ActiveSync Security Policies to be Applied to Mobile Devices Connecting to NOMAD “a. The use of your own mobile device (i.e., cell phone or tablet) to retrieve your NASA email/calendar or to conduct NASA business is entirely voluntary. Users should refrain from using a personal mobile device to access NASA information and systems if uncomfortable, unable, or unwilling to comply with these minimum security requirements. As the use of personal […]

Cheaper, Better Satellites Made From Cellphones and Toys, Wired “Instead of investing in their own computer research and development, engineers at the NASA Ames Research Center are looking to cellphones and off-the-shelf toys to power the future of low-cost satellite technology. The smartphone in your pocket has about 120 times more computing power than the average satellite, which has the equivalent of a 1984-era computer inside. “You can go to […]