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✈️ Guess which company manufactured the ATRs Automated Tag Reading Systems??? 🔵 Largest Luggage System. Dubai Airport’s underground baggage system spans 85 miles of conveyor belts and cost £500 million to build. 🔵 Mind-Blowing Capacity. The airport processes 50,000 bags in just 3 hours during peak times—enough to stack as high as the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. 🔵 Bag Tags Are Like Passports. Every bag tag contains a 10-digit code that acts as your suitcase’s “passport,” ensuring it travels seamlessly across the globe. 🔵 Robots in Action. Early-arriving bags are whisked into storage by robotic shuttles, ready to be retrieved at just the right moment. 🔵 Precision Monitoring. A massive control room monitors the system 24/7, using a color-coded system (green, yellow, red) to ensure smooth operations for millions of bags annually. 🔵 No Humans Needed. Once your suitcase is checked in, it travels entirely through an automated system, with no human touch until it reaches the aircraft. https://lnkd.in/eg85S2WD #DubaiAirport #TravelTech #Automation #BaggageSystem #BehindTheScenes #Aviation #Innovation #AirTravel #SmartAirport #EngineeringMarvel #TravelTips SICK Sensor Intelligence

Check out the review paper published by REDI program PhD. Candidate Nithya D S. Congratulations! As a supervisor, I am proud of your achievement. #AAM #advancedairmobility#Windmodeling#REDI #RMITschoolofengineering

An international research team, with UEA scientists, including co-authors Professor Karen Heywood and Dr Rob Hall, have published a paper about using underwater mapping to reveal new insights into Antarctica’s ice shelves. Lead author, Anna Wåhlin, Professor of Oceanography at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, said: " We have previously used satellite data and ice cores to observe how ice shelves change over time. By navigating the submersible into the cavity, we were able to get high resolution maps of the ice underside. It's a bit like seeing the back of the moon for the first time.” Dr Hall, from UEA’s School of Environmental Sciences, said: “Anna and her team successfully piloted their autonomous underwater vehicle ‘Ran' over 1000 km under Dotson Ice Shelf collecting a huge range of data and samples, which will take several years to process and analyse.” To find out more: https://bit.ly/3yu6fGw #ThisIsUEA #ClimateChange #Research #UniversityResearch

They are attracted/confused by artificial light sources; then fly perpendicular to these sources as their default navigation. The rest is TL:DR.

Most of my colleagues involved with aerodromes will be familiar with the difference between true and magnetic north, even finance directors due to a budget line for changing the runway designators every once in a while. This excellent article reports on the current trend. # aerodromestandards #runways #declination #magneticnorth Magnetic North Pole moving in way never seen before by scientists https://lnkd.in/erkaGKJU

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION Below is a brief history of transportation on Earth based on scholarly research and historical accounts: 1.Early Human Transportation: Humans initially relied on walking as the primary mode of transportation, dating back thousands of years. Research suggests that early humans began to use animals for transportation around 4000 B.C, primarily for agricultural purposes (Source: "Domestication of Plants and Animals" by Jared Diamond). 2.Development of Wheels: The invention of the wheel around 3500 B.C revolutionized transportation. Wheels were initially used for pottery-making and later adapted for transportation purposes, leading to the creation of carts and chariots (Source: "The Wheel: Inventions and Reinventions" by Richard W. Bulliet). 3. Maritime Transportation: The use of boats and ships for transportation dates back to ancient times, with evidence of early maritime activity found in civilizations such as the Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Greeks. Research suggests that maritime trade played a crucial role in the development of civilizations (Source: "The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World" by Lincoln Paine). 4. Invention of Steam Power: The Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries brought about significant advancements in transportation technology, particularly with the invention of the steam engine. Steam-powered locomotives and steamships revolutionized land and sea transportation, making travel faster and more efficient (Source: "The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848" by Eric Hobsbawm). 5. Introduction of Automobiles: The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the mass production and widespread adoption of automobiles, powered initially by internal combustion engines. This revolutionized personal transportation and led to the development of road infrastructure and highway systems (Source: "The Automobile Age" by James J. Flink). 6. Aviation: The Wright brothers' successful flight in 1903 marked the beginning of aviation history. Advancements in aviation technology throughout the 20th century led to the development of commercial airlines and made air travel accessible to the masses (Source: "The Wright Brothers" by David McCullough). 7. Space Exploration: In the 20th century, humans began exploring space, with the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 marking the beginning of the space age. Space exploration has since become a significant area of scientific research and technological advancement (Source: Various papers on space exploration and astronomy). These milestones highlight the evolution of transportation on Earth, from early human migration to the exploration of outer space, each driven by innovation and technological progress.

🚆 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑺𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒂𝒓: 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝑼𝑺𝑫 112.79 𝑩𝒏 𝒃𝒚 2030 🚆 The global Railway Sleepers Market is expected to see impressive growth, climbing from USD 62.49 Bn in 2023 to an estimated USD 112.79 Bn by 2030, with a CAGR of 8.8%. 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 :https://lnkd.in/drDjGBn6 Railway sleepers, the essential components of railway tracks, play a pivotal role in distributing weight and maintaining track stability. As metro lines and rail networks expand worldwide, the demand for durable and efficient railway sleepers is skyrocketing. 🌍🚄 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞: The rapid development of metro systems and subway networks, particularly in Asia-Pacific and Europe, which dominated 74.05% of sales in 2021. Growing passenger traffic and government efforts to improve public transportation infrastructure. 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕, 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 1. INFRASET 2. Kirchdorfer Group 3. Daya Engineering Works 4. UK Sleepers 5. Peter Feckl Maschinenbau GmbH #RailwaySleepers #RailwayInfrastructure #RIIZE #SpaceX #RedAlert #OviyaLeaked #Transportation #Railway

#Planes Don't #Fly In A Straight Line “The shortest distance between two points is always a straight line, but only in Euclidean geometry. What is this? It's a geometry that is usually taught in school, where figures are two-dimensional and presented on a flat surface like a sheet of paper. In real life, on the surface of the Earth, the shortest distance traveled is a curve called a geodesic. On the map, the cities of New York and Moscow were used as references.” Earth is shaped like a ball, so any shortest way to travel on a ball is a great circle or curve path. Even on the surface of #Earth when we feel like driving a plain road, in actual practice it is a curved road like an arc of a circle having a radius of almost 6400 kilo metres. So is the case of flying a fixed height from our Earth. A plane flying at a height of 2000 metres is actually flying on the arc of a circle of radius which is equal to the radius of Earth plus 2 kilometres. #aviation

I'm thrilled to share that my paper '𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱-𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀—𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻' has been published! In this study, we introduce a methodology to examine the travel behavior of bicyclists and pedestrians in outdoor environments under varying lighting conditions. We utilize drone technology for data collection, enabling us to capture microscopic movement data through video analysis. By using data from naturalistic settings, we aimed to understand how participants' behavior in an invited context compares to that of typical road users. We also explore the bi-directional interactions of bicyclists in naturalistic settings under both natural and artificial lighting. Feel free to read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/d9q3ytAZ #Research #UrbanMobility #SustainableTransport #VideoAnalysis #Behavior #DroneTechnolodgy

At the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference we stressed the attention of National governents on maritime spatial planning (msp) processes and relevance of knowledge transfer connecting research, master level training and policy malking. Università Iuav di Venezia Iuav Ricerca e Innovazione UNESCO #research #maritimestudies