of devices around the globe. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/hubble-network-launches-satellite-bluetooth-tracking/ #Space #Tech

Illustration: Hubble Network satellite in orbit
Illustration: Hubble Network satellite in orbit
Illustration: Hubble Network satellite in orbit
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...a pleasant rascal
@Nead@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@alanboyle "Hubble." Really? Low orbit satellite system called Hubble. They couldn't think of anything else? That's like creating a new drink and calling it Coke-a-Bubbly.
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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month
@Nead Yes, I wonder whether there’ll eventually need to be a rebranding. I vote for “Spacetooth.”
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@Nead@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp last month
@alanboyle 'Spacetooth' a brand AND a mini-series. Good thinking. Have your people call my person.
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@Nead@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@alanboyle Devices tracking devices so we know where devices are and now I can't see the Big Dipper anymore.
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Btrinen
@btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@alanboyle Me right now, double checking that my bluetooth is off.
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Simply Simon
@Salty@mastodon.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@alanboyle oh cool because I was just thinking this morning that not enough people or things already know my location down to the millimetre 24 hours a day
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