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Illustration of cloud computing in seismology and telemetry: AWS on the left  processes seismic  data for event prediction, while Azure on the right connects  remote  infrastructure for real-time telemetry and predictive maintenance. Image generated by AI using DALL-E        Due to the clouds, major transformations are taking place in the fields of seismology and telemetry. Cloud services by AWS, Microsoft Azure, among others, have managed to make data collection, storage, and analysis much faster and far more efficient than ever before. But what does that really mean for these disciplines? The point will come where it will be shown how such platforms are being used for innovation in two specific technologies each of seismology and telemetry. In Seismology: High-resolution seismic sensors + AWS      One of the great innovations of the cloud, when it comes to seismology, is in the high-resolution seismic sensors, such as those of the...

       Since I was a child, I’ve always been fascinated by space-related topics—planets, the Moon, rockets, and everything about this subject. In 2022, I had the opportunity to visit the Kennedy Space Center, and it was an incredible experience for me. Being able to dive deeper into NASA's history and see real space artifacts was truly remarkable.      That’s why I couldn’t miss talking about what happened on October 13, 2024. This date will go down in history as SpaceX successfully conducted the fifth flight test of the Starship with the Super Heavy booster. They managed to recover the booster, which, after separating from the Starship, returned to the launch site.      This achievement marks a significant step in the quest for fully reusable rockets, reducing environmental impact and lowering production costs. Rocket reusability could also help reduce the intervals between launches.      The upper stage of the Star...

     This week, the aurora borealis obscured the skies over Calgary on two occasions: October 7 and 10, 2024. This interaction of solar particles and the Earth’s geomagnetic field creates auroras at high latitudes. The dancing lights occur because the solar wind cannot dissipate the geomagnetized electric belt. And it is common for auroras to occur with greater chances at the autumn and spring equinoxes, around September and March, respectively. This is largely due to the increased probability of the solar wind interacting with the Earth’s geomagnetic field around these periods. In IT, space monitoring systems, such as NASA’s THEMIS mission and the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellites, make these measurements using solar wind and geomagnetic monitoring sensors, which in turn send this data to servers and networks, whose algorithms model the Earth’s geomagnetic field so far.  Thanks to artificial intelligence and machine learning, it is possible to identify patter...

Overview on Web App for Containers  Today I would like to share about cloud computing, Azure Containers. In practice, containers are packages that include everything an application needs to function, such as codes, data libraries, etc. In Azure, this technology allows developers to create, test, and implement quickly and efficiently. I can say that one of the advantages is the ease of "scaling" the use of containers regardless of the number of users, this does not imply changes in the structure of your container. When talking about creating websites and managing processes, the use of containers in Azure brings several benefits, allowing you to automate workflows, reducing implementation time, and minimizing errors. For example, it is possible to set up CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery) pipelines, where the website code is automatically tested and published securely. In this way, containers help companies by offering fast and reliable experiences to users.