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
Agriculture
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
Drone Software Used To Help Survey Damage After Hurricane Dorian
In another example of drones being integrated in the way that the world does business, SimActive the Canadian based provider of photogrammetry software announced that their software was used to help determine the impact of the most recent Hurricane Dorian. The provider details how they helped to determine financial impact of the recent hurricane by providing both pre and … [Read more...] about Drone Software Used To Help Survey Damage After Hurricane Dorian
Podcast: Start-up Parallel Flight Technology on Lifting Heavy Things with Drones
Interesting Podcast where Ian Smith of Commercial Drones speaks with Joshua Resnick the CEO of Parallel Flight Technology. Parallel Flight Technology is a start-up building a hybrid drone with the capacity to lift relatively heavy payloads for long periods. As an example, on the high end they discuss that a 75 lbs. drone should be able to life about 75 lbs. Or that same … [Read more...] about Podcast: Start-up Parallel Flight Technology on Lifting Heavy Things with Drones
Drones Take a Page Out of Old School Plane Refueling with Novel Approach to Increase Flight Times
Most of us have seen images of planes being refueled mid-air via a tethered system. Especially for very long flights, the concept of mid-air refueling has been around for well over 100 years, as shown by the image below from the magazine Punch from 1909. Lack of power for long flights is a problem that has taken on new significance in the drone industry, as … [Read more...] about Drones Take a Page Out of Old School Plane Refueling with Novel Approach to Increase Flight Times
