It's a feel-good story for the drone industry and communities everywhere - a local photographer with a drone saved the life of a small boy lost at night in a cornfield with his dog. It's also a prime example of why a rule standardizing night flight for drones could benefit drone pilots and citizens across the country. The Washington Post reports that 6-year-old Ethan Haus … [Read more...] about Drone Saves 6-Year-Old Lost in Cornfield (That’s Why We Need a Rule on Night Flight)
Drones For Good
Drones for Good: Mapping for the Kenyan Red Cross with Altohelix
Bringing drone technology to the gobal communities who may benefit most is difficult. Challenges range from regulatory hurdles, communcation issues, extreme weather, to community acceptance: but aerial imagery and mapping can provide stunning benefits to remote populations. At the Pix4D User Conference in Denver this week Hyun-June Choi, CEO of Canada's Altohelix, took us … [Read more...] about Drones for Good: Mapping for the Kenyan Red Cross with Altohelix
Drones for Good: DroneAid Goes OpenSource
Perhaps one of the most inspiring Drones for Good stories we've heard in the last few years is that of Pedro Cruz, a Puerto Rican native who responded to the devastation of 2017's Hurricane Maria by creating DroneAid, a tool designed to communicate SOS signs on the ground to first responders, during a Call for Code Hackathon. Now a full-time IBM developer, Pedro Cruz is … [Read more...] about Drones for Good: DroneAid Goes OpenSource
Climate Change: Drones Detect Vital Plant ‘Chatter’ in the Amazon
Thanks to drone research, scientists can eavesdrop about what plants in the Amazon have to say about climate change – a conversation that could affect every ecosystem on earth. Researchers with Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences recently published findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing how drones can detect … [Read more...] about Climate Change: Drones Detect Vital Plant ‘Chatter’ in the Amazon
Here are the 5 Winners of the 2019 AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award
The five winners of the second annual XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award have been announced at AUVSI XPONENTIAL. The award was once again sponsored by DJI. More of our AUVSI Coverage: AUVSI Xponential Kick Off Keynotes FlytBase Shows Remote Drone Operations Software with BVLOS capability at AUVSI FAA Acting Deputy Administrator Carl Burleson: Our Job is to … [Read more...] about Here are the 5 Winners of the 2019 AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award
