Two players in the commercial drone space have just announced a partnership to help reduce insurance costs for commercial drone pilots. It's a partnership that makes sense - an InsurTech platform that's all about quantifying risks, and a developer of drone safety systems proven to significantly reduce those risks: these two Israeli startups are joining forces to benefit drone … [Read more...] about Skywatch.AI Partners with Parazero: Drone Pilots Save Money on Insurance with Safety Systems
Agriculture
Drone Startup Partners With Purdue To Boost Biofuel Crops
An agbioscience startup is helping Purdue University develop more and better biofuel yields. GRYFN is partnering with Purdue under a $4.5 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy. The research will help in the rapid genetic improvement and production of sorghum crops for biofuel. Multi-sensor, drone … [Read more...] about Drone Startup Partners With Purdue To Boost Biofuel Crops
Crop-spraying Drones Tackle Locust Swarms in Pakistan
The Pakistani province of Sindh has a colossal locust problem. Hometown researcher Shahzad Nahiyoon has a solution from on high. For the past 30 years, farmers in Malir have suffered devastating insect attacks without the benefit of pesticide spraying. A shortage of manned aircraft prevented aerial crop-dusting, resulting in thousands of acres of decimated … [Read more...] about Crop-spraying Drones Tackle Locust Swarms in Pakistan
senseFly and Microsoft Plant Drone Farming Solution
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
DJI’s Agras Drones are Being Deployed in the Fight Against Malaria
DJI's Agras drones are being used by scientists in Tanzania to combat mosquito populations. The Agras MG-1S, typically adopted by farmers to spray pesticides over crops, is one element of a revolutionary attempt to fight Malaria. The equipment is being customized and used by entomologists in Zanzibar in a pilot project that could eventually change the way mosquito … [Read more...] about DJI’s Agras Drones are Being Deployed in the Fight Against Malaria
