“Drones for Good” continue to prove their worth in saving lives. In the arena of search and rescue, UAV technology is helping public-safety agencies find missing people faster and provide as... Read more
An ill-fated flight into the safety-drone skies has crashed and burned for a small Minnesota town. At a recent meeting of the Baxter City Council, a measure that would have permitted local p... Read more
As drones continue to prove their worth saving lives, public-safety agencies have sparked a burning interest in UAV technology in firefighting. A recent propane-tanker explosion in Callaway,... Read more
In the ever changing Game of Drones, UAV deployment by cops is one of the fastest-growing and most contentious arenas of debate. In Minnesota, drone use by law-enforcement is matching the wi... Read more
As public-safety agencies worldwide continue to discover more and better ways to use drones (examples here, here and here), American police officials wrestle with questions regarding whether... Read more
(Source: Grand Forks Herald) Flying a small drone around a bridge may be safer and less costly than traditional ways of inspection, with Minnesota officials planning more tests to gauge th... Read more
(Source: mndaily.com) At a field experiment last week, a drone leashed like a dog to a University of Minnesota graduate student slowly rotated, drifting mere feet above the group and captu... Read more
(Source: erstarnews.com) As Minnesota lawmakers discuss limiting law enforcement’s use of unmanned aircraft, the Andover fire chief made plans to use his personal drone when the next house... Read more
from Star Tribune Forget the weather and politics. As thousands of Minnesota farmers gather this week for the big trade show Farmfest, the real buzz is overhead. For a couple of years, small... Read more