# How satellites and AI can protect the planet

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2026
- Speaker: Robbie Schingler
- Year: 2026
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/robbie_schingler_how_satellites_and_ai_can_protect_the_planet)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Space technologist Robbie Schingler cofounded a satellite company that images the whole planet every day, making visible changes on Earth. He shows how pairing that data with AI creates a "planetary intelligence" we can use to spot emerging threats we might not have seen otherwise. Now he asks: Can we close the gap between seeing a crisis coming and actually stopping it? (Followed by a note from TED guest curators Divya Siddarth and Audrey Tang)

## Lectures

1. [How satellites and AI can protect the planet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/robbie_schingler_how_satellites_and_ai_can_protect_the_planet/dcc167520f8c), 13 min (TED's player)