Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
The laser ranging interferometer (LRI) instrument has been successfully switched on aboard the recently launched twin U.S./German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) satellites. The LRI, which is being flown as a technology demonstration, made its first measurements in parallel with GRACE-FO’s main microwave ranging instrument, and initial comparisons of the data from the
Friday, June 10th, 2016
Minneapolis, Minn., June 9, 2016—Sentera, LLC, a global provider of UAV hardware, sensors and data management platforms, brings a whole new level of control to users with the Phoenix 2 Fixed–Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), launched today. The Phoenix 2 is light–weight and highly durable, and may be the most precise drone available today. “The Phoenix 2 brings
Thursday, April 21st, 2016
WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 18, 2016 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced Boson™, its smallest, lightest, and least power-consuming, high-performance uncooled thermal camera for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Sized between FLIR’s Tau® and Lepton® camera cores, Boson is the first thermal camera core to incorporate a sophisticated, low-power multi-core vision processor running FLIR XIR™
Thursday, March 17th, 2016
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have developed an innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can stay on station beneath the water, then launch into the air to perform a variety of missions. The Corrosion Resistant Aerial Covert Unmanned Nautical System — or CRACUNS — is a submersible UAV
Friday, March 11th, 2016
Scientists have created the world’s thinnest lens, one two-thousandth the thickness of a human hair, opening the door to flexible computer displays and a revolution in miniature cameras. Lead researcher Dr Yuerui (Larry) Lu from The Australian National University (ANU) said the discovery hinged on the remarkable potential of the molybdenum disulphide crystal. “This type
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
Redlands, Calif., Feb. 24, 2016—Drone2Map for ArcGIS, released today by Esri, turns raw still imagery from drones into professional 2D and 3D imagery products. The desktop app will mean that affordable imagery is available on demand for land analysis, infrastructure inspection, and monitoring events such as natural disasters and environmental changes. “Drones are an emerging technology
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
Andover, Mass., June 9, 2015—MEMSIC announces the launch of its latest addition, the INS380, to its portfolio of Inertial Systems enabled with SmartSensing technology targeted to a broad range of precision motion sensing applications. The portfolio offering consists of Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), Vertical Gyros (VG), Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS), Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
New York, NY and Washington, DC, May 12, 2015—Boundless, the leading provider of Spatial IT solutions, today released OpenGeo Suite 4.6, the newest version of its powerful enterprise geospatial software platform.
Monday, May 11th, 2015
WILSONVILLE, Ore., May 5, 2015 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced the release of its new FLIR Vue – a compact thermal camera specifically designed for use on commercial sUAS. FLIR Vue makes FLIR’s world-leading thermal imaging capability more accessible to commercial drone operators by being easier to integrate, small and lightweight, and vastly more affordable than
Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada, April 28, 2015—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, today announces the release of Geomatica 2015; the latest version of the company’s complete and integrated desktop geo-image processing software featuring tools for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, geospatial analysis, map production, mosaicking and more.
