Now you can watch LIVE satellite video from the International Space Station

Despite recent improvements, Google Maps is, like, sooo 2013. If you want to see something really cool... how about LIVE satellite images beamed from the International Space Station?

NASA have just launched the around-the-clock coverage using four cameras mounted on the outside of the space station and Ustream to stream live.

The video isn't quite 24/7 - there are a few points in orbit when there is no connection to the station to downlink the video (the screen will be grey), and as the ISS completes one lap of the Earth every 90 minutes, it is often night time so the cameras are dark. If only we were considerate enough to createmore light pollution. There's also no sound on the video (what would you hear anyway?), so NASA recommend creating your own soundtrack (perhaps a little Bowie?).

Click here for video stream: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/

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Airlines Should Consider Live Data Streaming - IATA

The aviation industry should consider technology allowing more live-streaming of flight data following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, but cost and practicalities remain major problems, IATA head Tony Tyler said on Tuesday.

The loss of MH370 more than three weeks ago has renewed interest in the possibility of in-flight streaming of "black box" data that could help locate aircraft and enable accident investigations to begin sooner.

"The technology exists now to do it, but it is not clear how practical it would be," Tony Tyler, IATA's director general told reporters at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur.

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