phi-lab (
http://blogs.esa.int/philab/) : brand new division created at ESA to embrace New Space and became the catalyst for European based innovation within Earth Observation. phi-lab's mission is to accelerate the future of earth observation, by helping Europe’s earth observation and space researchers and companies adopt disruptive technologies and methods. phi-lab is now working with Artificial Intelligence (AI) on data from the Copernicus Programme, the Earth Explorer missions, cubesat satellites as well as drone and hyperspectral payload data and Virtual Reality. High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS), quantum technologies and distributed ledgers.