Seattle-based DroneSeed and the Nature Conservancy Oregon are gearing up to save the ecosystem across the Pacific Northwest from invasive species. Drone swarms of up to five aircraft will be deployed to restore rangelands by re-seeding threatened areas – especially in sagebrush steppe habitats. Invasive weed species harm the sagebrush steppe, resulting in …

World’s biggest online drone rules map Its been about 15 years that drones are now available widely to the public for commercial purposes. With the rise of this new unregulated technology able to fly above our heads, it didn’t take long for the first incident reports to fly in as …

AI startup Clobotics is partnering with European wind-energy company GEV Wind Power to deploy AI-based autonomous-drone blade inspections for turbines “In the wind power industry, Clobotics is the only company to provide an end-to-end solution combining autonomous drone hardware with built-in computer vision, artificial intelligence and data analytics software for automated …

Share. Fly the sci-fi skies. By Chris Reed If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use. Star Wars has appeared in toy lines of all kinds, from LEGO to Funko Pops. And those can look great …

Republished with permission, post by Joshua Ziering, Kittyhawk founder. Today, Kittyhawk is announcing an exclusive public-private partnership to rejuvenate and lead development of the FAA’s B4UFLY mobile application using Kittyhawk’s Platform to power the safe and compliant flying experience for millions of U.S.-based users. B4UFLY is a free app that …

More than 1 billion people have watched an indoor drone show created by Swiss-based Verity Studios during China Central Television’s Chinese New Year’s Gala broadcast on Feb. 5. Billed as the “world’s most-watched TV program,” the broadcast featured 88 microdrones flying over major Chinese music stars Sun Nan and Jason …

A tense, 11-hour long stand-off between a suspect and police offers at a Denny’s restaurant in Cambell, California was brought to a peaceful end earlier this month, with help from an Impossible Aerospace US-1 drone. The US-1 was launched by Impossible Aerospace in September 2018. We haven’t heard much since but …

BUSINESS NEWS The Great Bend Recreation Commission will be hosting a free Stop ‘N Learn Session titled “Drone 101” on Wednesday, February 27th, from 12:00 – 1:00 pm at the Great Bend Activity Center (2715 18th Street).  Drones are just one of the new technological devices being used in several ways …

Guest Post: This article published with permission from our partners at DroneII, Drone Industry Insights. Article authored by Hendrik Boedecker. Earlier this month the thermal imagery manufacturer FLIR bought the UAV developer Aeryon Labsfor $200 million, beating their previous record in publicly disclosed drone investments of $134M. This has been yet …

There is a drone, just north of Toronto, that can fly on its own — no human pilot required. It was built by researchers at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), who have been perfecting the technology for the past few years. But they have an even …