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Velodyne – Autonomous Driving Collaboration w/ Ford Otosan

December 2, 2020 Leave a comment

Velodyne Lidar Announces Autonomous Driving Collaboration with Ford Otosan Companies Working Together on Autonomous Driving Development and Testing for Heavy Commercial Vehicles SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced it is collaborating with Ford Otosan on product development and testing of autonomous heavy commercial trucks. Ford Otosan is testing and planning to use Velodyne Velarray H800 lidar sensors to enable […]

Alluxa plays role in making parts for coronavirus testing devices

March 26, 2020 Leave a comment

In the midst of the battle to curb the spread of the coronavirus, a Santa Rosa company is playing a small role to tackle the pandemic that has upended life in Sonoma County and across the world. From an article in the Press Democrat by Bill Swindell. Most residents here and even business leaders never heard of Alluxa Inc., which […]

Geoelectric Hazard Map Shows Potential Vulnerability for Two-Thirds of US

March 17, 2020 One comment

New Geoelectric Hazard Map Shows Potential Vulnerability to High-Voltage Power Grid for Two-Thirds of the US The U.S. Geological Survey released a new report on geoelectric hazards for two-thirds of the contiguous U.S., spanning from the northeast to the west coast of the Nation. The research, featured in Space Weather, includes a map of voltages that would be induced on the national […]

Testing shows drones can use autonomous tech to dodge air traffic

February 7, 2020 One comment

News Release: Testing shows drones can use autonomous technology to dodge other air traffic February 6, 2020 — In the drone industry, it’s called “the detect and avoid problem.” Enabling drones to sense nearby aircraft and move out of their way has long been one of the most formidable barriers between a technology narrowly confined to specialized applications and one […]

Verizon Skyward & Southern Company Conduct BVLOS Testing

October 9, 2019 Leave a comment

Skyward, a Verizon company, recently met with Southern Company and representatives from Hitec at the New York UAS Test Site in Rome, NY to conduct multiple BVLOS drone test flights. The goal: aid Southern Company, a leading energy company, in testing drone aircraft and procedures at an active airport as a precursor to long-range beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights that can assist in […]