HERE introduces “Advanced Traffic Patterns” to improve truck delivery arrival calculations
More accurate ETAs demanded across first, middle and last mile delivery. HERE offers transportation and logistics (T&L) companies improved planning capabilities with predictive and more accurate ETA windows. CES 2024, Las Vegas – The demand for more accurate estimated time of arrival (ETA) information has skyrocketed. With more than half of all ground freight moved by trucks globally, improving commercial vehicle ETAs are essential to more efficient and sustainable transportation opera...
2024 trends in the built environment: What to anticipate across AI, sustainability, and labor
As artificial intelligence (AI) picks up momentum, new AI tools will help drive better and more sustainable outcomes for architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) customers. Upskilling the existing workforce isn’t enough to address labor shortages – the industry needs to invest in training that enables new tech-forward careers and recruit students and professionals based on their potential. Technologies such as digital twins and extended reality will become increas...
HERE announces "EV Range Factors" to improve on-route range calculations
HERE offers road topography, temperature and wind data for improved EV on-route range calculations which enables OEMs to optimize battery consumption. CES 2024, Las Vegas – HERE Technologies, the leading location data and technology platform, today announced HERE EV Range Factors aimed at reducing driver range anxiety with improved on-route battery range calculations. Challenges of EV on-route range calculations The ‘on-route, distance to empty' calculations for electric vehicles (EV...
Heron Innovators Revolutionizes Liquid/Solid Separation for Wastewater Treatment in the Food, Dairy and Animal Products Industries
Suspended Air® Flotation produces a cleaner effluent and dryer skimmed solids while reducing operating costs and maintenance Roseville, CA – Heron Innovators, a pioneer in water treatment technologies, is driving the industry forward with its advanced Suspended Air® Flotation (SAF®) system, setting new standards for efficiency and effectiveness in solid/liquid separation in the food, dairy and animal products industries. SAF® has consistently demonstrated superior performance compared to...
Simpson Strong-Tie Adds Steel Concealed Beam Hanger for Mass Timber Applications in Seismic Regions
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, continues to grow its lineup of mass timber hardware with the addition of the SCBH™ steel concealed beam hanger suitable for high-drift, high-capacity seismic applications. The new beam hanger provides a concealed connection to preserve a wood-only look while offering an allowable design load of approximately 20 kips (equivalent to 20,000 pounds of force) and a one- or two-hour fire re...
Holcim Launches Phoenix, the First-Of-Its-Kind Circular 3D-Printed Concrete Bridge
Phoenix, 3D-printed concrete masonry bridge Block Research Group© First 3D-printed concrete bridge built with recycled materials in Holcim proprietary concrete ink Built in partnership with Block Research Group at ETH Zurich, Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group and incremental3D Demonstration of low-carbon and circular technologies at work in key infrastructure application Holcim launches Phoenix, the first-of-its-kind 3D-printed concrete masonry...
USGS publishes new topobathymetric data powered by Teledyne Geospatial CZMIL SuperNova lidar system
Vaughan, Ontario, CANADA – Teledyne Geospatial congratulates the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, on the publication of a new topobathymetric lidar dataset for the Potomac River. The Potomac River flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. The lidar survey was conducted for USGS’s 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), with stakeholders including the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS),...
Tech Soft 3D Introduces HOOPS Luminate for Advanced Desktop Rendering
HOOPS Luminate provides developers with photo-realistic and advanced real-time rendering for engineering applications in digital construction, product development, and interior design New graphics toolkit provides developers with photo-realistic and advanced real-time rendering for engineering applications in digital construction, product development, and interior design December 12, 2023 – BEND, OR – Tech Soft 3D, the leading provider of engineering software development toolkits, tod...
Red Lion Enhances Features of its Award-Winning N-Tron Series NT5000 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Series
Red Lion Enhances NT5000 Switch Series with their renowned N-Ring™ technology, and DHCP Server, providing high-speed redundancy and increased usability to the award-winning Industrial Ethernet switch series. York, Pa. – December 12, 2023 – Red Lion®, a global innovator and technology manufacturer that empowers industrial organizations to access, connect and visualize their data, announces feature enhancements to its N-Tron® Series NT5000 Gigabit Managed Layer 2 Ethernet switches, first r...
TOPODRONE-AGROWING collaboration aims at advancing drone thermal mapping
Thermal data captured with TOPODRONE PT61 camera © TOPODRONE Montreux, Switzerland – TOPODRONE, a Swiss based designer and manufacturer of high-precision surveying equipment, recently completed its R&D and released a new drone thermal mapping solution. TOPODRONE PT61 camera can perform detailed surveys and deliver thermal orthomosaic maps obtaining accurate 3D models. The new photogrammetry solution was initially developed in collaboration with AGROWING upon a request of a large enter...