Transportation and Logistics
This field deals with all spatial and time-related activities involved in bridging the gap between goods and people, including their restructuring. This begins with the supplier and follows each stage of the operational value chain to product delivery and concludes with product disposal and recycling.
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EU project develops pioneering traffic information service
The EU-funded Highway project has climbed into the driving seat and developed a pioneering traffic information service which it hopes will reduce the number of…
Smart system will prevent aircraft collisions
Until now, orange balloons on power lines, brightly painted masts and lights have been the only warning that pilots receive when they are approaching and…
Global Package Race Puts Major Carriers to the Test
A group of 60 logistics students, led by logistics expert John Bartholdi, a professor in the Stewart School, sends identical boxes bound for places like Lomé,…
Paris Air Show 2007 takes off in London on 18 April
Officials from the biennial Paris Air Show organisation, a full subsidiary of GIFAS (the French aerospace industries association), will discuss developments…
World first as fast jet pilot directs multiple unmanned aircraft
The system, developed by QinetiQ and funded by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), gives unmanned aircraft an advanced level of independence and intelligence, or…
New long-range RFID technology from VTT for Chinese road tolls
The new system could become the foundation for nation-wide traffic and road toll monitoring. The new technology will be first deployed in Wuhan, a city with a…