ALDOT uses SimActive software to support tornado recovery

Image: SimActive SimActive Inc., a developer of photogrammetry software, and the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) have partnered to use SimActive’s Correlator3D software to process UAV imagery for damage assessment. In early 2023, a powerful tornado ripped through the southwest…

Just under the water lies one of the biggest mysteries of the Great Barrier Reef: blue holes. These underwater sinkholes give researchers a rare look at ocean life and how we can protect it. Until a few years ago, only…
HoverGames competition uses NXP tech to fight pandemics

The robotics competition challenges participants to leverage NXP’s portfolio for small autonomous vehicles in support of fighting pandemics. NXP Semiconductors N.V. is hosting a challenge on using drones and rovers for pandemics such as COVID-19. HoverGames Challenge 2: Help Drones…
NCDOT initiative uses drones for COVID-19 relief efforts

Photo: Shutter2U/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is working with public and private partners to launch three projects using drones to aid in COVID-19 relief efforts. According to NCDOT, the initiative will be…
Orolia’s new aircraft emergency beacon uses Galileo service

Orolia’s Kannad Ultima-S emergency locator uses the Galileo Return Link Service. (Photo: Orolia) Orolia is introducing a new product for commercial aircraft safety, the Kannad Ultima-S emergency locator transmitter (ELT). The Kannad Ultima-S is designed to be installed in the…