MSU team to turn space radiation into useful cybersecurity tool

Like turning lemons into lemonade, a Montana State University research team hopes to turn the radiation of outer space into a cybersecurity tool that could protect sensitive data transmitted by satellites.

Backed by a $275,000 grant from NASA, the team will design, build and test a device that puts to use the high-energy particles emitted by the sun and other celestial bodies — radiation that has long been an expensive design concern for NASA.

The idea for the new technology emerged from a decade-long MSU project to develop radiation-resistant space computers that are more affordable than the bulky models used now, said Brock LaMeres, professor in MSU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. LaMeres is leading both projects.

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Source: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY