GIS vs. Pandemics + Drones & Mining + Digital Twins & Stroke Rehab + Middle East Construction Bots

Welcome to The Re/Cap Podcast with Ellis Malmgren!

What’s Cappenin’ This Week:- An 1854 mapping story that changed public health forever- GIS steadies pandemic mayhem- The world needs minerals, so mines need SLAM drones- The Middle East wants to build insane stuff, and robots might allow it- Digital twins expedite stroke recovery- An AEC Error of the week of a football stadium’s personal foul, roughing itself, automatic falldown Quick caps:- Apple says Enter virtual Sandman, gets immersive with Metallica for Apple Vision Pro: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/03/apple-unveils-immersive-concert-experience-with-metallica-for-apple-vision-pro/- Drone News: New Helius Drone, Blue UAS Changes, Skydio Sends Tracker to Police, & SkyeBrowse Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJaS-w16Ias- How digital twin tech can make a big difference in employers’ GLP-1 costs: https://hrexecutive.com/how-digital-twin-tech-can-make-a-big-difference-in-employers-glp-1-costs/- What are the trends driving BIM in North America?: https://www.bimplus.co.uk/what-are-the-trends-driving-bim-in-north-america/- The Matthew Byrd Podcast: Adapt or Die - The Future of Construction Technology!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61rcAdTkABI&t=2s- Student uses photogrammetry and 3D printing to recreate face of 2,000-year-old 'Kimmeridge Woman': https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-845420Episode Timeline0:00 Intro: The $500-billion Line 0:40 How an 1800s Epidemic Was Solved with GIS before there was GIS3:02 What’s cappenin’ this week, and quick caps3:44 COVID Had No Roadmap. GIS Helped Draw One, and Is Ready To Again.6:46 Simultaneous Laxing and Mining: SLAM Drones, Critical Minerals, and Mining’s Paradigm Shift8:49 Dune Droids: The Middle East’s Ambitious Construction, and How Robots May Achieve It Training10:55 PT, Meet DT: Digital Twins and Supercharged Stroke Recoveries12:57 AEC Error of the Week: The University of Washington Stadium Collapse of 1987Main Re/Cap sources:https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/john-snow-hunts-the-blue-death/https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/covid-gis-five-year-look-back/https://insideunmannedsystems.com/mines-are-vital-to-the-us-economy-drones-have-joined-the-crew/https://www.cbnme.com/expert-insight/transforming-construction-in-the-middle-east-with-robotics/https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-exoskeleton-digital-twin-recovery.htmlhttps://www.historylink.org/File/2947Subscribe to The Re/Cap Newsletter! https://realitycapturenetwork.com/re-cap-signup/?_gl=1*18tlk62*_ga*MTA2NjI0NDQ4Ni4xNzMzNDE4Mzg4*_ga_6WRSZKK4DF*MTc0MjM5MzgyOC4xMjcuMS4xNzQyMzkzODMxLjAuMC4w*_ga_2KDEY26EET*MTc0MjM5MzgyOC4xNzcuMS4xNzQyMzkzODMxLjAuMC4wPrevious Re/Cap Newsletters: https://realitycapturenetwork.com/blogStay Connected with Reality Capture Network🔗 Explore more at: https://realitycapturenetwork.com/📲 Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/realitycapturenetwork/?viewAsMember=true📸 Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realitycapturenetwork/Subscribe for more insights! Stay updated on the latest in reality capture, AEC innovations, and emerging tech. Hit that like button and subscribe for future content!