New QANTAS app helps pilots reduce carbon footprint

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FlightPulse is newly developed app that provides pilots with information to help them fly more efficiently and help reduce carbon emissions. Developed by Qantas pilots in collaboration with GE Aviation, FlightPulse uses recorded aircraft data and smart analytics to enable pilots to access their individual operational efficiency metrics and trends.

Qantas head of fleet operations, Captain Mike Galvin says FlightPulse provides pilots with valuable information that was previously only available in aggregate or used by analysts.

“It provides pilots with flight data in a very visual way, allowing them to see first hand the amount of fuel used at different stages of a flight and how they can help to reduce carbon emissions,” Galvin adds.

Geoff Culbert, president & CEO, GE Australia, New Zealand & Papua New Guinea, says “We are delighted to build on our long-standing partnership with Qantas and work together to transform flight efficiency with this world-first app.”

“Qantas is a great example of Australian innovation at its best, constantly at the forefront of finding better ways to enhance their operations. Through close collaboration, we were able to develop a solution for the industry that connects pilots with individualised operational efficiency data for the first time.”

The release of the new app extends a long-standing partnership between the two companies and follows the launch of GE Aviation’s Digital Collaboration Center in Austin, Texas late last year. Qantas was the launch customer for the centre. Through the partnership, data scientists, software developers and architects from GE and Qantas work together to distill some of the trillions of data points produced by the aviation sector annually into solutions that can achieve greater fleet intelligence and operational insights.

Explain Everything App

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Explain Everything is a whiteboard and screencasting app that makes creating interactive lessons simple. Its full-featured editing options and its import/export functions allow it to stand apart from the other competitors. Explain Everything app’s have an educational focus, adaptability, and user engagement that makes it the best  of its kind.

When you open the Explain Everything app, you first tap “New Project” and choose a blank screen or import photos, documents, and other material from various sources. Teachers can import PDF, PPT, DOC, XLS, Keynote, and RTF files from Evernote, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, WebDAV, email, and iTunes. Users can also export the final product as an MP4 movie, PDF file, PNG image, or XPL project file.

On the left side of the screen, you’ll see a self-explanatory panel of tools, including a pointing device to highlight portions of each slide with an arrow or a red dot. Other options include the drawing tool, eraser, and text box. The white area of each slide allows for infinite presentation space, as all content can be scaled and cropped as needed.

At the bottom of the screen is a record button that allows you to capture the slide creation process step by step, and you can narrate the content as it appears. You can also embed video from your device, YouTube, etc. to help explain the content. Alternatively, you can use the front camera of your device to record video of yourself explaining each slide.

Find below a link for creating a historical timeline.