Sponsored content: “The smallest smart camera in its class”: Device offers user-configurable vision
OMRON, a leader in industrial automation solutions, has launched its new OMRON MicroHAWK F440-F Smart Camera. This highly configurable smart camera with a 35...
First demonstration that forests trap airborne microplastics
A research group in Japan has demonstrated that airborne microplastics adsorb to the epicuticular wax on the surface of forest canopy leaves, and that...
Study looks for lithium ‘fingerprint’ from space
A team of data scientists at the Satellite Applications Catapult is leading a new study, funded by Innovate UK, to see if it is possible to detect a lithium ‘fingerprint’ from space
Aerial thermal imaging identifies leaky homes in Leeds
An aerial thermal imaging technique has been deployed for the first time in the UK over Leeds, in work that might inform efforts to...
EA makes LIDAR data available
THE Environment Agency (EA) is making its LiDAR data sets freely available as open data to commercial organisations from September 2015.
LiDAR (Light Detection...
Geo-data specialist supports entire English coastal monitoring network
The recent award of a three-year maintenance contract for the hydrodynamic element of the Anglian Coastal Monitoring programme means that geo-data specialist Fugro now...
Maintaining confidence: strategies for securing more sustainable operations
Efforts to ensure the continuity of today’s mission-critical industrial operations are blunted by the burden of aging and increasingly complex electrical systems. ABB’s Lee...
Tree-mendous potential of inexpensive drones to help community forests flourish
Small, inexpensive drones could hold the key to unlocking affordable access to the kind of carbon monitoring necessary to access carbon and nature payments...
Bat technology sounds out sewer problems
Lanes Group says it has become the first wastewater network contractor in the UK to commercially deploy pipe inspection technology that uses sound to...
Thunderstorm detector proves its mettle at Eindhoven air base
Meteorological specialist Biral has had its BTD-300 Thunderstorm Detector installed at Eindhoven Air Base in the Netherlands.
Eindhoven Air Base is the home base of...
Listen up: Limited time offer on noise monitoring equipment
According to estimates from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 21,000 workers suffered with work related hearing problems between 2017 and 2019, with industrial...
New monitoring network for Scottish ports
Historically, ferry masters operating off the west coast of Scotland would have to sail to a port and on arrival visually assess the weather...
Monitoring demo takes to the air
Following the Supreme Court’s recent judgement, the new Government will have to take urgent action to reduce urban pollution and to instigate monitoring regimes...
Gas sensor technology heads to Mars on board NASA’s Perseverance rover
An international collaboration is taking technology from gas measurement expert Vaisala and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) to Mars onboard NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance...
Drones produce high-res aerial photos for SLR
(Above) RPAS's provide high resolution aerial photos and maps. (Below) Higher resolution image of the same site.
SLR Consulting Ireland is helping clients to...
New initiative aims to use Earth observation and geospatial data to detect sewage spills
Ordnance Survey is working with consultancy firm CGI to investigate the possibilities of using Earth observation data to detect sewage from space. Launched by...
Animation explains biogas analyser
BIOGAS instrumentation manufacturer Geotech has produced a short animation to showcase the features of its latest GA3000+ biogas and landfill analyser. The system allows...
Scientists unravel the porosity of biochars in a world first
Ground-breaking work lights a path for environmental applications and accessing results from vast amounts of data
In a breakthrough that may be significant for environmental...
Transportable syngas pre-treatment unit cleans gas from dirty sources
ITALIAN instrument maker ETG Risorse has released a portable syngas pre-treatment unit. The device provides clean gas for analysis by removing tar and dust.
Syngas...
“No-code” solution will revolutionise access to satellite data, says firm
Edinburgh-based tech firm Earth Blox says it has demonstrated its ability to provide near-instantaneous cloud powered access and analysis of satellite imagery in a...
