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How we can use space technology to improve life on Earth | Danielle Wood

How we can use space technology to improve life on Earth | Danielle Wood

Danielle Wood identifies six technologies developed for space exploration that can contribute to sustainable development across the world.

TED Talks Daily · TED

February 1, 201810m 53s

Show Notes

Danielle Wood leads the Space Enabled research group at the MIT Media Lab, where she works to tear down the barriers that limit the benefits of space exploration to only the few, the rich or the elite. She identifies six technologies developed for space exploration that can contribute to sustainable development across the world -- from observation satellites that provide information to aid organizations to medical research on microgravity that can be used to improve health care on Earth. "Space truly is useful for sustainable development for the benefit of all peoples," Wood says.

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