Intel Welcomes First Satellite made out of Artificial Intelligence

Though artificial intelligence (AI) plays a vital role in modern life, from stimulating our understanding of the cosmos to surfacing entertaining videos on your device, artificial intelligence hasn't found its way into orbit yet. However, that is until September 2, when an experimental satellite about a cereal box's size named PhiSat-1. It is now soaring at more than 27,500 Km/h in sun-synchronous orbit around 530 km overhead. PhiSat-1 consists of a new hyperspectral-thermal camera and on-board artificial intelligence processing because of an Intel Movidius Myriad 2 Vision Processing Unit (VPU). The same chip exists inside many smart cameras and even a $99 selfie drone here on this planet.