According to a now famous blog post by Bill Gates, mosquitoes are by far the deadliest animal on the planet in terms of the number of human lives that they claim through disease: The worst is malaria, which kills more than 600,000 people every year; another 200 million cases incapacitate people for days at a time. It threatens half of the world’s population and causes billions … [Read more...] about Using Drones to Combat the Deadliest Animal on the Planet: the Mosquito
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Flying Labs: “The Power of Local” for Drone Technology
In Africa, locally-based drone trainers and professional operators at the Flying Labs are working to emphasize the power of drone technologies for local communities - by training both local students and government officials. The Flying Labs global network of local knowledge hubs is part of WeRobotics.org, a humanitarian organization contributing to solving world problems by … [Read more...] about Flying Labs: “The Power of Local” for Drone Technology
Watch DHL and Wingcopter Deliver the Future in Tanzania
DHL's ParcelCopter is the future of drone delivery - and the future for many on a Tanzanian island in Lake Victoria. DHL and German drone company Wingcopter have partnered on a successful trial of medical drone delivery. The successful project included more than 180 takeoffs and landings and over 2,200 km flown. The following is from a DHL press … [Read more...] about Watch DHL and Wingcopter Deliver the Future in Tanzania
Drones, Data and Security: DJI’s Mario Rebello Meets the Issue Head On at InterDrone
DJI's Mario Rebello took the stage at InterDrone this morning to talk about drones, data and security. Rebello met the issue of drone security head on. DJI suffered a major blow from the U.S. Government last year when, at the end of 2017, the Department of Homeland Security accused the Chinese company of sharing data with the Chinese government. The resulting headlines … [Read more...] about Drones, Data and Security: DJI’s Mario Rebello Meets the Issue Head On at InterDrone
From the British Academy to the Edge of the Sahara: This Intrepid Team Uses Drones to Monitor Endangered Heritage Sites
It's an often unaddressed but tragic outcome of war: the loss of heritage buildings and sites central to the identity of a community. Now, a group of humanitarians is using drones and mapping tools from DroneDeploy to monitor and document these sites. Led by humanitarian Nicholas Mellor, the founder of the mCubed Initiative of LSN Ltd., the team "is pioneering the use of … [Read more...] about From the British Academy to the Edge of the Sahara: This Intrepid Team Uses Drones to Monitor Endangered Heritage Sites
