Articles in the News Update Category

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A team of scientists and engineers have landed in Antarctica to test a drone that will help experts forecast the impacts of climate change.

The autonomous plane will map areas of the continent that have been out of bounds to researchers.

It has been put to the test in extreme weather around Wales’ highest peaks.

Its first experiment …

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As part of the Smart DCU (Dublin City University) program, which is utilizing the university campus as a test site to explore and evaluate the latest advancements in smart city solutions, Dublin City University (DCU) is collaborating with Insight SFI Research Center for Data Analytics (Insight) and Bentley Systems. This collaborative initiative aims to investigate …

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Ireland’s Asset Owner and Distribution System Operator, ESB Networks, has partnered with Neara, the leading AI infrastructure modelling platform, to mitigate the impact of extreme weather events on energy supply and speed up the clean energy transition for millions of households through the innovative use of technology to identify and address risks across their network.
With …

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Garuda Aerospace, the forefront player in the Agri Drone Segment with a commanding 55% market share, has unveiled Droni, marking its inaugural foray into the consumer photography and cinematography drone sector.
Droni, a foldable, portable, and lightweight quadcopter weighing only 249 grams, offers an impressive 60 minutes of flight time, catering to the increasing demand for …

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Galileo, already the world’s most precise satellite navigation system, now meets international standards to guide civil aviation from take-off to landing, complementing Europe’s EGNOS for the most critical operations. Galileo was not designed to comply with these strict safety requirements, so how did engineers at ESA achieve this feat? This is a tale of engineering …

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The Federal Aviation Administration is advising pilots to prepare to use conventional navigational aids to manage the risks of ‘spoofing’ attacks on global positioning systems and global navigation satellite systems.
Incidents of aircraft navigation systems disrupted by false data have become more frequent, causing pilots to veer dangerously off course. Though all pose a danger to aircraft, interference, …

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The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the conclusions of a workshop jointly hosted at EASA’s headquarters to combat incidents of GNSS spoofing and jamming.
The workshop’s high-level conclusion was that interference with satellite-based services that provide information on the precise position of an aircraft can pose significant …

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Voyis has shared its work with Memorial University of Newfoundland on an extraordinary scientific expedition to the Galápagos Islands funded by Schmidt Ocean Institute, and with the participation of the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galápagos National Park. This initiative, led by Chief Scientist Katleen Robert, represents a groundbreaking effort to explore and document the …

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The NorSat-TD demonstration microsatellite developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) for the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) has successfully transferred data to a ground station using optical communications technology. The accomplishment is a first for a Dutch-built laser communication device and among the first achieved by a microsatellite.
Optical, or laser, communications between a satellite and ground …

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Google Maps has recently introduced a new feature designed to address the challenges users face while traversing tunnels. This is an effort to improve the navigation experience within these underground passages. The typical confusion experienced when exiting a tunnel, particularly with GPS directions, has been a long-standing issue.

A notable enhancement spotted by SmartDroid reveals that the Android version …