Aquatic drones are taking to the high seas to fight against contaminated drinking water. According to the World Health Organization, more than 2 billion people worldwide drink contaminated water due to pollution – a problem that will only worsen as demand is projected to spike by 30 percent within 30 years. There is hope – the Robonomics Network, a team of Russian … [Read more...] about Robonomics Floats Aquatic Drones to Scan Water Quality
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Wildfire Meteorology: Drones Provide a Better, Cheaper Way to Understand Fire Risk
Drones becoming a useful tool in wildfire meteorology, the effort to understand weather that leads to fire risk. By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill As wildfires continue to rage across vast swaths of the western United States, researchers are developing the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to understand the weather systems that lead to the fires’ ignition and … [Read more...] about Wildfire Meteorology: Drones Provide a Better, Cheaper Way to Understand Fire Risk
NOAA Launches Autonomous Drones to Study the Bering Sea
It’s not an Ark, but NOAA is charting a new course for aquatic research using autonomous drones. The federal agency recently launched a sea-going sortie of three aquatic drones bound for the Bering Sea. The drone fleet will survey the nation’s largest fish stock and monitor changing weather and ocean conditions in the Arctic. The autonomous drones are part of NOAA’s … [Read more...] about NOAA Launches Autonomous Drones to Study the Bering Sea
NOAA Launches Expanded Drone Program
NOAA is predicting clear skies for a new drone program the agency rolls out this week. In a media statement, the agency announced the launch of the Unmanned Systems Operations Program. “The new program will promote the safe, efficient and economical operation of unmanned systems NOAA uses to collect high-quality environmental data for the agency’s science, products and … [Read more...] about NOAA Launches Expanded Drone Program
An Insider Look at an Edinburgh University Researcher’s Drone Project in the Andes – the Drones, the Sensors, and the Software
Researchers from Edinburgh University are using drones to study and demarcate global warming, and to determine how it is affecting glaciers in the Andes, a recent BBC article reports. DRONELIFE reached out to the makers of the drones to learn more about the project - but first, the research. Researches from a variety of sources have estimated that the glaciers have … [Read more...] about An Insider Look at an Edinburgh University Researcher’s Drone Project in the Andes – the Drones, the Sensors, and the Software
