The combination of drones and wildfires isn't usually a productive one. Emergency teams tasked with fighting them are often disrupted by opportunistic aerial photographers. But the technology has also proved to be a useful situational awareness for fire crews. Drones can cover ground quickly and provide an indication of a fire's scale and threat, reducing the need to put … [Read more...] about Telefónica Combines Drones with IoT Sensors for Wildfire Warning System
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The Latest Wave of Sensor Tech Could be a Game Changer for LiDAR-Equipped Drones
Avalanche photodiode sensors. If you don't know what they are - you need to. The following is a guest post by talented author and self-described nerd Ryan LaDue. The Latest Wave of Sensor Tech Could be a Game-Changer for LiDAR-Equipped UAVs Avalanche photodiode sensors are semiconductors capable of converting photons into electrons with an extremely high level of … [Read more...] about The Latest Wave of Sensor Tech Could be a Game Changer for LiDAR-Equipped Drones
Sentera Sensors Enable DJI Inspire 2 with Crop-Scouting Capabilities
Sentera has announced its gimbaled Double 4K and Quad sensors for the DJI Inspire 2 drone. Sentera’s swappable precision crop health sensors paired with the Inspire 2 offers agronomists, crop consultants, and growers an economical way to capture diverse vegetation indices such as normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) or normalized difference red edge (NDRE) data while … [Read more...] about Sentera Sensors Enable DJI Inspire 2 with Crop-Scouting Capabilities
Sentera Grows High-Precision Line With Release of Quad Sensor
Sentera hs introduced the latest update to its high-precision sensor product line, the Quad Sensor. It features 4 customizable imagers for precision agriculture data collection. In its standard configuration, the sensors offers standard Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Green NDVI, Normalized Difference Red Edge (NDRE), and high-resolution color data capture – all … [Read more...] about Sentera Grows High-Precision Line With Release of Quad Sensor
Sentera Maintains Momentum with Launch of High-Precision Sensor Product Line
Sentera has announced new additions to its small, lightweight single sensor product family. The new High-Precision NDVI Single and High-Precision NDRE Single improve spectral band separation and generate accurate vegetation index measurements. The High-Precision Single sensor is available in two variants: normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and normalized difference … [Read more...] about Sentera Maintains Momentum with Launch of High-Precision Sensor Product Line
