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Drones to monitor light pollution
Astronomers at Nottingham Trent University have developed a light, low cost system, deployable on a drone, that could help everyone monitor and control light pollution. The team, led by undergraduate student Ashley Fuller, present their work at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Nottingham. Excessive light is a pollutant in its own right, as is the energy, and carbon footprint, needed to generate it.
The challenge of capturing real world data
All mechanical systems in the real world experience some level of shock and vibration and these forces can take their toll on products (and people). Therefore, design engineers have always had a driving interest in finding ways to better understand our world in motion. California-based Diversified Technical Systems (DTS) look into the technology that is available in order to do this.
Thor is the world's first 3D-printed aircraft
Dwarfed by huge jets all around, the mini-plane Thor was nonetheless an eye-catcher at the Berlin air show—the small Airbus marvel is the world's first 3D-printed aircraft. Windowless, weighing in at just 21 kilos (46 pounds) and less than four metres (13 feet) long, the drone Thor—short for "Test of High-tech Objectives in Reality"—resembles a large, white model airplane.
2nd gen neural network software framework extends support for AI
The industry’s first software framework for embedded systems to automatically support networks generated by TensorFlow has been introduced by CEVA. The CDNN2 (CEVA Deep Neural Network), is a 2nd gen neural network software framework for machine learning.
British companies lead the way in counter-drone technology
The policing of the restricted airspace over airports is becoming increasingly complex and challenging due to the proliferation of consumer drones – and we have already had several incidents of high profile near misses between consumer drones and commercial aircraft. The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) is currently reporting more than 100 drone sightings within the vicinity of US airports each month.
Two of the best startup innovations of 2016
On 22nd June at the AUTOMATICA trade fair, a new non-rotating simultaneous multi-axis scanner and an intelligent robotic suitcase were named the best startup innovations of 2016 in the categories industry automation and service robotics. Trade fair visitors can still experience these and other outstanding products in the STARTUP WORLD at AUTOMATICA in Munich until 24th June.
Pan-European pact encompasses thermal camera cores
Acal BFi has signed a Pan European supply agreement with FLIR to offer the latest thermal camera cores and will launch the FLIR Boson thermal core. “We are thrilled to bring FLIR into our product portfolio and we are already seeing very positive sales activity across Europe for the world-leading FLIR thermal cores inlcuding Tau 2, Quark 2, PathFindIR II and Vue.” says Alex Schneider, Business Development Director of Acal BFi’s...
GNSS technology enables better biomass mapping
The EU-funded COREGAL project combines traditional positioning technology with reflected global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals to let land management professionals see through thick tree canopies and better understand what lies on the forest floor. Not only is Brazil a large country but much of it is covered by the dense Amazon rainforest. Trying to manage such a rugged and isolated area using traditional mapping, surveying and land m...
Increasing drone flight times
The battery is the beating heart of a drone. The performance of the battery is the key factor in determining the drone’s range and how much payload it can carry – particularly relevant when you consider the delivery applications envisaged for drones by the likes of Amazon and Google.
Synopsys' embedded vision processors boost performance up to 100X
Synopsys has announced the DesignWare EV6x family, its latest generation of processor cores optimised for embedded vision applications requiring high definition resolutions. The fully programmable and configurable EV61, EV62 and EV64 embedded vision processors integrate one, two or four vision CPU cores and a programmable convolution neural network (CNN) engine.