Alpine 4 Technologies Ltd. (OTCMKTS:ALPP) stock had risen 1,900% in 4 weeks as of December 15. The stock price isn't high - it went from $.04 on November 16 to $.80 on December 11 - but market analysts say Alpine 4's Impossible Aerospace acquisition, combined with the U.S. Department of Commerce decision to add Chinese drone manufacturer DJI to their blacklist, were largely … [Read more...] about Alpine 4 Stock Surges After Impossible Aerospace Acquisition and DJI Blacklist
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Commercial Drones FM Podcast: Impossible Aerospace
Commercial Drones FM just published a Podcast featuring Impossible Aerospace where Ian talks with Keenan Johnson at AUVSI last year in Chicago. As background, Impossible Aerospace is a US startup based on the west coast that manufactures an all-electric, high-endurance multirotor drone marketing as the US-1. The drone platform is marketed mainly towards first responders—law … [Read more...] about Commercial Drones FM Podcast: Impossible Aerospace
Impossible Aerospace US-1 Makes Public Safety Debut in California
A tense, 11-hour long stand-off between a suspect and police offers at a Denny's restaurant in Cambell, California was brought to a peaceful end earlier this month, with help from an Impossible Aerospace US-1 drone. The US-1 was launched by Impossible Aerospace in September 2018. We haven't heard much since but the concept remains unique and intriguing: a drone essentially … [Read more...] about Impossible Aerospace US-1 Makes Public Safety Debut in California
The Ultimate Solution to Battery Endurance: Researchers Put Drone ‘Backpack’ on Bees to Help Gather Data for Farming
It's the ultimate solution to the problem of drone flight endurance - harnessing mother nature's power. Researchers from the University of Washington have put a tiny sensor backpack on bees to gather aerial data. Bees are more important to farming that you might have imagined. According to the 2004 USDA piece titled, "Bee Benefits to Agriculture" the USDA tells us that … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Solution to Battery Endurance: Researchers Put Drone ‘Backpack’ on Bees to Help Gather Data for Farming
It Turns Out that Diamonds Could be a Drone’s Best Friend
LakeDiamond is Swiss based company that manufactures very pure synthetic diamonds for industrial and commercial uses. They have announced recently that they are developing technology that would help solve the problem of limited battery life by using synthetic diamonds in conjunction with a laser and tracking system to power drone flight. Given the worldwide proliferation of … [Read more...] about It Turns Out that Diamonds Could be a Drone’s Best Friend
