As regular readers of this newsletter know, my primary focus over the past year has been to champion the importance of geodesy and to prepare the geospatial ...

In the Fraunhofer PREPARE project PUMMEL, research teams at the Fraunhofer Institutes for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS), for ...

Trapped in a hell he helped make, a lone hacker aboard a space station far from home sneaks and fights his way through horrible mutants and killer robots in order to take down the monstrous artificial ...

The Imperial Measurement System, originated in Britain in 1824, is now primarily used by only three countries: the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar. Defined by non-decimal units like inches, pounds ...

The United States is one of just three countries that "prefers" imperial measurements over the international metric standard. The motivation why has less to do with official policy than you might ...

As the NFL begins its 106th regular season Thursday night when the Eagles host the Cowboys, the league will also debut its virtual measurement system in the regular season for the first time. After ...

What to know about the new tech that's coming to the NFL for the 2025 season. A cutting-edge virtual measurement system will make its NFL debut when the 2025 season kicks off in less than two weeks, ...

The NFL has replaced the traditional 10-yard chain measurement for first downs with a virtual system. The new system uses Sony's Hawk-Eye technology and six 8K cameras in each stadium to optically ...

With the latest product CALIPRI X, together with CALIPRI Predictor, Hexagon introduces a ground-breaking, automated, permanently-installed solution for precise train wheel profile measurement and ...

The days of NFL officials stretching the chains to measure for a first down as the crowd waits in anticipation are over — and some fans are sad to see them go. The league debuted its new virtual ...

The NFL finally has a virtual measurement system to gauge close first-down calls, as the new methodology was on full display during Thursday night's Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. As the Detroit ...

One of the most notable things that happened during Thursday night's Hall of Fame Game was the debut of the NFL's new virtual measurement system. Instead of the traditional chain system, the NFL ...