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How Artificial Intelligence can impact your Civil Engineering career
How Artificial Intelligence can impact your Civil Engineering career Artificial intelligence has made an impact in almost every industrial sector, and civil engineering is now joining the bandwagon as well. According to a report by McKinsey, the civil construction sector has a net worth of more than...
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Ford’s cycling jacket makes bicycles smarter and safer
Ford’s cycling jacket makes bicycles smarter and safer Finding the way through busy streets on two wheels can be daunting and for cyclists who take their eyes off the road to glance at navigation apps, this can also increase risk – both for them and for other road-users and pedestrians. Now, a...
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Pro Rail Services choose GKD Technologies RCI’s for new Doosan RRV fleet
Pro Rail Services choose GKD Technologies RCI’s for new Doosan RRV fleet Pro Rail Services is a family owned and run rail project management business, established in 2012, based in Rudgwick, located in the heart of the West Sussex countryside. Richard Rowell is the company’s Operations Manager, who...
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SICK LiDAR sensor technology raises the bar for accurate and reliable sensing
SICK LiDAR sensor technology raises the bar for accurate and reliable sensing With the launch of the LMS1000 and MRS1000 infrared LiDAR sensors, SICK has raised the bar in high-precision, reliable distance sensing and ranging. They deliver more accurate and reliable distance sensing and measurement,...
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Wireless vehicle detection installation is cheaper and better than inductive loops
Wireless vehicle detection installation is cheaper and better than inductive loops Efficient traffic light control systems are dependent on knowing where vehicles are and where traffic is building on the roads leading up to them. This intelligence relies on vehicle detection data, which can come fro...
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Audi and Ericsson pioneering 5G for automotive manufacturing
Audi and Ericsson pioneering 5G for automotive manufacturing Premium automobile manufacturer Audi, and 5G innovation leader, Ericsson are announcing plans to pioneer the use of 5G technology for automotive production. At Audi’s headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany, the two companies agreed on a range...
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Sunshine lighting up the A38 in England’s East Midlands
Sunshine lighting up the A38 in England’s East Midlands As England basks in a heatwave, the power of the sun is helping light the way for motorists in the East Midlands. Highways England has installed more than 4,500 innovative solar road studs that harness sunlight in the daytime and light up...
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Tarmac boosts highways productivity with cutting-edge logistics software
Tarmac boosts highways productivity with cutting-edge logistics software Tarmac, the UK’s leading highways services and sustainable construction solutions business, has become this first in the UK to adopt a cutting-edge planning and real-time software technology to optimise road construction logist...
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Mapping the impact of electric vehicle uptake
Mapping the impact of electric vehicle uptake Chris Evans, Deputy Managing Director at Rolton Group explores how electric vehicle uptake will impact power supply, energy security and the highways of the future. With almost 168,000 electric vehicles (EVs) registered in the UK, the British plug-in fle...
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Five of the cleverest environmentally friendly innovations
Five of the cleverest environmentally friendly innovations Climate change is a reality and we know that it is accelerated by our actions. But humans are by nature innovative and although our industrial revolution may have had huge environmental impacts, it is our technological revolution that might...
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Construction is getting ready for Clean Technology
Construction is getting ready for Clean Technology Technology has the power to make construction cleaner, smarter and more efficient – yet progress has been slow. How can the industry take full advantage of intelligent automation? Alastair Hayfield, Research Director at Interact Analysis, shares his...
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Cleverciti Systems Americas gets a high-flying General Manager
Cleverciti Systems Americas gets a high-flying General Manager Cleverciti Systems delivers high-tech solutions for outdoor and on-street parking detection, monitoring and guidance. They have just announced that Steve Gorski has joined the company as General Manager of the Americas. He will leverage...
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Scott Parnell launches new product to support digital railway future
Scott Parnell launches new product to support digital railway future Network Rail-approved supplier Scott Parnell has launched its latest product for the rail industry. The ARCOsizeZERO is an elevated troughing system for the easy installation of lightweight fibre optic cables which will form the ba...
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NIC calls Ofgem proposals a good step to preparing UK for Electric Vehicles
NIC calls Ofgem proposals a good step to preparing UK for Electric Vehicles Sir John Armitt, Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), today welcomed moves by energy regulator Ofgem to prepare the UK’s electricity network for the onset of electric vehicles. The chairman of the Nation...
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MIT Study finds climate determines the shape of river basins
MIT Study finds climate determines the shape of river basins According to MIT, there are more than 1 million river basins carved into the topography of the United States, each collecting rainwater to feed the rivers that cut through them. Some basins are as small as individual streams, while others...
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Envenio launches BIM and CFD survey
Envenio launches BIM and CFD survey Engineering software developer, Envenio, has launched an online BIM (Building Information Modeling) and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Survey. The 5-6 minute survey has been designed to collect baseline data directly from industry, and aims to find out more ab...
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Ofgem proposes electricity reforms to support electric vehicle revolution
Ofgem proposes electricity reforms to support electric vehicle revolution Ofgem has set out proposals to take forward reforms to support millions of new electric vehicles forecast on Britain’s roads in the coming decades while keeping costs down for their users and all energy consumers. More flexibl...
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MIT cell-sized robots can sense environment as they flow through pipelines
MIT cell-sized robots can sense environment as they flow through pipelines Researchers at MIT have created what may be the smallest cell-sized robots yet that can sense their environment, store data, and even carry out computational tasks. These devices, which are about the size of a human egg cell,...
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Telensa Smart Streetlight deployed in Edinburgh’s 64,000 light Energy Efficiency Program
Telensa Smart Streetlight deployed in Edinburgh’s 64,000 light Energy Efficiency Program Telensa, the global leader in connected street lighting and smart city applications, today announced that its smart streetlight controls are being deployed in 64,000 LED lights as part of the City of Edinb...
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Small Robot Company crowdfunds £50,000 to transform farming
Small Robot Company crowdfunds £50,000 to transform farming The Small Robot Company, a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced it has successfully raised £50,000 with its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. The company harnesses the power and precision of robots and Artificia...
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Urban Observatory monitors Newcastle with new generation of sensors
Urban Observatory monitors Newcastle with new generation of sensors Air Monitors is playing a key role in the UK’s first Urban Observatory which has been designed to provide a digital view of how our cities work. The company has supplied air quality monitoring equipment which has been deployed acros...
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Yotta’s Horizons helps drive enhanced asset management for Cheshire East Highways
Yotta’s Horizons helps drive enhanced asset management for Cheshire East Highways Cheshire East Council is the local authority of Cheshire East in England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local...
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Baron releases solution for Departments of Transportation
Baron releases solution for Departments of Transportation Enables live, statewide, real-time monitoring of roadway weather conditions Baron Services, the worldwide provider of critical weather intelligence, has released a new product offering specifically designed for Department of Transportation se...
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Eurovia Surfacing takes part in innovative automatic braking system trial
Eurovia Surfacing takes part in innovative automatic braking system trial Eurovia Surfacing has joined forces with key supply chain partner Sims Milling to help trial a new innovative automatic braking system that could save the lives of workers and pedestrians. The ‘Banksman Auto Braking’ radar sys...
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New autonomous vehicle system connects Road Authorities with vehicle operators
New autonomous vehicle system connects Road Authorities with vehicle operators Highly Automated Vehicles (HAV) are currently testing on public roads in fewer than 50 cities around the world, but more markets are interested in bringing this new technology to their streets. INRIX, the leader in connec...
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Aston Martin introduces flying car concept at Farnborough
Aston Martin introduces flying car concept at Farnborough British luxury brand Aston Martin is today presenting the Volante Vision Concept, a luxury concept aircraft with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities. Produced in partnership with Cranfield University, Cranfield Aerospace Solutio...
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Simple and smart parking solutions for council car parks
Simple and smart parking solutions for council car parks Parking is one of the few sources of revenue for Britain’s local councils, who received a record £819 million from parking fees in the 2016/17 financial year. While the headlines framed this as pure profit, in the industry it is recognis...
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MIT Chip upgrade will help honeybee-sized drones navigate around us
MIT Chip upgrade will help honeybee-sized drones navigate around us Researchers at MIT, who last year designed a tiny computer chip tailored to help honeybee-sized drones navigate, have now shrunk their chip design even further, in both size and power consumption. The team, co-led by Vivienne Sze, a...
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Biral launches road weather sensor designed for road tunnel applications
Biral launches road weather sensor designed for road tunnel applications Meteorological equipment specialist Biral has just launched its new RWS-30 Road Tunnel Weather Sensor. The sensor is easily integrated with systems in road and tunnel applications and monitors obstruction to vision caused by fo...
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Geotab interactive infographic showcases the Evolution of America’s Interstate Highways
Geotab interactive infographic showcases the Evolution of America’s Interstate Highways Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, today announced the launch of its interactive infographic depicting the evolution of America’s iconic Interstate Highway System. The interactive...
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BIM there, done that?
BIM there, done that? In our recent review of the second edition of the CIC BIM protocol (Second Helpings) we noted references to an Asset Information Model (AIM), which had been introduced into the second edition and suggested that the implications of using the protocol for the Facilities Managemen...
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New IoT SmartWater technology launched to revolutionise gully management
New IoT SmartWater technology launched to revolutionise gully management A new Internet of Things predictive technology software, called SmartWater, for gully management, developed with support from Lancaster University, Innovate UK and the Department of Transport, has been launched nationwide after...
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Renault Trucks unveils its second generation of electric trucks
Renault Trucks unveils its second generation of electric trucks After ten years of experimentation under actual operating conditions with its customer-partners, Renault Trucks unveil its second generation of all-electric vehicles: the Renault Master Z.E., Renault Trucks D Z.E. and Renault Trucks D W...
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AGD Systems exhibiting at Traffex Seeing is Believing at Bruntingthorpe
AGD Systems exhibiting at Traffex Seeing is Believing at Bruntingthorpe AGD Systems, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of ITS product solutions, is to exhibit at this year’s Traffex Seeing is Believing (SIB) – 27-28 June 2018 at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire. At Traffex SIB AGD will showcase it...
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Highways England A14 Team lights up with Prolectric Solar lighting
Highways England A14 Team lights up with Prolectric Solar lighting The Highways England A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme has become the first UK project to switch to temporary lighting powered by Prolectric sunshine in preference to diesel. The A14 Integrated Delivery Team (IDT), worki...
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Grayhill updates CANbus Keypads and MMI Controllers for Off-highway machines
Grayhill updates CANbus Keypads and MMI Controllers for Off-highway machines Grayhill announces the release of an exciting line of updated CANbus keypads and MMI Controllers for off-highway vehicles. As the originators of CANbus Keypads and Jog Dial controls intended the Off-Highway marketplace sinc...
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Marking a future for autonomous self driving cars
Marking a future for autonomous self driving cars Good signing and road markings could cut run-off crashes by up to 80% over the next 30-40 years with the car of the future. These may be the easiest crashes to prevent in cars that can “read” road signs and white lines. But worn out road markings ...
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Oregon DOT integrates and modernises legacy systems with AssetWise
Oregon DOT integrates and modernises legacy systems with AssetWise The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for managing over 8,000 miles of state and interstate highways within Oregon as well as managing programs related to highways, roads and bridges, railways, public transpor...
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Energi Mine and Electra Commercial Vehicles partnership set to bring zero-emission heavy goods vehicles to urban areas
Energi Mine and Electra Commercial Vehicles partnership set to bring zero-emission heavy goods vehicles to urban areas Energi Mine, the blockchain platform that financially rewards energy saving behaviour using EnergiTokens (ETK), has announced a partnership with Electra Commercial Vehicles, the UK...
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Small Robot Company a finalist in Tech4Good Awards for sustainable farming robotics
Small Robot Company a finalist in Tech4Good Awards for sustainable farming robotics Small Robot Company, a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced that it is a finalist for the prestigious AgilityNet Tech4Good Awards. The company harnesses the power and precision of robots...
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GKD Technologies launch new Road Rail Rated Capacity Indicator with SpaceGuard
GKD Technologies launch new Road Rail Rated Capacity Indicator with SpaceGuard GKD Technologies design, develop and produce height, slew and load safety control systems for Road Rail vehicles (RRV’s) and general construction equipment such as excavators. GKD’s rated capacity indicators are the prefe...
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Alternative vehicle detection for MIDAS magnetometer and radar-based detection
Alternative vehicle detection for MIDAS magnetometer and radar-based detection The Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling (MIDAS) system uses various types of vehicle detection technology to monitor traffic flow and speed. This is used to generate alerts for congestion on the road ahea...
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Technology Award for smart hydraulic Hybrid Excavator from VolvoCE
Technology Award for smart hydraulic Hybrid Excavator from VolvoCE A concept for a smart hydraulic hybrid excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment has received the Volvo Technology Award 2018. Engineers from Volvo Construction Equipment are celebrating after winning the Volvo Technology Award for...
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Thatcham Research and Association of British Insurers warn Autonomous Cars a danger
Thatcham Research and Association of British Insurers warn Autonomous Cars a danger Thatcham Research and the ABI (Association of British Insurers) are today issuing an urgent call to carmakers and legislators for greater clarity around the capability of vehicles sold with technology that does more...
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Volvo pushes Load Assist real-time on-board weighing accuracy to one percent
Volvo pushes Load Assist real-time on-board weighing accuracy to one percent The updated Load Assist, On-Board Weighing, from Volvo Construction Equipment provides payload accuracy within ± 1% on every bucket, while the machine is moving. Volvo Construction Equipment has updated the Load Assist appl...
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Glaston is participating in Finland’s first industry oriented machine learning project
Glaston is participating in Finland’s first industry oriented machine learning project Launched within the framework of DIMECC Oy’s LIFEX programme, the MIDAS project, which focuses on artificial intelligence, is Finland’s first machine learning project in industry. In addition to Glaston, the...
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Trace Software exhibiting for a second year at Intersolar Europe
Trace Software exhibiting for a second year at Intersolar Europe For its second consecutive year, Trace Software International confirms it will be an exhibitor at Intersolar Europe, taking place 20th – 22nd of June at the Messe München exhibition center in Munich, Germany – Stand B3-575. With...
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MIT develops novel transmitter to protect wireless IoT data from hackers
MIT develops novel transmitter to protect wireless IoT data from hackers Today, more than 8 billion devices, including construction machinery, are connected around the world, forming an internet of things (IoT). By 2020, experts estimate that number will rise to more than 20 billion devices, all upl...
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Hong Kong Highways Department selects Telensa for Yuen Long Smart Street Lighting pilot
Hong Kong Highways Department selects Telensa for Yuen Long Smart Street Lighting pilot Telensa, the market leader the leader in connected street lighting and smart city applications, today announced that it has been selected by the Highways Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region...
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Moonshadow Mobile partners with INRIX to deliver Travel Pattern Analytics Platform
Moonshadow Mobile partners with INRIX to deliver Travel Pattern Analytics Platform Moonshadow Mobile, Inc. announced a partnership with INRIX, the world leader in transportation analytics and connected car services, to incorporate INRIX Trips Reports into Moonshadow’s DB4IoT platform. The solution o...
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Inrix Emergency Alert Service connects Transportation Agencies with drivers
Inrix Emergency Alert Service connects Transportation Agencies with drivers INRIX, the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, and Information Logistics (ILog) has announced a new emergency alert service for transportation agencies to assist with detecting and managing l...
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Brokk highlights SmartConcept technology for next generation Demolition Machines
Brokk highlights SmartConcept technology for next generation Demolition Machines Brokk, the world’s leading manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition machines, launches Brokk SmartConcept™, a set of technological features that offer improvements in power management, reliability, maintainab...
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New British technology turns windows into solar panels turning skyscrapers into power stations
New British technology turns windows into solar panels turning skyscrapers into power stations Britain’s estimated 1 billion windows could become the power generators of the future, letting light through while harnessing solar energy. A Cambridge firm, Polysolar, which is manufacturing transparent s...
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StreetLight Data launches initiative to assess how different types of travel interact
StreetLight Data launches initiative to assess how different types of travel interact StreetLight Data, Inc., the mobility analytics company that brings real-world travel patterns to light by launching their Multimodal Measurement Initiative (M²Initiative) to measure the way all modes of travel inte...
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Mack Trucks plan to have a fully electric refuse vehicle in 2019
Mack Trucks plan to have a fully electric refuse vehicle in 2019 Mack Trucks, a part of Volvo Group, plans to have a fully electric Mack LR refuse model equipped with an integrated Mack electric drivetrain operating in North America in 2019. The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), one of...
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Calculator App for dump trucks and construction puts everyday math in your pocket
Calculator App for dump trucks and construction puts everyday math in your pocket This morning, MyLogic, Inc., announced the launch of Dump Truck Math, a mobile app available for both iOS and Android devices. Dump Truck Math was designed with estimators, foremen, and truck owners in mind and include...
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The Volvo Ocean Race signals the start for electric articulated buses in Gothenburg
The Volvo Ocean Race signals the start for electric articulated buses in Gothenburg When Gothenburg, Sweden, welcomes the Volvo Ocean Race on June 14–21, the city will also welcome two concept all-electric articulated Volvo buses which will carry visitors between downtown Nordstan and the event venu...
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Scientists invent Bio-Bitumen to pave roads using plastic and other mixed wastes
Scientists invent Bio-Bitumen to pave roads using plastic and other mixed wastes Scientists at Aston University have developed Bio-Bitumen, a new way to convert organic bin waste such as decomposed food, paper and plastic into a substance suitable for laying roads and pavements. The process, develop...
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GKD Technologies safeguarding both man and machine
GKD Technologies safeguarding both man and machine GKD Technologies is a leading provider of systems designed for safeguarding personnel and machines. The company, based in the South of England, was founded by current CEO, Nick Ground in 1992. Here Nick Ground talks about the company’s origins and t...
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A first in Pavement Striping Assessment for the USA
A first in Pavement Striping Assessment for the USA Striping Service and Supply, Inc. (SSS) is the first USA striping contractor certified by TxDOT to operate the RetroTek-MU road striping Retro-reflectometer. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) stringent certification program provides...
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Metso updates Expertune PlantTriage software with advanced analysis and cybersecurity
Metso updates Expertune PlantTriage software with advanced analysis and cybersecurity Metso has announced a new version of its Metso Expertune PlantTriage control loop monitoring software. The newest version further improves process plant operational efficiency, reduces cybersecurity risks, and help...
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Enhanced vehicle detectors by Nortech now connect to your smartphone
Enhanced vehicle detectors by Nortech now connect to your smartphone People and Vehicle Access control system specialists Nortech have designed a range of enhanced vehicle detectors that can be set up using a smartphone app and can identify the presence of vehicles through an inductive loop buried b...
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Intelligent Compaction and Infrared Scanning improving road construction in Missouri
Intelligent Compaction and Infrared Scanning improving road construction in Missouri The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) executed a year-long project throughout 2017 to demonstrate the use of intelligent compaction (IC), infrared scanning (IR), and Veta software to improve pavement con...
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Autonomous cargo boat fleets could service cities, reducing road traffic
Autonomous cargo boat fleets could service cities, reducing road traffic The future of transportation in waterway-rich cities such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Venice — where canals run alongside and under bustling streets and bridges — may include autonomous boats that ferry goods and people, helping...
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Green light for research project with HGVs using overhead power lines on German roads
Green light for research project with HGVs using overhead power lines on German roads The German Federal Ministry for the Environment today gave the green light for a subsidised pilot project to conduct research and development on the electrification of long-haul HGV trucks. The electricity supply f...
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GKD Technologies featuring the SensorSafe Rail Range at Rail Live
GKD Technologies featuring the SensorSafe Rail Range at Rail Live GKD Technologies design, develop and produce height, slew and load safety control systems for Road Rail vehicles (RRV’s) and general construction equipment such as excavators. The company will be exhibiting at the forthcoming Rail Liv...
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