The Kansas City Police Department is teaming up with a geo-location company to mate drones with a special radio-transmitting bracelet in an effort to save the lives of wandering Alzheimer’s and dementia victims. This past month, the department partnered with Care Trak and the local Civil Air Patrol to test the hybrid system. Care Trak markets telemetry-based tracking devices … [Read more...] about Kansas Police Launches Drone People Finder
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Trail-marking Drone Software Could Find Lost Hikers
The story of hikers Elizabeth Edwards Moran and her wife, Jennifer is all too common. The couple took a six-mile hike in October along the Pratt River Trail in Washington only to find themselves lost, cold and desperate after taking a few wrong turns off the switchback trails. Their story had a happy ending – after spending what was probably the longest night of their life … [Read more...] about Trail-marking Drone Software Could Find Lost Hikers
Volunteer Drone Team Asks Support for Micro Drone Class
The proposed Micro Drone amendment to the AIRR Act, which would exempt drones under 4.4 pounds including payload from some FAA requirements, has been heavily supported by the commercial drone industry. Now a search-and-rescue organization made up of volunteer drone pilots is asking the public to lobby their legislators to support to the proposed rule. Air Bears is a global … [Read more...] about Volunteer Drone Team Asks Support for Micro Drone Class
Military Drones Repurposed for Refugee Rescue
Austrian military drone manufacturer Schiebel has teamed with refugee rescue organization Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) to save over 8,800 refugees stranded in the Mediterranean so far this year. MOAS is the first civilian organization to use the Camcopter® S-100 for humanitarian purposes. MOAS has used the S-100 to assist in search and rescue missions for troubled … [Read more...] about Military Drones Repurposed for Refugee Rescue
5 Drone Success Stories from 2014
While the tenacious, back-and-forth legal struggles between drone advocates and government regulators continue to dominate UAV-news headlines, a look back at 2014 shows that, rather than a battlescape littered with tragedy and angst, this past year had more than its share of drone success stories: Drones Improve Healthcare Over the summer, drone developer Matternet partnered … [Read more...] about 5 Drone Success Stories from 2014
