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Engineering news Stock image. The new system replicates insects’ compound eyes (Credit: Shutterstock) Replicating the visual capabilities of insects can give machines a wide field of view and advanced motion-tracking capabilities. Integrating compound eye-style systems into autonomous robots and drones has so far been challenging, however, …

AceK9 products like Hot-N-Pop Pro and AceWatchDog can help keep police K-9s safer.AceK9 The last thing any officer wants is to return to their patrol vehicle and discover that the air-conditioning system has failed with their K-9 partner inside. A K-9 handler from the Cobb County (Georgia) Police Department experienced …

This article is part of “5G and Connectivity Playbook,” a series exploring some of our time’s most important tech innovations. Before the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, a building near one of Pompeii’s south gates was a bustling hub. Artisans crafted baskets and maps, and the structure’s communal space …

Swisscom Broadcast has selected Nokia to deploy 300 units in its drones-as-a-service network across Switzerland to support the nation’s public safety and Industry 4.0 efforts, marking the second nationwide deployment of the flying devices after a similar implementation by Belgium’s Citymesh. In addition, the collaboration will look to enable the …

Swisscom Broadcast has selected Nokia to deploy a nationwide Drones-as-a-Service network across Switzerland.  300 Nokia Drone-in-a-Box units are planned for deployment to enable emergency response, perimeter protection and infrastructure inspection, which will help keep public safety workers safe. This will be the second nationwide Nokia Drone Networks project after Belgium’s …

Abstract. Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology has recently been used to solve many problems in various fields. Quarry mining is no exception. LiDAR scans the quarry and determines essential parameters such as the depth and volume of …

AIM Defence’s Fractl Tactical Directed Energy Laser has taken out first place at aninternational Counter Drone Sandbox in Canada netting a $1 million dollar prize. The win cements AIM’s position at the forefront of low cost and compact TacticalCounter-Drone Systems and follows the Australian Government’s $5.4 million commitment to buy …

Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather. With a buzzing sound in the background, a drone equipped with a loudspeaker flies over homes warning people who live in basement or ground-floor apartments about impending …

Ukrainian drone operators are increasingly taking the fight to the Russian helicopters operating over and around the battlefield, by intercepting them with first-person view (FPV) drones. While there has been one previous report of a Russian rotorcraft successfully being attacked by a drone and several videos showing near-misses, the increasing …