Fixed-wing drone company senseFly is teaming up with Microsoft to optimize food production worldwide with a data-drive farming platform. The Switzerland-based company announced a new partnership with Microsoft Azure FarmBeats. No, that’s not a new set of vegetable-based, overpriced headphones. It’s a global initiative harvesting the ambitious goal of increasing global … [Read more...] about senseFly and Microsoft Plant Drone Farming Solution
DRONERESPONDERS and Media Photographers Promote UAV Safety
It’s been a great week for DRONERESPONDERS. The alliance, billed as “the world’s fastest growing non-profit program supporting public safety UAS,” is partnering with the National Press Photographers Association. The collaboration will promote safety guidelines between members of the media and first responders. “We are seeing both news media and public safety organizations … [Read more...] about DRONERESPONDERS and Media Photographers Promote UAV Safety
XPONENTIAL 2020: Conference Event will Focus on Drones for First Responders
The world’s largest drone-industry event is teaming up with a major public-safety non-profit to create a new conference event that may literally save lives. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and the Airborne International Response Team announced this week an inaugural co-located program designed to unite and educate first responders operating in the … [Read more...] about XPONENTIAL 2020: Conference Event will Focus on Drones for First Responders
UPS Drone Delivers First-ever Prescriptions to Customers’ Homes
UPS and CVS have delivered drone history that could literally be just what the doctor ordered. The carrier giant’s aerial subsidiary UPS Flight Forward partnered with drug-store chain CVS to complete the first-ever American commercial drone delivery of a prescription to a customer’s home – a mission both companies say will be the first of many. On Friday, workers launched … [Read more...] about UPS Drone Delivers First-ever Prescriptions to Customers’ Homes
Insurers Reap Safety Benefits from Drone Technology
As part of DRONELIFE’s participation in the FAA’s Drone Safety Awareness Week, DRONELIFE will feature stories according to the themes outlined. Today, we focus on the drone industry’s contribution to insurance and other business safety arenas. In the insurance world, a culture of safety represents the difference between profits and bankruptcy for major companies. It … [Read more...] about Insurers Reap Safety Benefits from Drone Technology
