Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Summer is here and with it comes the challenge of creating accurate topographic maps under tree canopies. The adoption of drone based, 3D light detection and ranging – or LiDAR– is emerging as the “go-to” sensing technique to meet this challenge consistently, safely, and cost effectively. RTL-400 flight specifications; Speed -18 mph, Flight Time -12
Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
International collaboration takes Vaisala and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) to Mars onboard NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The rover is scheduled to launch on July 30, 2020. Vaisala’s sensor technology combined with FMI’s measurement instrumentation will be used to obtain accurate and reliable pressure and humidity data from the surface of the red planet.
Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
Stevenage – Airbus has successfully completed the In-Orbit Commissioning (IOC) of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter spacecraft, by the teams working from home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. At 165 million km away from Earth, Solar Orbiter is definitely keeping its social distance, but its commissioning presented a challenge to the
Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – Swift Navigation, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson and Quectel today announced a new industry vision for how precise positioning will be delivered to enable autonomous driving, mobile and IoT applications, supporting an interoperable and standards-driven ecosystem. Precision positioning using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is today delivered using proprietary and legacy protocols that are
Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
WHITE SALMON, Wash. – Sagetech Avionics, the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of miniature aviation transponders, announced a partnership with Embention, a leading supplier of critical components for unmanned vehicles. Adding Sagetech’s transponders to its other aviation solutions, enables Embention to offer its customers full certified situational awareness during the piloting of UAVs. “We’re thrilled to
Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
LONDON – In a first for the UK commercial e-trade and home insurance market, geospatial data including perils data such as flood, fire and subsidence are now instantly available alongside 42 further data enrichment datasets including publicly available data and identity verification data, property and business data from one access point – the LexisNexis® Informed Quotes
Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
SUNNYVALE, Calif.- Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors and smart perception solutions, today announced the first commercial integration of 3D AI-powered LiDAR solutions with the Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”) Security Center unified security platform. The integrated solutions will provide advanced people flow and occupancy management in smart spaces as
Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – InMarket, the leader in 360 degree consumer intelligence and real-time activation, has chosen OmniSci as a key visualization partner. With OmniSci’s accelerated analytics at its core, InMarket clients can explore and map terabytes of data at the speed of curiosity, to better understand local consumers and build precise audiences that drive foot traffic and
Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
PARIS – Parrot, a leading European drone group, is pleased to announce ANAFI USA: a unique drone that combines enterprise-class data security with the easy-to-use features that have driven consumer drone adoption in recent years. ANAFI USA is a powerful drone built to meet the demands of first responders, firefighters, search-and-rescue teams, security agencies, surveying and inspection
Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
The Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC™) today announced the publication of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Usage of Standards in the Smart Factory Web Testbed White Paper. The white paper provides guidance in the deployment of three main standards that are essential for the core functionality of the Smart Factory Web (SFW). The SWF testbed
