(Source: 3drobotics.com) John Buell has been an officer with the Austin Police Department for seventeen years. He speaks at a lawman’s clip and has an impassive build, which makes it seem like he’s been set in stone, but John is actively propelling one of the most forward-thinking initiatives in public safety, the central Texas DronePilot program. John’s been flying … [Read more...] about Drones for Public Safety, and the DronePilot Program
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Arch Aerial Moving Drones from Football Fields to Mine Fields
A Texas-based UAV company that tracks explosive football tackles hopes to soon track unexploded ordinance in an effort to save lives. Arch Aerial of Houston has launched a Kickstarter campaign to deploy Light Detection And Ranging (LiDar) drones to Laos and other nations to help locate unexploded ordnance. During the Vietnam Conflict, the U.S. jettisoned around 2 million … [Read more...] about Arch Aerial Moving Drones from Football Fields to Mine Fields
FAA Allows Drone to Search for Missing Texas Woman
from thescoopblog.dallasnews.com Texas EquuSearch has gotten permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to start using a drone to assist in the search for a missing Fort Worth woman. Use of the unmanned aircraft can start at 8 a.m. Thursday, said Tim Miller, founder and director of the Houston-based search-and-recovery team. The group joined the search this … [Read more...] about FAA Allows Drone to Search for Missing Texas Woman
As Drone Use Rises in Austin Along Side Concerns
from keyetv.com If you haven't heard the whirr of drones yet, you will. Amazon and Google are experimenting with drone deliveries. Austin real estate agents are capturing aerial shots of homes and businesses. And, college students are incorporating the flying cameras in their research. Drones are here, but the government rules to regulate them are not. The Federal … [Read more...] about As Drone Use Rises in Austin Along Side Concerns
UTSA Researchers Seek to Develop Brain-Operated Drones
from expressnews.com With sensors covering his head, University of Texas at San Antonio graduate student Mauricio Merino concentrated hard. A camouflage-colored drone hovered with a soft hum in the middle of a campus research lab. For now, though, it was fellow graduate student Prasanna Kolar who stood nearby to operate the unmanned aerial vehicle, also called a UAV, with … [Read more...] about UTSA Researchers Seek to Develop Brain-Operated Drones
