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28/09/2022
vimeo Latgale in couchsurfers eyes – part 5 What is Latgale? Latgale – Land of Blue Lakes, the east part of Latvia. Let’s listen to what travelers and history say (part 4 here). ‘Capital city’ of Latgale – Daugavpils (Dvinsk 1893-1920, Dünaburg 1667 – 1893) is the second biggest city of Latvia. The town’s history began in 1275 when the Livonian Order built Dünaburg Castle 20 km up the Daugava river from where Daugavpils is now situated. ...
28/09/2022
Youtube Giraffe360 – world’s best real estate marketing tool “Why Giraffe360”? “It’s the longest animal in the jungle that sees the most,” says Micus Opelt, the company’s chief executive and founder. How did Giraffe360 start? ”Several years ago, I had to find an office for the company. Arming myself with the offer’s list, I sat on the bus and went to see the objects. It took a whole day, I was tired, but nothing I didn‘t find it right. Then I wondered how good it would be to do it virtuously while sitting at the office. This resulted in solutions that led to Giraffe360.” ”In our tool, we combined a camera and a laser that works together and added processing software. The ability to take pictures and measure a room in the synchronized process is precisely the uniqueness of our product. It taped the most readily used automated camera in the world to photograph, scan and measure properties. Typically, a survey of spaces in the real–estate business takes place manually with small hand lasers, and programs then process the data. In the“Giraffe360” camera, this process is fully automated. We also have unique software to convert the data into a virtual tour and property plan that we send...
26/09/2022
AHPS Fighter WWII was located after 66 years History On July 15, 1942, six P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft and two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers encountered a blizzard while supporting the Allied war effort in the British Isles. The aircraft was forced to conduct an emergency landing on the glaciers of Greenland, and though all the crew members were rescued nine days later, and the aircraft were left behind. AHPS P-38...
26/09/2022
Aerones – the worlds first drone jump Image CGTN Latvians have accomplished the world’s first human flight with the drone and jump at high altitude. On May 12 of 2017, a 28-propeller drone built by Aerones has lifted a skydiver Ingus Augstkalns at a height of 330 meters, from where he accomplished the planned jump and landing with the parachute. Successful achievement shows the reliability and lifting-ability of the drone technology that approves unlimited possibilities for its use in saving people, fire-fighting,...
26/09/2022
aerocontact.com ‘Penguin B’ – UAV Factory’s unmanned aircraft made the longest flight in world history What did the media report about it? The aircraft was launched near Jelgava, Latvia on July 5, 2012, and landed on July 7, flying for more than two days. During flight – 54 hour and 27 min, the aircraft had to experience temperatures above + 30 degrees and wind gusts of up to 20 meters per second. Previously, the longest recorded flights had been a mini-unmanned aircraft class for AAI Aerosonde,...
26/09/2022
Aerones Wind turbine – how to maintenance? Check out Aerones drone! Wind turbine maintenance – problems and solutions DEICING Ice on Wind turbine blades forces turbine downtime. – Up to 20% revenue loss in Canada, Northern US&EU – Before Aerones deicing was difficult and not a safe task – done with helicopters or expensive heating systems – Aerones reduces risk, is 5x faster & 5x cheaper CLEANING Bugs and dirt on blades reduces blade efficiency and causes...