Brett Ruether

FIFA’s latest World Cup technology combines high-resolution 3D body scans, sensor-equipped match balls, and real-time tracking systems to create digital twins of every player competing in the tournament. Every World Cup Player Receives a Digital Twin The technology behind modern soccer officiating has evolved far beyond traditional video replay. According to a recent Wired report,…

The Challenge of Coastal Geospatial Data For all the advances in geospatial technology over the past two decades, the coastal zone has remained stubbornly hard to capture. It is too dynamic for static surveying, too shallow for deep-water acoustic systems, and too vast for any ground-based approach to cover meaningfully. New Zealand, a nation with…

For many people, LiDAR is still strongly associated with autonomous vehicles: cars scanning roads, detecting pedestrians, cyclists, lane boundaries, and obstacles. This association makes sense because autonomous driving has been one of the most visible areas for LiDAR development. However, the future of LiDAR is not limited to vehicles. A more interesting question is what…