There are different levels of immersion that come with being a drone pilot. For starters, it's quite something to be able to pilot something from the ground with a monitor in front of you displaying your progress. After that, FPV goggles take things to the next level. Putting on a pair of decent goggles is like diving into the cockpit of your drone. You get a true bird's eye … [Read more...] about Drone Immersion Flies Beyond FPV Goggles With FlyJacket
Switzerland
Anti-drone Firm Again Protects Davos Forum
A California-based anti-drone firm protected the world’s most prominent economic forum for the second year in the row, partnering with local police to mitigate possible rogue UAV flights. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dedrone, a software security company that specializes in airspace security, deployed its anti-drone equipment to guard the 2018 World Economic Forum Annual … [Read more...] about Anti-drone Firm Again Protects Davos Forum
Matternet Station Enables Medical Drone Delivery in Switzerland
Matternet is ready to launch a drone delivery network in Switzerland. Today the logistics company has unveiled a vital element that's going to make it all possible: the Matternet Station. The Matternet team is aiming to take the complexity out of 'the last mile' with a hub that handles the delivery, and the first beneficiaries will be hospitals and medical centers in … [Read more...] about Matternet Station Enables Medical Drone Delivery in Switzerland
EPFL Collapsible Drone Offers “Last-centimeter Delivery”
A team at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), a Swiss university specializing in engineering, has developed a foldable, origami-style delivery drone that encloses its package and has internal propellers for safer transport. It's been labeled as a drone for "last-centimeter" delivery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvijnNm2Djw Last-centimeter Delivery When … [Read more...] about EPFL Collapsible Drone Offers “Last-centimeter Delivery”
Anti-Drone Tech Protects Davos Economic Forum
Fearing possible threats from rogue unmanned aircraft, Swiss police deployed two anti-drone technologies during last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos. Canton-level police used DroneGun, a signal-killing device manufactured by American-Australian startup DroneShield that can drop errant drones and block video signals from their cameras, as well as DeDrone’s Drone Tracker … [Read more...] about Anti-Drone Tech Protects Davos Economic Forum
