Drone

News and Commentary.  Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice asking that drone operators who interfere with wildfire response be prosecuted – a request that demonstrates a lack of thorough understanding of the problem. As posted on Senator Feinstein’s website, this is an …

Advances in detecting fugitive emissions are helping operating companies improve compliance, worker safety and operational performance. Indeed, vendors such as RFS Compliance Solutions, Honeywell Process Solutions, SeekOps and Flylogix can point to specific successes. Figure 1. One person now can do work that had required two to monitor fugitive emissions. …

In the era of e-commerce, it takes a single click to order anything you’d like. But it takes a lot of energy to bring it to your door. Items are shipped from factories, shuttled between warehouses and finally trucked to your home. This convenience comes at an environmental cost — …

During the campaigns for the 2013 presidential elections, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto adopted a manifesto that hinged on a narrative of digital transformation that eventually got the two elected. At the time, the two candidates told young voters that the existing crop of leaders was out …

The Old Port, Marseille’s popular waterfront, hides a dirty secret. Electric scooters, tires and plastic bottles litter the seafloor. Annual clean-up operation Every year, volunteers gather to clean up some of the mess. Hundreds of scuba divers collect the rubbish, which is then sorted and recycled, or otherwise safely disposed …

Source: senseFly Fixed-wing drone company senseFly is teaming up with Microsoft to optimize food production worldwide with a data-drive farming platform. The Switzerland-based company announced a new partnership with Microsoft Azure FarmBeats. No, that’s not a new set of vegetable-based, overpriced headphones.  It’s a global initiative harvesting the ambitious goal …

Earlier this week, a hydrogen-powered delivery drone managed to make a one-hour, 43-minute ocean crossing. New Atlas reports: The exercise was the result of a collaboration between Texas-based drone development company Guinn Partners, Georgia-based Skyfire Consulting, the U.S. Department of Health, and drone manufacturer Doosan Mobility Innovation — the latter …

This week, Texas-based Fortress UAV was named one of Government CIO’s Top 10 Law Enforcement Consulting and Services Companies.  Fortress is addressing a market need that is expanding as enterprise and law enforcement fleets get bigger: maintaining aerial assets. Law enforcement and enterprise subject matter experts face numerous challenges in …

Korean drone company Doosan Mobility Innovation has been a new presence at drone shows and conferences this year.  Now, the unique DS30 octocopter has demonstrated what it can do with a stunning 43 mile medical drone delivery. The project was a collaboration between drone consulting group Guinn Partners, Skyfire Consulting, …

The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) has been a leader in supporting new drone technology since its inception. NIAS is more than an FAA test site: they’re an accelerator for new systems and applications.  Now, NIAS announces a new membership platform designed to bring businesses, customers, and investors together, …