(Source: precisionag.com) Simply put, when TheUnmannedFarmer speaks on drones in agriculture, people tend to shut-up and listen. Robert Blair, the man behind the popular drone-centric blog (TheUnmannedFarmer.blogspot.com) is well-known in precision agriculture circles after becoming the first U.S. farmer to adopt drone technology on his 1500 acre Idaho farm back in … [Read more...] about Pirker Reversal, FAA Bungling: Where We Are Today With Drones In Ag
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Why Intel Just Dropped Cash on a $10 Million Bet on Drones
(Source: fastcompany.com) If you own a drone company that wants to fly unmanned aircrafts for farms and insurance companies, this is your year. PrecisionHawk just announced that Intel Capital is joining a $10 million funding round to help build out future iterations of the company’s unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cloud backend. PrecisionHawk, whose plans to use … [Read more...] about Why Intel Just Dropped Cash on a $10 Million Bet on Drones
Intel Capital Joins PrecisionHawk’s Series B
(Source: media.precisionhawk.com) PrecisionHawk, which uses a small, lightweight UAV [Unmanned Aerial Vehicle] and cloud-based software to collect, process and analyze aerial data, today announced that Intel Capital has joined its previously announced Series B funding round of $10 million. The new investor announced its participation at the Intel Capital Global Summit, … [Read more...] about Intel Capital Joins PrecisionHawk’s Series B
University of Louisiana’s Drone Program Gives Bird’s-Eye View of Future
(Source: theadvertiser.com) Sean Chenoweth says the drone technology used in the University of Louisiana at Monroe's Precision Agriculture Research Center places the school at the forefront of the future. "It's a lot of fun and all brand new," Chenoweth, the director of research for the program, said. "It's what the Model T was to the auto industry." Chenoweth and … [Read more...] about University of Louisiana’s Drone Program Gives Bird’s-Eye View of Future
Drone Gap? US May Have One in Farming, Say Experts
from CNBC.com The Federal Aviation Administration next month is expected to issue preliminary guidelines on the commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems or as they are better known, drones. For the most part, drones are currently banned in the U.S., while other countries have more open use policy. And it could take months, even years before the FAA finalizes its … [Read more...] about Drone Gap? US May Have One in Farming, Say Experts
