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Everbridge Selected to Power Countrywide Disaster Alert Platform in Peru for 37 Million Residents and Annual Visitors

Everbridge, Inc., the global leader in critical event management, today announced it has been selected by Peru’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications to power the nation’s Sistema de Mensajería de Alerta Temprana de Emergencia, Peru’s Early Warning Emergency Messaging System.

From Everbridge, Inc. 3 Dec 2019

Fiber-Optic Cables Help Study Offshore Earthquakes and Hidden Geologic Structures

Researchers can potentially investigate offshore earthquakes as well as geologic structures buried deep under the surface of the ocean, thanks to fiber-optic cables constituting a global undersea telecommunications netwo...

29 Nov 2019

Largest Atmospheric Radar in the Antarctic Used to Measure Earth’s Ionosphere

About 60 to 600 miles above Earth’s surface, the night sky appears chaotic. This layer of Earth’s atmosphere is known as the ionosphere and gets blasted by solar radiation that splits the bonds of ions.

28 Nov 2019

No Thunder in Sight - AVTECH Sweden’s Proflight Helps Pilots Pick the Perfect Flight Path

Thunderstorms are not usually dangerous for airplanes, but they are often followed by turbulence that really can rock. Now all airline pilots have an option to try out an easy-to-use app, proFLIGHT by Swedish AVTECH, that very precisely shows where the actual threats are in real time along the trajectory.

From AVTECH Sweden AB 20 Nov 2019

Innovative, Smartphone-Based Device Rapidly Detects Toxin-Producing Algae

A highly sensitive system developed by a team of engineers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) utilizes a smartphone to quickly identify the presence of toxin-creating algae in water in just 15 minutes.

8 Nov 2019

Hanwell Technology Helps Museum Host Top Collection

Reliable environmental monitoring data gathered by wireless monitoring solutions from Hanwell Solutions Ltd proved invaluable for a charity museum looking to secure the Government Indemnity Scheme to insure an art collection borrowed from the Ben Uri Gallery.

From Hanwell Solutions Ltd 18 Oct 2019

New Laser-Based Sensor Effectively Detects Buried Objects Even While in Motion

The detection of landmines could be a slow and difficult process. Although the process can be expedited by detecting the landmines from a moving vehicle, this will have an impact on accuracy.

17 Sep 2019

Researchers Develop Novel System that Monitors Water Quality of Rivers

Scientists at the Nanophotonic Technology Centre (NTC) of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) have developed a new system that is based on a network of interconnected sensors. In case anomalies are identified, the system is capable of sending automated contamination alerts.

11 Sep 2019

Monitoring Air Quality After Fourth of July Fireworks

The U.S. recently celebrated the Fourth of July with dazzling fireworks displays in many cities. After the “oohs” and “ahhs” faded, some people might have wondered how the lingering gunpowder-scented smoke affected air quality.

16 Aug 2019

New Contract Helps Protect Water Resources

The Environment Agency has awarded a 4-year contract to Meteor Communications for the provision of telemetry systems, services and MeteorCloud data hosting for water quality monitoring systems located in English rivers and bathing waters.

From Meteor Communications Ltd. 16 Aug 2019