The Crooked House: Subsidence and Scandal
You may have heard of the Crooked House as it featured quite heavily in the news last year when it was destroyed by an arson fire which ultimately led to it being suspiciously demolished. The events around the fire and subsequent raising of The Crooked House have led to several arrests and an order from South Staffordshire Council to rebuild the pub exactly as it was before the demolition. The saga continues, but how did The Crooked House become ‘Britain’s Wonkiest Pub’?
Moniteye and Historic Environment Scotland Launch Project to Use Space Technology to Protect Scotland’s Historic Assets
This exciting project was launched on Friday 28 June at the Engine Shed in Stirling, which is Scotland's dedicated conservation centre (https://www.engineshed.scot/).
Speakers covered the challenges faced in managing and maintaining historically important assets including an update on Dynamic Coast - Scotland's Coastal Change Assessment project (http://dynamiccoast.com/) and overview of technologies that are currently being used and how satellite capability may assist.
Moniteye Partners with ATT in US market
Moniteye is pleased to announce that we have partnered with US communications giant ATT. The partnership also includes IBM, with the 3 companies combining to help deliver the ATT Structure Monitoring Solution. More information can be found in the press relaease issued by ATT here.
New product! Low cost GPS sensor added to suite of remote monitoring sensors
Moniteye, in conjunction with Nottingham Scientific Ltd (NSL), have developed a low cost GNSS sensor that provides x,y and z movement measurement to ~2mm accuracies. Currently in the trial phase, Moniteye are very excited to bring the product to market and believe that it has huge potential to bring all the benefits of GPS surveying techniques to the mass market.
Tower Power Project Kicks Off
On the 5th and 6th of May, the 11 partners of the collaborative European project TowerPower met in Aix-en-Provence (France) to kick it off. The project aims to develop a remote real time monitoring system for the ageing diagnosis of offshore wind turbine structures.