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Theme

Applied engineering and artificial intelligence research.

Lyon Industries studies technical problems and develops evidence to support decisions about what to build, test, and apply.

Satellite image of smoke from wildfires in British Columbia
Terra MODIS · British Columbia wildfires, 2017

Operating model

From research to application.

A technical idea moves through evidence, integration, and operating constraints before it can be tested in a market.

  1. 01

    Research

    Map the evidence, mechanism, unknowns, and first failure before choosing what to build.

  2. 02

    Build

    Combine engineering and software to build and test an idea.

  3. 03

    Operations

    Consider safety, supply, deployment, cost, and lifecycle beyond the prototype.

  4. 04

    Ventures

    Explore a focused commercial application when the technology is ready for a market test.

Measure what matters.

Evidence guides each step: test the idea, account for the cost and conditions of use, and pursue a market when the technology is ready.

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Hawaii Deep-Sea Coral Expedition 2007/NOAA · Pisces V, 2007

Selected work

Research.

We build and test tools to answer practical engineering questions.

Explore how people, organisations and ideas connect across a collection of documents. GraphRAG Workbench lets you build and inspect the graph behind the answers.

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Head-on render · GraphRAG Workbench
45-degree Blender render of GraphRAG Workbench on a MacBook
45-degree render · GraphRAG Workbench

Electrical engineering

Why did a clean PCB check still fail engineering review?

A circuit board passed automated checks but failed review of its physical layout.

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digital

Mechanical engineering

Can conversation produce checked exact CAD in one turn?

One test used a language model and CAD tools to create four checked bracket models.

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AI and manufacturing

Can AI produce artwork ready for manufacturing?

A 59-product test for World Patches, from the image brief to the supplier file.

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Robotics

Can hand tracking control a robot?

A browser bench tests hand commands and stop checks against a simulated robot.

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Publications

White papers.

Detailed records of the questions, methods and results behind our engineering work.

Working papers · PDF

Analysis

Articles.

Clear explanations of the technology, costs and choices behind the headlines.

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AI infrastructure

What does a 100 MW AI data centre require?

Follow the electricity from the grid to the computers, and the heat back out.

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space

Lunar resources

Can we make oxygen on the Moon instead of bringing it from Earth?

Compare the soil, equipment and production needed to make oxygen on the Moon.

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Contact

Have a technical question?

Tell us what you're working on and what you need to decide.

christopher@lyon-industries.no