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Researchers from ETH Zürich and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) have introduced a pioneering autonomous unmanned aerial system (UAS) designed for large-scale snow avalanche monitoring in rugged mountain environments. Published in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, the study details a fixed-wing tiltrotor platform capable of navigating steep alpine terrain without the…
One of the incredible advantages of digital reconstructions is the ability to document something in precise detail, vital when some features only exist temporarily. Shifting tides and eroding coastal sands at Happisburgh, England, recently revealed a rare archaeological treasure: a set of human footprints dating back approximately 800,000 years. These ancient impressions represent the oldest…
Artist Krzysztof Szkoda recently transformed archival photography into an immersive digital experience by creating a 3D gaussian splat of London’s Tower Bridge as it appeared in the 1930s. Unlike traditional radiance field methods that require hundreds of images from various angles, Szkoda utilized a tool called SHARP to reconstruct a volumetric environment from a single…