Episode

Will Scottish lasers fight off hackers of the future?

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Scotcast
Published
Jun 5, 2026
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1291
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Summary

If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like 'Has Scotland's space dream crashed to Earth?' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002r3rp Sai Venkat (pictured) is a quantum engineer working in Scotland’s booming space sector at a time when computers are about to get smarter. With so-called 'Q-Day' looming, he tells us about the work he is doing at Edinburgh-based Rhea Space Acitvity to protect us from cyber-attacks. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller. Get in touch: [email protected]