The Lecture offers a thorough understanding of diverse nano-scale brain-inspired devices, covering the foundational physics behind their operation, spanning from classical descriptions to quantum principles. Additionally, it provides an overview of micro/nano-fabrication technologies. The lecture will conclude by exploring real-world applications inspired by the brain's functionality.

The course has the following main goals: (a) to give a comprehensive overview of challenges on communication equipment imposed by space flight missions, (b) to present the theoretical fundamentals and existing practical solutions of communication technology for space missions, and (c) to review existing and future communication technologies for inter-satellite links, inter-spacecraft links, as wel