SETI Institute, Slippers2Sat, Ham Radio Village Updates

ARDC has released an series of updates from various projects funded by the organization through their grant program.

SETI Institute has developed a curriculum for community colleges which teaches signal processing and digital communications.

ARISS hosted contact with the International Space Station at a school in Cape Town South Africa in which 1,000 students and astronomers observed. The event can be viewed on YouTube.

Ham Radio Village hosted a presentation at the HOPE conference titled Ham Radio for Hackers. An accompanying technician class resulted in 25 attendees receiving their amateur radio license.

Slippers2Sat Project was featured on Nepalese National TV. The project aims to enable middle school students to build a CubeSat.

Source: ARDC