Baidu launches $145 mn fund to back Chinese AI startups
Baidu Inc., China has announced that it will set up a venture capital fund of 1 billion yuan ($145 million) to back Chinese startups that are focused on generative AI, startups like the ChatGPT.
Baidu will use the fund to incubate …

Airwayz Partnership with FlightOps
Airwayz announces a partnership with FlightOps. The integration between both the companies will allow drone operators to automate drone management and will be used for the first time during the second phase of the Israel National Drone Initiative (INDI2). This collaboration marks a significant step …

OSK successfully launches third GHOSt satellite
Orbital Sidekick (OSK successfully launched GHOSt 3, the third satellite in its planned GHOSt(™) (Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite) constellation aboard the Transporter 8 rideshare mission. This launch marks the halfway point for deployment of the company’s planned six-satellite constellation. OSK is on track to deploy two more satellites this year …

Safran’s White Rabbit outperforms alternative PNT industry requirements
White Rabbit, an essential solution in Safran’s Navigation & Timing portfolio for critical infrastructure, recently received high praise in a landmark report from the European Commission (EC) Joint Research Center (JRC) to evaluate the effectiveness of Alternative Positioning, Navigation …

Singapore pledges S$10 million to the ITU P2C Digital Coalition
Recognising the importance of ensuring that all countries are able to participate in and benefit from the growth of the global digital economy, Singapore is pledging S$10 million to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Coalition …

People are able to perceive their surroundings in three dimensions and can quickly spot potential danger in everyday situations. Drones have to learn this. Prof. Dr. Stefan Leutenegger, principal investigator and leader of the innovation field artificial intelligence at the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI), refers to …

This study provided the police officers in the La- Dade Kotopon district Police headquarters with a user-friendly software for capturing crime data based on spatial location in real-time for hotspot maps, crime detection, classification, crime spatial dissemination and allocation of resources

Dennis Duffour

Geospatial Engineer at Daystar Geodata Consult Limited and Eagle Eye Survey Consult Limited, Ghana

Cosmas …

The apprehension that whether Delhi would withstand an earthquake of 7 magnitude similar to that occurred in Turkey this year needs to be pondered upon seriously

A K Jain

worked as Commissioner (Planning), Delhi Development Authority and as a member of the Committee of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on the DDA (2015). He was …

This article has identified and grouped 6 challenges the Surveying profession is grappled with in order to ensure its future and survival

Godwill Tamunobiekiri Pepple

Department of Surveying and Geomatics, Faculty of Environmental Sciences Rivers State University Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Emilia Biobele West

Department of Surveying and Geomatics, Faculty of Environmental Sciences Rivers …

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