TOPODRONE, a Swiss-based designer and manufacturer of high-precision LiDAR equipment for installation on drones, vehicles, and backpacks launches AQUAMAPPER, a UAV-based solution for bathymetric surveying and marine construction. The new multitasking data collecting device and TOPODRONE LiDAR ULTRA equipment have been successfully used together for airborne surveying at a highway
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A scholar looks at how wind affects the sustainability and resiliency of buildings and cities, and how we can improve ventilation in homes and other structures. For millions of people around the world, the topic of airflow and ventilation has taken on an increased urgency over the past several years. You
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Kyushu University have designed a device for geophysical research on the Moon and Mars, which could also help fight climate change on Earth. The Portable Active Seismic Source (PASS), originally designed to be used in outer space, could have significant uses on the planet
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What is foundation heave? Foundation heave is the uplift, elevation of a foundation precipitated by soaked, expanding soils and can generally be attributed to a seasonal increase in moisture, a plumbing leak, or underground aquifers. Foundation heave can prove a remarkably traumatic experience for a mortgagee with unsightly cracks riddled into walls,
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a wireless system that uses radio transmitters and receivers to estimate soil moisture in agricultural fields at multiple depths in real time, improving on existing technologies that can be used to inform irrigation practices that both improve crop yield and reduce water
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There comes a time in many a university scientist’s life when discoveries confined to the lab are ready to reach a wider audience – when a new product or technology has shown in tests that it would provide a meaningful benefit to society. For academic researchers, no guide exists to help
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Common bacteria typically found in soil can be used to generate alternative jet fuel through their production of an unusual carbon molecule, researchers have said. “In chemistry, everything that requires energy to make will release energy when it’s broken,” said lead author Pablo Cruz-Morales from the Technical University of Denmark. When petroleum
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The first test to be carried out before construction is the soil’s safe bearing capacity. It is a preliminary test that must be carried out before the construction of any structure. It is recommended that the safe bearing capacity of the ground be tested at all points of the foot. The safe
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Over the last few decades, the geographical dichotomy between Mainland and Island in Lagos has placed the latter as a highbrow settlement that now boasts of some of the most immoderately aesthetic structures in Africa, and maybe the globe. Even for a non-Lagos resident, the mere mention of places like Lekki,
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Tacheometry surveying is defined as the branch of surveying in which horizontal and vertical distances between stations are determined from instrumental observations. In this method, no tape or a chain is used for measuring horizontal distances. This method is very rapid and convenient. The instrument which is used for tacheometric purposes
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