All posts tagged: transport

An integrated CNS solution for low-altitude aircraft

An integrated CNS solution for low-altitude aircraft

Published by Miika Tikkanen

The ANTENNAE project is developing an innovative integrated CNS solution for aircraft operating at low altitude The ANTENNAE project explores the applicability of 3GPP 5G and next-generation hybrid terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks for providing Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) services to aircraft operating at low altitude. The ANTENNAE project is exploring a 3GPP-compliant integrated CNS solution for Innovative Air Mobility (IAM), including piloted and U-space operations at low altitude. The solution will support safe low-altitude air traffic by providing reliable, affordable communication, navigation, and surveillance services to ensure strict adherence to flight paths, real-time traffic separation, and robust airspace boundary protection. Why legacy CNS is not enough for low-altitude aviation CNS is designed to provide three separate services: “C” – Communication, “N” – Navigation, and “S” – Surveillance. However, all three services rely on one common thing: wireless network infrastructure and its coverage. We need radio signals for the timely exchange of information between aircraft, between aircraft and the ground, and sometimes between ground systems. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals help aircraft safely navigate …

An integrated CNS solution for low-altitude aircraft

An integrated CNS solution for low-altitude aircraft operations

Published by Miika Tikkanen

The ANTENNAE project is developing an innovative integrated CNS solution for aircraft operating at low altitude The ANTENNAE project explores the applicability of 3GPP 5G and next-generation hybrid terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks for providing Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) services to aircraft operating at low altitude. The ANTENNAE project is exploring a 3GPP-compliant integrated CNS solution for Innovative Air Mobility (IAM), including piloted and U-space operations at low altitude. The solution will support safe low-altitude air traffic by providing reliable, affordable communication, navigation, and surveillance services to ensure strict adherence to flight paths, real-time traffic separation, and robust airspace boundary protection. Why legacy CNS is not enough for low-altitude aviation CNS is designed to provide three separate services: “C” – Communication, “N” – Navigation, and “S” – Surveillance. However, all three services rely on one common thing: wireless network infrastructure and its coverage. We need radio signals for the timely exchange of information between aircraft, between aircraft and the ground, and sometimes between ground systems. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals help aircraft safely navigate …

MCP solved tool calling. A2A solved coordination. What solves transport?

MCP solved tool calling. A2A solved coordination. What solves transport?

Published by Miika Tikkanen

The history of distributed computing is one of protocol proliferation followed by consolidation. Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), Java remote method invocation (RMI), and early simple object access protocol (SOAP) competed for the enterprise integration market in the late 1990s before representational state transfer (REST) quietly won by being simpler and HTTP-native. Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and a dozen proprietary protocols fragmented real-time messaging before MG telemetry transport (MQTT) and WebSockets carved out their respective niches. Every new computing paradigm generates a burst of competing standards, then slowly converges as implementations accumulate and interoperability becomes economically necessary. The AI agent ecosystem is currently in the proliferation phase. Four significant protocols have been published in the past eighteen months: Model context protocol (MCP) from Anthropic in late 2024, agent communication protocol (ACP) from IBM Research in March 2025, Agent2Agent (A2A) from Google in April 2025, and agent network protocol (ANP) from an independent working group. The W3C AI Agent Protocol Community Group has opened …

A year after nationalisation, is South Western Railway delivering?

A year after nationalisation, is South Western Railway delivering?

Published by Sam Flores

South Western Railway’s newest train, wrapped in union jack-inspired Great British Railways livery, may divide opinion on aesthetics, but the interior is certainly an upgrade: air-conditioned carriages, more space and greater passenger capacity. For ministers, the fact that it is the 45th Arterio model brought into service since the SWR network was nationalised is vindication of the GBR approach. As the first operator to be renationalised under Labour’s plans, SWR has attracted some scrutiny. Ministers said its GBR badge was a right to be earned, only for punctuality to plunge amid a cascade of failures of tracks, trains and staffing. However, exactly 12 months on, SWR has reached the threshold where half – and soon a majority – of the new £1bn fleet of 90 commuter trains is running after years of delay since the order was placed under the old privatised and fragmented system. Speaking at the launch at London Waterloo, Peter Hendy, the rail minister, said the accelerated rollout since May 2025 showed the difference reforms were already making. A single managing director …

Closing the loop on automotive plastics

Closing the loop on automotive plastics

Published by Miika Tikkanen

The Global Impact Coalition outlines the measures needed to help the chemical industry close the loop on automotive plastics. Every year, more than 800,000 tonnes of plastic from end-of-life (ELV) vehicles in Europe are incinerated or landfilled. The automotive industry accounts for around 10% of global plastic demand. Yet, despite decades of sustainability commitments, less than 2.5% of plastic in new vehicles comes from recycled sources. The EU ELV regulation now requires that figure to reach 25% by 2036. The gap is not a technology problem. It is a value chain problem and solving it requires something the chemical industry has rarely attempted at scale: pre-competitive collaboration between competitors. In 2025, the Global Impact Coalition (GIC) launched the Automotive Plastics Circularity project to do exactly this. What the pilot did Eight major chemical companies – BASF, Covestro, LG Chem, LyondellBasell, Mitsubishi Chemical Group, SABIC, SUEZ and Syensqo – worked together through GIC to process 100 end-of-life vehicles through a full dismantling, shredding, and sorting chain. The project was designed to answer a question no single …

The Dos and Don’ts Of Public Transport

The Dos and Don’ts Of Public Transport

Published by Sam Flores

We’ve all been there: you’re getting a bus or train home after a long day at work, and someone’s blaring their music out of their phone speaker, or taking an obnoxiously loud phone call that you can hear every word of. It’s annoying, and quite frankly, rude. Speaking exclusively to HuffPost UK on behalf of CasinoHawks, former Royal butler Grant Harrold, said: “There are many basic rules we’re meant to follow on [systems like] the Tube, including giving up our seat to someone more in need and moving right down the carriage.” However, there are some extra things you should avoid doing if you really want to be the perfect traveller when it comes to riding public transport. Don’t: play music out loud “Don’t play your music without headphones; the other passengers won’t necessarily care for your Taylor Swift or Spice Girls playlist,” Harrold warned. “You spent a lot of money on those fancy headphones – use them.” Do: think about your food selection “Avoid eating or drinking anything smelly or with a strong odour, …

Transport Your Dungeons & Dragons Hero Off the Page With This Tabletop Gadget

Transport Your Dungeons & Dragons Hero Off the Page With This Tabletop Gadget

Published by Miika Tikkanen

As I walked around CES 2026, my eyes drifted over a poster awash with fantasy heroes, dastardly monsters and rolling dice — and I failed my saving throw to look away. If you’re a fellow tabletop gaming nerd, you might want to follow this pair of gadgets due out later this year. Tabletop gaming continues to appeal to players with its deliberately analog gameplay, using miniatures, maps, dice and other physical trinkets to keep the focus on real-world play. The niche has grown in popularity over the decades, and a supporting industry has risen around it, offering third-party materials and accessories to enhance the experience. Digital gadgets and software have been added to this mix in recent years, and a new company, Arcalink, has its own supporting products for the avid Dungeons & Dragons player. The first of Arcalink’s upcoming tabletop augmentations is a gadget that’s small but mighty. About the size of a film canister, the Arcalink One is a rectangular display around 2 to 3 inches long that’s covered in fantasy decorations. These …