Thursday, April 14th, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va — The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) today released an interactive analysis that finds 38 types of business operations have been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly unmanned aircraft systems commercially in the National Airspace System (NAS). According to the report that analyzed more than 3,000 FAA exemptions, aerial
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
Cambridge, ON – exactEarth Ltd. (TSX: XCT) (“the Company”), the leading provider of Satellite AIS data services, today announces a Strategic Alliance Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Larus Technologies (“Larus”), an Ottawa-based provider of adaptive learning and predictive analytics software. Under the Agreement, the two companies will work together to develop and market Big Data analytics-based
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
New York, NY—A team led by Shree K. Nayar, T.C. Chang Professor of Computer Science at Columbia Engineering, has developed a novel sheet camera that can be wrapped around everyday objects to capture images that cannot be taken with one or more conventional cameras. The Columbia team, which includes research engineer Daniel Sims BS’14 and
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Battelle, an independent, nonprofit research and development organization, to manage the construction, commissioning and initial operations of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). Battelle, with a long history of program management and scientific expertise, will help ensure NEON’s mission and its full scientific utility. For more information, please
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
Topcon GB & Ireland will be showcasing a range of cutting-edge technology designed to save time and create efficiencies at this year’s Geobusiness at the Business Design Centre in London (24-25th May). The Falcon 8 is Topcon’s 8 rotary-wing unmanned aerial system (UAS) and has been created to meet the challenges professionals face when
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
Palaiseau, near Paris, France, April 14, 2016 – Sofradir, the global leader in advanced infrared (IR) detectors for military, space and commercial applications, today announces it will mark its 30th anniversary as an industrial pioneer of high performance IR components at the international trade event SPIE DCS. This year Sofradir will unveil its extended Daphnis
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
To provide a graphical representation of cultural crimes committed by Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and other extremist organizations in the Middle East and North African region, the Antiquities Coalition partnered with Hexagon to create the Culture Under Threat Map. The interactive map program base includes current high-resolution satellite imagery maps and displays the destruction of
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
NEW DELHI, India, and BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA — High-level leaders from several nations’ space agencies provided insider perspectives on programs for monitoring natural and manmade impacts on the environment, as featured speakers at the SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing symposium last week in New Delhi, 4-7 April. In a gathering unusual for including so many top-level
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
NEW YORK — GigaSpaces, a provider of in-memory computing (IMC) technologies, today announced enhancements to its industry leading IMC platform, XAP. With the new version, XAP 11, users are now able to integrate and utilize location data from a wide range of sources at in-memory speeds. With these advancements, organizations can implement data analysis and
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
LONDON –Time Out Group, the trusted global platform that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city, has acquired HallStreet, an award-winning geo-mapping startup, for an undisclosed sum. Spanish-based startup HallStreet has revolutionised the global travel and leisure market with an interactive events and travel planner based on maps. Time Out’s investment
