#30 - Tech Update - NUVIEW's CEO Clint Graumann on LiDAR

Today my guest is Clint Graumann.  Clint is the CEO and Co-founder of NUVIEW.  NUVIEW is revolutionizing the Earth observation industry by building the first commercial satellites designed to annually map the planet’s entire land surface with LiDAR technology.  This earned them a spot as One of Time Magazine’s 2023 Inventions of the Year.  

 

For those of you not familiar with LiDAR, it stands for Light Detection and Ranging, and is a remote-sensing technology that uses lasers to measure precise distances and movement in an environment, in real time.  The basic principles of LiDAR are similar to Radar and Sonar in the sense that All three technologies emit energy waves to detect and track objects. While radar uses radio or microwaves and sonar uses sound waves, LiDAR uses reflected light, which can measure distance faster, with greater precision and higher resolution than either radar or sonar.

 

You may ask, why does this matter to me?  Well, Satellite imagery helps scientists keep track of how our planet’s natural and man made environments are changing.  The detailed topographic maps this technology can generate can be used to assess hazards and natural disasters such as lava flows, landslides, tsunamis, floods, as well as other Environmental and conservation situations.  Outside of that, use cases include Archaeology and cultural heritage and preservation, as well as Infrastructure construction and urban planning.

 

We live in times where technology is blamed for eliminating jobs.  It is companies like NUVIEW that use technology to create a new generation of jobs that can help us take care of our environment all while improving our quality of life.  

 

As a Lake Nona resident and entrepreneur, I am excited that NUVIEW chose Lake Nona as their home.  I am a proud resident here and I am excited about the contributions this community is offering in the fields of technology and health.  Clint and I had a great conversation and I am confident you will find it interesting as well.  And now, Clint Graumann

 

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TIME's Best Inventions of 2023

TechCrunch: NUVIEW Emerges From Stealth

TechCrunch: Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in NUVIEW

Forbes: NUVIEW is Mapping the World in 3D

Yahoo Finance: NUVIEW Wins Major DoD Contract

 

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