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If Data is the New Oil, What Role Will Drones Play in Refinement? - Commercial UAV News
News like PrecisionMapper from PrecisionHawk being available for free dominated the headlines at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL event this year, but a quote from …
New Research Report on Five Business Lessons about Drone Inspections
Sling Media, a subsidiary of DISH Network Corp, has introduced a platform compatible with DJI drones. It’s a …<p>You may or may not have heard about the …
Taking flight | The Economist
Civilian drones<p>Most drones today are either cheap toys or expensive weapons. But interesting commercial uses are emerging in the middle, says Tom …
Climate Change Debate Being Shaped with Info Gathered by Drones - Commercial UAV News
Arguments about what is or isn’t happening with climate change continue to rage, and that’s why it’s more important than ever for people on both …
Old MacDonald Had A Drone
June 19, 2017<p>Unmanned Aerial Systems — UAS or drones, for convenience’s sake — are making their way into farming and leaving in their wake a vast …
WiFi + Drones = 3D X-Ray Vision
Using only off-the-shelf drones, WiFi transceivers, and Tango-enabled tablets, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a way to perform 3D …
Drone support boosts firefighting efforts
Drones improve the effectiveness of firefighting efforts and reduce the risk to human life.<p>With fires recently causing a spate of disasters both in …
DronesDrones Are Being Used For More Than Just Aerial Photography
The commercial real estate industry has become increasingly dependent on drones, with the construction and infrastructure sectors accounting for more than $45B of drones’ total $127B market value, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers research.<p>Drones on Construction Site<p>This technology is frequently …
DronesBIKI Fish Drone Preview: The Drone That's A Fish
Robosea<p>You can’t deny that it looks cute. The BIKI is the “world’s first bionic unmanned underwater drone,” or so says the company making it, Robosea. It’s a neat idea, and looks great, but that’s only a fraction of what makes a decent product. That it’s on Kickstarter is another red flag (of …
DronesTHE DRONE DELIVERY REPORT: Opportunities and challenges in automating logistics with drones
<i>This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here.</i><p>Among the many ways that drones can transform business operations, few have received as much attention as delivering packages to consumers’ …
Drones6,000 Roof Inspections by Drone in Two Years - Unmanned Aerial Online
BetterView, a company that specializes in capturing and analyzing data from drones, says it has reached a new milestone by performing more than 6,000 …
Six Ways Drones Are Revolutionizing Agriculture - MIT Technology Review
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)—better known as drones—have been used commercially since the early 1980s. Today, however, practical applications for …
AgricultureAI-Powered Drone Will Follow You Around and Take Pictures - MIT Technology Review
With high-quality drones now available for just a few hundred dollars, many consumers and businesses are taking to the skies. But many are plummeting …
DronesNorthwest Engineering Firm Brings Drones into the Mix - Unmanned Aerial Online
Portland, Ore.-based PBS Engineering and Environmental has unveiled a new drone division for surveying, engineering and aerial data …
UAV Carries out Extensive Inspection of Railroad Truss Bridge - Unmanned Aerial Online
Two teams of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators from AirShark and Unmanned Experts recently came together to conduct a complete, detailed …
Companies Creating 'Complete Architecture' for Solar/Battery Hybrid UAVs - Unmanned Aerial Online
Alta Devices and PowerOasis are partnering to develop what they call “the world’s first reference design” for integrated solar and lithium-ion …
DronesWhen Exploring an Underground Abyss, Take a Drone - Unmanned Aerial Online
Last weekend, Flyability, a maker of caged, collision-tolerant unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) took part in an expedition that deployed a drone …
DronesWhen Birds Attack! — Experienced Drone Operators Discuss This (Surprisingly Common) Mission Threat
<b>When it comes to operating commercial drones, there are some challenges that every operator needs to address: gaining official permission to fly,</b> …
DronesCold Region Clean-Up – Using UAVs to Document Contaminated Sites in the High Arctic
<b>senseFly’s latest case study tells the story of a challenging contamination mapping project in the High Arctic. BluMetric Environmental was</b> …
DronesCorridor Close
<b>At this month’s</b> <b>AUVSI Xponential</b> <b>show in Dallas, senseFly unveiled a new eBee Plus platform enhancement designed to simplify corridor mapping. Waypoint</b> …
DronesRemote Sensing Applied to War-Torn Regions
Many archaeologists spend their entire careers studying one historical site, getting to know it like they know their own house, says Jesse Casana, …
Building the Future of Quarry Monitoring (Case Study)
<b>In senseFly’s latest case study, we learn how French quarry operator, Groupe CB, turned to drone data analytics expert Redbird (recently acquired by</b> …
DronesFields of gold
Terminology<p><b>Directed scouting:</b> Identifying problems before going to the field<p><b>Crop visualization:</b> See crops from the air; the whole field<p><b>Crop yields:</b> …
MnDOT testing drones for bridge inspections
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Department of Transportation could soon be going high-tech in its bridge inspections.<p>The agency is in the midst of a …
Drones are setting their sights on wildlife
And they’re making science safer for everyone involved<p>It’s summer in Antarctica right now, which means temperatures along the coastline are hovering around freezing. David Johnston, a marine biologist at Duke University, and his colleagues have been taking advantage of this balmy weather. Over the …
DronesDrones in Demining – Enhancing Mine Action Operations with UAS imagery (Case Study)
<b>The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) last year moved its unmanned aircraft system (UAS) program into its operational</b> …
DronesAlaska's Most Detailed Maps Will Reveal The Impacts Of Climate Change
Elevating the discussion<p>A new set of 3D topographic maps offer a gorgeous, high-resolution look at Alaska’s rugged terrain. The maps were created from satellite images at a resolution of 2 meters, making them the most precise maps yet of the Arctic. Traditionally, maps of this region have been …
Climate ChangeNASA drones could provide better weather data
<i>This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.</i><p>Currently, the highest-profile example of a high-altitude unmanned aircraft is Alphabet X’s Project Loon, which is testing the use of balloons and other unmanned aircraft to provide …
DronesScientists found a way to synchronise drones so they fly like a flock of birds
Flying a single autonomous drone already has its challenges. Now multiply that by 25. That's what scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) are doing: creating "flocks" of coordinated drones capable of intricate, synchronised manoeuvres.<p>Their aerial performances are the result of …
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