Drones may soon be saving money and lives in Pennsylvania by locating abandoned – potentially dangerous – gas wells. US Aerial Video Inc. (UAV) recently finished a six-month proof-of-concept project for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in partnership with the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Using a magnetometer attached to a drone, technicians located several … [Read more...] about Inspection Drones Detect Unmarked Gas Wells for PA Highway Project
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Ares Drones: Let Your iFingers Do the Flying
With commercial drone sales expected to soar in 2015 and beyond, the market for consumer-level (i.e. newbie) UAV sales could represent the lion’s share of revenue, leading one crowd-funded project to try and capture the easy-to-use smart device genre. Pennsylvania-based Ares Drones launched its namesake drone model on Kickstarter this week and hopes to leverage the … [Read more...] about Ares Drones: Let Your iFingers Do the Flying
Cops Suspect Alleged Thieves Monitored Them With a Drone
(Source: arstechnica.com) Pennsylvania authorities suspect that two men accused of stealing mobile phones were monitoring law enforcement. Local media reported Tuesday that when they were arrested last month, one of the two suspects was carrying a camera-equipped drone that police saw flying over the Upper Saucon Township's police headquarters the day before the … [Read more...] about Cops Suspect Alleged Thieves Monitored Them With a Drone
Pittsburgh Drone Masters Work to Demystify Technology
from pittsburgpirate.com On a cloudless 75-degree day in Sewickley’s Blueberry Hill Park, as parents divided attention between peewee lacrosse and toddlers racing on grassy mounds around the field, eyes in the sky were capturing it all. Conversely, the moment that the Pittsburgh Drone Masters meetup group sent the first of three DJI Phantom Quadcopters — 21st-century … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh Drone Masters Work to Demystify Technology
Drone News Abuzz in Pennsylvania
William Penn, the titular founder of Pennsylvania, once wrote about the then-new state: “I propose that which is extraordinary; and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief.” For drone enthusiasts, the Keystone State has provided an “extraordinary” amount of UAV-related news over the past several months – most of which seems to focus on avoiding “mischief” and … [Read more...] about Drone News Abuzz in Pennsylvania
