from herald-review.com The ability to control the nation's air space is changing as more farmers want to use unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. While the use of UAVs, which are commonly referred to as drones, can be controversial, New York attorney Brendan Schulman said the equipment can be useful, particularly for agriculture. Other beneficial applications include … [Read more...] about FAA Drone Rules Needed, While Bottom Line Guides Farmers
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Five Insights From The Biggest Commercial Drone Event Yet
from aironovo.com Precision Aerial Ag Conference 2014 Wrap-Up – Five Insights From The Biggest Commercial Drone Event Yet Over the course of two days late last week Colin Snow (www.droneanalyst.com) and I observed commercial drone history in the making. Surrounded by more than one thousand farmers at the 2014 Precision Aerial Agriculture Show (aka “PAAS 2014”) in Decatur, IL, … [Read more...] about Five Insights From The Biggest Commercial Drone Event Yet
The Agribotix Guide to Drones in Agriculture
from http://www.sparkfun.com Daniel McKinnon from Agribotix shares some of the details behind an emerging field fusing robotics and agriculture. Coming off the wildly successful 3DRobotics DroneCon and SparkFun Autonomous Vehicles Competition, a blog post on potential uses of UAVs or drones seems quite timely. While dozens of industries are rapidly adopting the commercial use … [Read more...] about The Agribotix Guide to Drones in Agriculture
High School Drone Project Could Save Farmers Billions
em>from wusa9.com Drones, they protect the United States, are used to photograph extreme sports, now movie directors are using them too. If a high school drone project gets off the ground like the one students at the Career Technology Center in Frederick are planning, they'll be saving the U.S. farming industry billions of dollars, too. The students designed three … [Read more...] about High School Drone Project Could Save Farmers Billions
Film or Farm: Which is the Bigger Drone Market? – Part 2
This is Part 2 in a two-part series that summarizes my views on why video/film/cinema – not agriculture and farming — will be the largest driver of sUAS commercial businesses. In Part 1, I explore thoughts on the market for video/film/cinema, and below I outline why I believe agriculture will lag in market uptake. The March 2013 market study produced by the Association of … [Read more...] about Film or Farm: Which is the Bigger Drone Market? – Part 2
