Reducing the risk of bird strikes using satellite images and Ascend’s Normalised Difference Water index software (NDWI)
BROWSE PROJECTS
Based on user needs and industry skills, the evolution of customized solutions and the establishment of innovative services is accomplished through project activities. Focusing on various thematic areas, relevant information on the project activities is provided below.
Mining air data for healthier, smarter decisions
Status date: 31 October 2021
Air quality and pollen allergies impact our health and quality of life. We are developing analytical services to mitigate the impact of air pollution and pollen on people’s health. The core of our products is the combination of satellite data with measurements from our particle sensor, creating a unique service for local pollen forecasting. Our customers are airminers - they mine their own air.
CO.DE-19
Status date: 31 October 2021
CO.DE-19 is a system for contactless delivery services based on an autonomous driving drone which allows the pick-up, transport and delivery of small packages with zero emission impact on the environment and without any human involvement needed.
CO.DE-19 is able to move indoor and outdoor in full autonomy, to recognize and avoid obstacles thanks to satellite navigation, cameras and up-to-date sensors.
AGRONOBOTS
Status date: 31 October 2020
Agronobots integrates computer vision, robotics, ML & AI and combines them with air and ground based robotic systems to develop a state-of-the-art fully automated solution for non-destructive, accurate, and rapid phenotyping of potato, broadacre and vegetable crops under field trials conditions, which will provide a step change over manually collected data by qualified technicians.
HARVIC
Status date: 31 October 2021
HARVIC aims to provide forecast and advisory services to potato value chain actors in the Benelux through Earth observations in combination with innovative in-situ data, enabling potato companies to better manage their raw material productivity and optimize business processes and operations.
ProvGRASS
Status date: 13 October 2021
ProvGrass provides white labelled, multi-temporal maps of sward quantity and quality to enable customers to provide branded products for end-users (in this case farmers) related to grassland management. The initial development is aimed at dairy farmers, but the principle also applies to other livestock, biorefinery feedstock and conservation applications as well.
HyperSOC
Status date: 22 October 2021
HyperSOC (Hyperspectral measurement of Soil Organic Carbon) is aiming to develop analytical solutions to serve carbon farming projects worldwide throughout their long carbon sequestration journey.
Gridfinder
Status date: 22 October 2021
Gridfinder is a mapping service using machine learning to analyse satellite imagery to provide development funders, national governments, and private foundations with bespoke information on potential project off-grid energy locations, training on how to integrate this information in their planning systems, and the offer of a subscription service to benefit from this information on an ongoing basis.
Human Switch
Status date: 10 September 2020
Automotive electrification will change the way energy is produced and consumed across
the globe due to the resulting increase in local capacity of mobile battery storage.
The Human Switch enablesincreased update and utilisation of EV technologyalong with improved load balancing to support increased utilisation of renewables, helping to improve air pollution and CO2 issues.
The transition from fossil fuel to Electric Vehicles (EVs) will have a seismic impact in the utility, automotive and oil and gas markets as petroleum supply and infrastructure is replaced with power supply and storage.
Recent research has modelled the scale of these potentialrevenues, combining both the need for storage and V2G capabilities, where many EV owners can be aggregated into one, and their energy loads traded on the power exchanges.
Human Switch will offer twoservices; Human Switch Transitionand Live Service:
Human Switch Transition Service (Switch)–Switch helps consumers and fleet managers to make the right decisions about going electric, based on their actual driving behaviour and needs. We know that range anxiety, cost savings, carbon footprint and operational compromise are common concerns, Switch uses real world data to take the guessing out of transitioning.
Human Switch Live Service - The service allows EV owners to participate in lucrative V2G market mechanisms whilst preserving the minimum level of transport utility from their vehicle. Live helps customers make and save money through vehicle charging, by embedding EV's into the energy system.
TERRA
Status date: 13 October 2021
Climate-related economic losses in agriculture have now reached €73bn/year. We need to build a climate-resilient agriculture now, by preparing for the evolving climate risk. TERRA is a SaaS risk-assessment and monitoring tool seamlessly integrating satellite data, reanalyses and seasonal forecasts, targeting insurance companies providing agricultural coverage.
SSD
Status date: 13 October 2021
In this project, a data privacy-compliant social distancing tool for monitoring compliance with social distancing regulations was developed. In times of COVID-19, it is important to track and monitor the number of people being present in a specific area. The tool can also document the captured visitor numbers in a web-based backend and can trigger warnings so that organizations can prove compliance to regulations.
CoffEO
Status date: 08 October 2021
Building a data intelligence & risk management platform for the coffee industry powered by AI, SatEO & cutting-edge agrometeorology to scale sustainable coffee production.
TELEMACHUS
Status date: 27 September 2021
Telemachus is an integrated hardware/software medical system for the remote treatment and monitoring of users’ health conditions and positioning, thanks to a smart bracelet and a web platform leveraging on AI. Devised as a telemedicine tool answering the need to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus, Telemachus digitalise the interaction between Patients, Doctors and Health Authorities, and allows the monitoring of the health conditions of healthcare workers within hospitals.
ForestAI
Status date: 21 September 2021
The ForestAI project uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Earth Observation (EO) to provide an advanced forest monitoring solution globally. The service offers customers in the forestry domain with new tools to more efficiently manage their forests through up-to-date maps, deforestation alerts, and risk assessments.
Making green buildings greener
Status date: 29 January 2021
Air quality impacts our health and our quality of life. Most of us spend 90% of their time indoors - but do we know if the air quality in our homes is good?
In this project, Airmine outlines smart home solutions to improve air quality in homes. We develop hyper-local outdoor air quality nowcasts and forecasts using data from our outdoor air quality sensors. By integrating local air quality data with smart home systems, the user can take predictive measures that can improve indoor home health.
GSOT
Status date: 16 September 2021
The main goal of this project is to create an augmented reality system for the 50ha Grunwald battlefield site in Poland. Visitors will be able to download the application to their smartphones and learn more about the history of the battle while visualising the deployment of all forces on site.
Saturnalia
Status date: 15 September 2021
Saturnalia offers unique, hard-to-find insights on fine wines all in one place. The mission is to create a living atlas of fine wines, completed with quantitative data. Such a reliable and transparent tool helps all wine lovers and professionals obtain strategic information and unique predictions not typically accessible within the wine sector.
A-QKD-S
Status date: 13 September 2021
This project defines an ‘Augmented Quantum Key Distribution (AQKD)’ Satellite Service that uses nanosatellites to deliver cryptographic keys for fractions of the cost of traditional satellite constellations. This service, rather than compete with large service providers, aims to augment these larger networks and could be used for on a wide range of end applications with multiple market verticals.
Tandem
Status date: 10 September 2021
Tandem is building the future of mobility for towns and small cities by turning existing local taxis, minibuses and coaches into smart, shared shuttles