As we’ve reported in recent issues, rapid technological advances in digitisation and data and analytics have been reshaping the business landscape, supercharging performance, and enabling the emergence of new business …
Which RFID reader option is best for you?
For those of you who are new to the world of RFID and rugged handheld computing, welcome. We hope this post at Juniper serves as a guide to help you …
Satellites put plantation water use into context
Forest plantation managers can better understand water use and the potential impact of different forest management approaches by integrating satellite based water consumption estimates, according to research co-funded by the …
A new foliage penetrating LiDAR system
Shortly after lasers were first developed in the 1960s, LiDAR—whose name originated as a combination of “light” and “radar”—capitalized on the newly unique precision they offered for measuring both time …
AI could double NZ’s growth rate in 20 years
Accenture has released research – Why Artificial Intelligence is the Future of Growth – which shows New Zealand’s growth rate could double between now and 2035 if emerging technologies are …
New Go-To Resource for the UAV industry
There are many rapidly moving parts in the emergence of the new commercial UAV (UAS, drone…) industry. A new book (April 2017), Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Guide: Exploring Designs, Operations, …
Drones that can stay aloft for five days
In the event of a natural disaster that disrupts phone and Internet systems over a wide area, autonomous aircraft could potentially hover over affected regions, carrying communications payloads that provide …