Why UAVs are the superior surveillance tool during floods.
As the recent flood situation in Central Europe has arisen, it occured to me that using helicopters to monitor the areas affected by the floods is not exactly ideal, which is why I decided to write...
View ArticleDraganflyer X4-ES may be the first UAV to rescue a person.
On the 9th of May the Royal Canadian Mountain Police received a distress call from a driver who had a rollover accident in his car while driving about 5 km far from Saskatchewan but upon arriving at...
View Article5 Surprising Drone Uses
Most of people know drones only as death delivering vehicles on the battlefield, but there’s plenty interesting civilian uses that many people still overlook. Besides pizza delivery, which was...
View ArticleRCMP in Yellowknife recruits a Draganflyer
The „G“ division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police added a Draganflyer X4-P UAV to their squad last year and it has already aided in two vehicle collisions in the Northwest Territories since it has...
View ArticleCollaborative multirotors for search and rescue.
Work being undertaken at the Lakeside Labs Austria has great potential, especially for search and rescue missions. Their recently released video which shows multiple air frames mapping an area whilst...
View ArticleSouth Australian police to use unmanned drones to spy on criminals
South Australian police will use sophisticated remote-controlled drones to spy on suspects as it takes the war on crime to new heights, literally. The stealthy miniature unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
View ArticleDrones to the rescue of Avalanche Victims
Most prestigious ski resorts have a helicopter on stand-by, but the flying time costing 2000 € per hour can be inconvenient. However and assuming the weather is favourable it remains the most effective...
View ArticleNASA using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to monitor hurricane power
As a part of an intensive campaign to gain insight into the dynamics of hurricane intensity change in the Atlantic Ocean basin NASA plans to begin flying Global Hawk unmanned aircraft sometime in...
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The concept of smart cities is at least intriguing, it has smart cars, smart flats, smart houses, smart public transport, smart streets, smart monitoring systems, environment systems but we often do...
View ArticleFBI Invests into UAV
Federal Bureau of Investigation globally known as FBI has used drones to improve their intelligence gathering skills since 2006. From the beginning until now they have spent more than three million...
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