Turkish Industry, Science and Technology

[KediKesenFare3]

@cabatli_53

Could you please remove the off-topic postings here, please? During the last 2-3 pages some members forgot the purpose of this thread. No politics here, please. Just show and tell + debate about science and tech from Turkey. Bir el atar misin?

 

[OguzSenturk]

İTÜ rover team revealed a video which shows their team and their rover's specs and summary of development phases, for URC competition

 

[Successwill]

hintliler daha iyi telaffuz ediyor ingilizceyi

 

[KediKesenFare3]

First Turkish GSM station to be operational in April
750 orders for new cell tower system have been signed, developing firm says

Turkey's first cell tower system for GSM networks will begin to provide service in April, the vice director general of the system’s main developer ASELSAN, Yavuz Bayiz said on Thursday.

The new station for cellphone networks, called ULAK, boasts 750 signed orders, the vice director general of ASELSAN, which generally produces electronic defense systems for the Turkish army.

“Due to the fast development of technology, secure communications have started to have a strategic importance. With ULAK, our communications system will be more secure,” Bayiz told Anadolu Agency on the last of the four-day World Mobile Congress in Barcelona.

The first cell tower system, due to be operational in April, will be located in northeastern Rize province.

Bayiz said 1,799 ULAK units would be set up in mostly rural areas in order to upgrade from 2G to 4.5G, developed by the largest Turkish GSM operator Turkcell.

The ULAK tower system was developed in cooperation with Turkish telecommunications company NETAS and service provider ARGELA under the supervision of the Defense Industry Undersecratariat.

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This company is very interesting. It's one of Turkey's hidden champions.

Canovate Group is committed to innovation and research and development is a core component of our corporate culture. Canovate Group spends nearly 15% of its revenue a year in R&D, making us one of the top R&D spenders in the Turkey. When looking at R&D as a percentage of revenue Canovate Group matches or exceeds industry peers and secures our commitment to innovation.

Group of Companies:


Canovate Electronics
Designs, Develops, Manufactures and Markets:

Fiber Optic Solutions
Data Center Products & Solutions
Rack Cabinets
Outdoor Enclosures
Structural Cabling Products

Canovate Energy

Industrial Heat Pumps
Residential Heat Pump
Air Source Heat Pumps
Geothermal Heat Pumps
Dual-Fuel Heat Pumps

Canovate High Tech

Industrial Heat Pumps
Residential Heat Pump
Air Source Heat Pumps
Geothermal Heat Pumps
Dual-Fuel Heat Pumps

http://www.canovate.com/

Turkish companies, which have also taken important steps in defense industry, have now achieved two important successes abroad. Canovate, one of Turkey's well-established industrial companies, purchased the world-famous British security firm Body Armor. Active in thermal camera, body armor and ballistic products, the company is the most important body armor supplier for American and British militaries.

Canovate Chairman Can Gür noted that they will shift the company's production facilities from Manchester, England to Istanbul's Çekmeköy.

Recently, Canovate has successfully landed the largest fiber infrastructure contract in Greece. It has also overtaken six American, Chinese, and German companies to move up to the big leagues in worldwide production of fiber optics and data centers. The project aims to reach close to two million users within three years.
https://www.dailysabah.com/technology/2017/03/08/turkish-tech-companies-excel-in-global-arena

 

[KediKesenFare3]

Turkey's first national air traffic control simulator enters into service
ANADOLU AGENCY
ANKARA
Published March 2, 2017

AA Photo
The first national air traffic control simulator developed with local resources went into service on Thursday after getting successfully installed in a Turkish airport's training and simulator facilities says the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).

TUBITAK said in a written statement that the first national air traffic control simulator system (atcTRsim) has several simulators such as approach, area control radar simulator and aerodrome control simulator having 360 degree visual range.

As part of their cooperation, TUBITAK and State Airports Administration developed the simulator, which was installed in Ankara Esenboğa International Airport's training and simulator facilities.

New airports' 3D models and changes in airspace can be easily added on the atcTRsim.

The system can be used for basic and advanced air traffic controllers' training programs, airspace structuring and modification.

 

[what]

Doyenne of Turkish archaeology Halet Çambel featured in Google’s Women’s Day Doodle

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=238&nid=110577&NewsCatID=375

 

[what]

Rolls-Royce to provide technical consultancy in support of Turkey’s industrial nuke capability development project

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ro...ject.aspx?pageID=238&nID=110596&NewsCatID=345

Another British-Turkish deal.

 

[Mr.Department]

https://twitter.com/x/status/839773946841034752

TERRA Flite system almost ready for Turkish FORCES. System uses radar,barometric, altimeter and geoloc data with Turkish developed algorithm independent from GPS sat systems !

http://www.anahabergazete.com/savunmadaki-kritik-bagimlilik-son-buluyor-haberi

https://www.stm.com.tr/tr/urunler/terraflite

 

[KediKesenFare3]

Turkey Develops Sodium Borohydride Fuel Cell Car

Hydro Kevin Kantola November 9, 2011 Hydrogen Cars Leave a comment 252 Views

This won’t be the first time I’ve talked turkey about Turkey. In July 2011, I had spoken about how Turkey had built the EkoKaravan that runs off a variety of energy sources including hydrogen. Turkish engineers had also built the SAHIMO hydrogen car and an H2 refueling station as well.

Now, with Thanksgiving only a few weeks away it’s time to talk Turkey again. Unlike most other hydrogen cars on the road this one is special. Most of today’s H2 cars run on compressed hydrogen gas or a few run on cryogenic liquid hydrogen.

The new car developed in Turkey runs off sodium borohydride (NaBH4), a hydrogen rich chemical carrier for H2. Borohydride is made from the chemical element boron of which Turkey owns 70-percent of the world’s supply.

So, it only makes sense that a country rich in boron would develop a fuel cell vehicle made from a borohydride (there are different varieties such as sodium borohydride, lithium borohydride, etc.).

According to the Hurriyet Daily News, “Turkey, the land of boron minerals, has a considerable capacity of refined borates besides being the biggest borate ore producer of the world. Although 71 percent of the reserves are in Turkey, about 92 percent of the production is exported worldwide and 8 percent is used domestically, according to BOREN data.”

So, you see, Turkey is not only developing a product with their fuel cell car but they are also a unique supplier for the fuel for this car. This reminds me of the manufacturers of small desktop printers who make more money selling ink than they do in the printers themselves.

So, if Turkey plays their cards right (or cars right) they will be able sometime in the future to export fuel cell cars and the fuel to countries eager to step into the 21st century.
http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/inde...ey-develops-sodium-borohydride-fuel-cell-car/
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Boren automobile 2011:

And today 2017:

http://enerjienstitusu.com/2017/03/02/turkiyeden-dunyanin-ilk-elektrik-hidrojenli-hibrit-araci/

 

[damm1t]

Well this is big.

TERRAFLITE

TerraFlite: GPS’in Alternatifi Olarak Milli Bir Sistem
Arabalarımızda, telefonlarımızda kullandığımız “Küresel Konumlandırma Sistemi” kısa adıyla GPS sistemine alternatif olacak ve böylelikle bu alandaki bağımlılığı sonlandıracak TerraFlite isimli milli bir çözüm geliştirildi.

Ülkemizde yerli çalışmalara imza atan Savunma Teknolojileri ve Mühendisliği (STM) mühendisleri, yaptıkları Ar-Ge çalışmalarıyla beraber GPS’in eksiklerini kapatan, hassas şekilde ölçüm yapan yerli bir konumlandırma sistemi tasarladı.



TerraFlite Nedir?
TerraFlite GPS olmayan ya da GPS engelli ortamlarda hava platformları için arazi destekli otonom seyrüsefer çözümüdür. Arazi özelliklerini Radar Altimetre yardımıyla ölçerek bunları Sayısal Arazi Yükseklik Verisi ve Barometrik Altimetre ile ilintilendirip hava araçları için GPS’e eşit ya da daha doğru pozisyon bilgisi sağlar. GPS gibi henüz milli olmayan bir servisin özellikle kriz ve harp ortamında kasıtlı olarak kesintiye uğratılması veya hatalı pozisyon bilgisi sağlayacak şekilde aldatmaya maruz kalma tehlikelerinde devreye giren TerraFlite, pilota doğru konum bilgisi vermeye devam ediyor.

TerraFlite isimli ürünün Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri (TSK) envanterindeki helikopterlere takılmaya başlanmasıyla aktif hala geçirilmesi planlanıyor. Halihazırda kullanılar GPS, uydu sinyallerinden yararlanarak konum tespitine olanak veriyor. Ayrıca bu sinyaller teknolojiyle değiştirilebiliyor yani hatalı sinyaller verdirilebiliyor. Bunların önüne geçmek için STM, TÜBİTAK’ın mali desteği ve Ankara Üniversitesi Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü’nün danışmanlığıyla 2012 yılında Ar-Ge projesi başlattı. Bu kapsamda, hava araçlarının GPS olmadan kendi konumunu bulmasına yönelik bir algoritma geliştirilip uluslararası patenti alındı. Ayrıca ortaya konulan çalışma, sistemin uluslararası akademik literatüre girmesini sağladı.


Terrain Aided Autonomous Navigation

TerraFlite™ is a terrain aided autonomous navigation solution for airborne platforms in GPS absent or denied environments. It measures ground terrain features through a Radar Altimeter and correlates those features with stored Digital Terrain Elevation Data and Barometric Altimeter to provide more precise aircraft position equal to or better than GPS.

Features

• Reduced target horizontal and vertical error with increased platform position accuracy,
• Increased situational awareness through high correlation among real world and position ased image generation,
• More precise passive obstacle warnings,
• Jam Resistant,
• GPS Independent,
• Low Cost
• High resolution DTED Level-2 terrain elevation data,
• Arrive on target in GPS absent/denied environments,
• Can be used with digital moving map, obstacle & terrain warning and auto piloting systems,
• Easy integration with airborne systems,
• Fully integrated with FocusFlite™ AS solutions

Environment

• Support COTS processors,
• Support Windows and Unix-based operating systems,
• Certifiable to DO-178B Level-C,
• Support MIL-STD-1553B, ARINC-429, Ethernet, RS232 interfaces.

 

[Saithan]

As far as I know Turkey doesn't posses the necessary knowledge to refine Boron, so it's the raw stuff we're exporting, which means we get way less than what we could if we could process it.

One thing I remember Boron can be used for is to cool down nuclear power plants/process, e.g. Fukushima Daichi because Boron is so heavy (I might remember wrong here), but Japan didn't have enough Boron to do this, so they ended up using Seawater.

I don't know if it's smart to develope a car that runs on Boron considering how easy it is to get your fingers on this ressource outside of Turkey. Let's assume you pay 100$ for a full tank in Turkey, what do you have to pay in Greece, Italy, China ?

I see these projects as "bragging rights" no one takes it seriously, but some ppl have a need to brag about something. When you think of Turkey still doesn't have a factory that mass produces domestic car, and they make something like this ? I can help ask, did you buy the engine too ? why not make an engine that runs on Gasoline ?

 

[KediKesenFare3]

Ekin Patrol is a high-tech, mobile enforcement product designed as a light bar. Being suitable for vehicles such as police cars or fire engines, Ekin Patrol is aimed to enhance a high level of city safety.​

Emission Measurement

• Detection of emission with air pollution measurement at different locations.

Speed Detection

• Automatic speed measurement for all the vehicles in the field of view
• Speed violation detection whether Ekin Patrol vehicle is on the move or parked
• Different speed limit adjustment for different lanes
• Automatic official fine or report issuing containing required violation information
• High-resolution violation photos and videos including speed values and coordinate information

Number Plate Recognition

• Automatic number plate recognition simultaneously for moving or parked vehicles
• Capability to recognize license plates correctly under night, day, adverse weather and challenging traffic conditions
• High accuracy number plate recognition whether Ekin Patrol vehicle is on the move or parked
• Identification of wanted or stolen vehicles over a specific database

Face Recognition

• Detection and analysis of faces in the field of view and recognition over digital matching
• Real-time identity check in a database on request

http://www.ekin.com/en/ekin-patrol

Face recognition?!

While the police car passes you, this light bar automatically recognizes your face?! Creepy.

 

[HannibalBarca]

Ekin Patrol is a high-tech, mobile enforcement product designed as a light bar. Being suitable for vehicles such as police cars or fire engines, Ekin Patrol is aimed to enhance a high level of city safety.​

Emission Measurement

• Detection of emission with air pollution measurement at different locations.

Speed Detection

• Automatic speed measurement for all the vehicles in the field of view
• Speed violation detection whether Ekin Patrol vehicle is on the move or parked
• Different speed limit adjustment for different lanes
• Automatic official fine or report issuing containing required violation information
• High-resolution violation photos and videos including speed values and coordinate information

Number Plate Recognition

• Automatic number plate recognition simultaneously for moving or parked vehicles
• Capability to recognize license plates correctly under night, day, adverse weather and challenging traffic conditions
• High accuracy number plate recognition whether Ekin Patrol vehicle is on the move or parked
• Identification of wanted or stolen vehicles over a specific database

Face Recognition

• Detection and analysis of faces in the field of view and recognition over digital matching
• Real-time identity check in a database on request

http://www.ekin.com/en/ekin-patrol

Face recognition?!

While the police car passes you, this light bar automatically recognizes your face?! Creepy.

Dubai police have smthing similar... without the face reco tho'..I think..I hope...

 

[Saithan]

Think about it 3/4 of 600 mio. tonne. That's not a lot when you consider how much fossil fuel is used yearly.

http://www.worldwatch.org/global-fossil-fuel-consumption-surges

And when you consider the very limited amount of Bor we have it should be obvious that we're wasting it on such things as car fuel. The age of fossil fuel may be coming to an end, but the new age is going to be electricity not Bor.

It's not realistic to use Bor as car fuel because of the reasons I mentioned earlier. Also you don't need oil or gas in order to develope an engine that uses fossil fuel.

 

[AnatolianEagle]

Think about it 3/4 of 600 mio. tonne. That's not a lot when you consider how much fossil fuel is used yearly.

http://www.worldwatch.org/global-fossil-fuel-consumption-surges

And when you consider the very limited amount of Bor we have it should be obvious that we're wasting it on such things as car fuel. The age of fossil fuel may be coming to an end, but the new age is going to be electricity not Bor.

It's not realistic to use Bor as car fuel because of the reasons I mentioned earlier. Also you don't need oil or gas in order to develope an engine that uses fossil fuel.

Information about NaBH4 fuel cells;

https://www.mmo.org.tr/sites/default/files/8f0b864598a1291_ek.pdf

-I'm sorry for the post before. I didn't tell everything right but did you read or understand what the link says?

- The bor isnt the fuel itself. Its a base of sodium borhydride NaBH4 mix which will be used with water as a catalyst for hydrogen electric engines. With this technique youre not burning the sodium neither the bor but instead the hydrogen.

- If you've sodium borhydride as catalyst with water, Hydrogen will be extracted and used as fuel in the vehicle.

- The amount Turkiye has is around 65%.
400 million tonnes isn't much compared to fossils. Doesn't say anything. With the production 1,5 million tonnes per year, 90% goes outside the borders and it's enough for hundreds of years. The mixture sodiumborhydride is reusable multiple times through an easy chemical process wich is perfect.

- With the developing car and the fuel this is a milestone.

Btw Bor can be used in everything. You name it.