When (3 and 0) North Dakota State takes on South Dakota State (2 and 0) in a battle of unbeaten rivals there will be something that has never legally occurred before, there will be drones flying over Fargodome parking lots of E, F and G. The drones are scheduled to fly between 9 am and 1 pm on Saturday. As part of it's testing of commercial drone applications, the FAA … [Read more...] about Drones Go Collegiate as They Tailgate at Football Game on Saturday
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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, No It’s a Drone
There are different approaches to flight: fixed wing, quad copter, etc., including flight using the same principles that a bird or insect uses to fly. The concept is not new, Leonardo da Vinci drafted up a concept of bird in flight for human flight. There have been toys such as the French made and designed flying bird that many of us flew as children, and there … [Read more...] about It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, No It’s a Drone
Technology and Services Giant IBM wants to use Block Chain to Provide Privacy and Security to Drones
IBM has applied to patent a system that would use block chain technology to tackle privacy and security concerns for drones, according to a filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) September 20, 2018. IBM joins a list of more traditional technology companies that are looking to supply technology solutions, in this case in the form of patents, to the … [Read more...] about Technology and Services Giant IBM wants to use Block Chain to Provide Privacy and Security to Drones
Teaching Drones to Travel in Small spaces by Watching the Birds and the Bees
It really interesting to make note of the different approaches that are used to solve problems. In this case university research seeks to learn how to teach a drone how to travel though a confined space by emulating the flight patterns of birds and bees. There are different approaches to solve the problem of flying in a confined space and this one uses an approach called … [Read more...] about Teaching Drones to Travel in Small spaces by Watching the Birds and the Bees
Making Sense of Big Drone Data with Optelos
Commercial drone adoption is currently at an all-time high. But we’re still far from where drones are fully integrated into the processes that make businesses grow. Maybe we are not quite as the level of the pioneers of aviation like the Wright brothers were but let's agree that we are early in the process. As builders, growers, engineers, and the like continue to scale … [Read more...] about Making Sense of Big Drone Data with Optelos
