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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

Space industry scholarships announced by Andy Thomas Space Foundation

The new foundation is offering $150,000 in scholarships across all tiers of education to support public space education and outreach in Australia. The Andy Thomas Space Foundation’s Education Fund is offering five scholarship and award programs for 2021 at secondary, tertiary and post-graduate levels. There are 21 scholarships and awards on offer, funded through sponsorship from business,

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

Multiple UAV approach reduces time to survey penguin nests and chicks

Riga, Latvia – One of the largest Adélie penguin colonies in the world was surveyed with multiple-UAVs. Survey time was reduced from 3 days (with a single drone manually piloted) to under 3 hours. The work was led by a team of experts from Stanford University, Point Blue Conservation Science and Conservation Metrics. UgCS software

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

Lifesaving NEC drone technology quickly locates missing natural disaster victims by mobile phone

HEIDELBERG, Germany – NEC Laboratories Europe has prototyped new, AI-enabled drone technology that quickly locates natural disaster victims using their mobile phones or smart devices in areas with damaged or no cellular infrastructure. Finding disaster victims is slow and resource intensive. To locate victims, emergency response teams rely on line-of-sight or being in close proximity and

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

Murata’s LiDAR Based System Provides Data to Traffic Monitoring Service

KYOTO, Japan- In April, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6981) (ISIN:JP3914400001) will begin a service in Indonesia that will provide data from a traffic counter system mapping traffic volume via local service providers. The system developed by Murata uses LiDAR technology*1 which has superior environmental adaptability compared to cameras, for its main sensor in order to adapt to

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

Fleet Tracking Company Uses Esri’s Platform as a Service to Scale Solution Development REDLANDS, Calif. —Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that its partner, GPS fleet management firm Track Star is entirely rebuilding its automatic vehicle location software (AVLS) product around ArcGIS Platform. With access to Esri’s datasets and location services, their customers in the municipal, utility, and first responder sectors can overlay map data onto streets. “Our customers know and are intimately familiar with Esri,” said Michael Hughes, President and CEO of Track Star International, Inc. “Until now, there really wasn’t a product that would allow us to develop a solution as versatile as we require for our varied customer needs, and we are very excited that ArcGIS Platform enables us to do that.” A customer-hosted solution, users can implement AVLS as a complete system with maps and data, allowing these customers total privacy, the ability to customize capabilities, autonomous control of their system and industry-leading value. For instance, if a police department wants to track which cars are in pursuit or on normal patrols in real time, they can have this situational awareness with fleets at all time. A municipality can see the status and work progress of snow plows, if there is a malfunction on equipment, and if that plow needs to return for a repair. Utility companies can also provide remote workers with safety-of-life emergency signaling. “ArcGIS Platform lets us stand up Track Star’s system in record time,” continued Hughes. “We have a widely dispersed customer base, which means that as we migrate to ArcGIS Platform, all of our users will follow suit. Esri’s platform as a service has allowed us to ensure that all of our customers can seamlessly and efficiently migrate to the new technology with ease and speed.” The integration of ArcGIS Platform will first appear in Track Star AVLS Version 7.0, development of which is now underway. The systems will retain the affordable, private, powerful, flexible hallmarks of the AVLS system while also providing users with increased system performance and an enhanced ability to use their own Esri GIS data. To learn more about Esri’s ArcGIS Platform, visit go.esri.com/Platform-Learn-More. About Esri Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, helps customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Founded in 1969 in Redlands, California, USA, Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations globally and in over 200,000 institutions in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, nonprofits, and universities. Esri has regional offices, international distributors, and partners providing local support in over 100 countries on six continents. With its pioneering commitment to geospatial information technology, Esri engineers the most innovative solutions for digital transformation, the Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics. Visit us at esri.com. Copyright © 2021 Esri. All rights reserved. Esri, the Esri globe logo, ArcGIS, The Science of Where, esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, service marks, or registered marks of Esri in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products or services mentioned herein may be trademarks, service marks, or registered marks of their respective mark owners.

Dell Technologies refreshes Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio with 17 next-generation servers, enabling companies to analyze and take action on data wherever it resides New Dell EMC PowerEdge XE8545 and R750xa deliver accelerator-optimized performance to help businesses tackle their most data-intensive workloads From manufacturing to end of life, enhanced security and cyber-resilient innovations protect servers through

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

Esri Partner Track Star Integrates ArcGIS Platform

Fleet Tracking Company Uses Esri’s Platform as a Service to Scale Solution Development REDLANDS, Calif. —Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that its partner, GPS fleet management firm Track Star is entirely rebuilding its automatic vehicle location software (AVLS) product around ArcGIS Platform. With access to Esri’s datasets and location services, their

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

FulcrumAir Inc. Announces Certification to Fly Drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)

CALGARY, Alberta – FulcrumAir is pleased to announce that it has been granted permission from Transport Canada to operate its E2500 UAS within a powerline environment “Beyond Visual Line Sight” throughout Canada (Class G airspace outside of an airport environment). This distinction is the culmination of over 4 years of thorough testing and evaluation in

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

University of Nebraska–Lincoln joins Innosphere Ventures’ University Partner Program to accelerate startup growth

Fort Collins, CO and Lincoln, NE – NUtech Ventures, the technology commercialization affiliate at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL), is joining Innosphere Ventures’ University Partner Program, which supports the growth of university startup companies. Innosphere aims to be a value-added extension of NUtech’s commercialization process by facilitating introductions to corporate partners and helping faculty founders and CEOs achieve

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

Velodyne Lidar Announces Appointment of Deborah Hersman to Board of Directors

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today announced that Deborah Hersman, former chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Hersman has nearly 30 years of government, nonprofit and private sector executive leadership experience in transportation, safety and policy. Following her role

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

Woolpert Announces Strategic Investment by MSD Partners

DAYTON, Ohio — Woolpert, a premier architecture, engineering and geospatial firm, today announced that MSD Partners, L.P. has agreed to invest in the company in partnership with management. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1911, Woolpert is a global provider of architecture, engineering, geospatial (AEG) and strategic consulting services to a