18 March 2026
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In this Protect Europe Podcast (PEP), Colin Brown interviews Seppo Aaltonen, VP, NATO & Nordics, Mission Systems for ICEYE,
They discuss data as “Real Time Value” for defence and managing humanitarian crises as they happen.
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9 February 2026
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In this week’s Protect Europe Podcast (PEP), Colin Brown and Neil Buchanan, Co-Founder of Lodestar Space go deep (pun intended) on what it takes to build a hard tech company from scratch.
Lodestar Space is focused on building “bodyguards for satellites” or to put it another way “fully autonomous AI fighter pilots for space”.
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16 January 2026
Summary
This conversation explores the incredible capabilities of the retina in capturing images and reacting to stimuli, comparing its speed and resolution to conventional camera technology. It highlights advancements in machine vision technology that aim to replicate these remarkable features.
Join Colin Brown, Ruy Pinto and Diffraqtion’s CEO Johannes Galatsanos to dive deep on the capability his company will unlock.
Recorded shortly after Diffraqtion won a one million investment from Slush 2025.
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The retina reacts to shapes and movement quickly.
It triggers responses faster than conventional technology.
Retina-inspired technology achieves 20 times the resolution of cameras.
It operates at 1,000 times the speed of traditional cameras.
Machine vision is evolving to match biological systems.
The sharpness of machine vision is unprecedented.
Understanding the retina can inspire technological advancements.
Speed and resolution are critical in imaging technology.
Innovations in vision technology can enhance various fields, but particularly Space.
1 October 2025
In this episode of the Protect Europe Podcast (PEP), Colin and Vesa talk with Pekka Laurila, co-founder of ICEYE, about the company’s ambitious vision for 2035, its current operational focus, and the exciting use cases of its imaging radar technology in the defense sector.
Pekka discusses the scaling of satellite launches, the economics of production, and the dynamics of their growing global team.
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