Japan’s HexaMedia has completed a survey of a live volcano, using a drone. The volcanic survey was sponsored by the Japan Meteorological Agency as part of a larger disaster mitigation program. This article published in collaboration with JUIDA, the Japan UAS Industrial Development Association. Continue reading below, or listen: HexaMedia …
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New Partnership to Use Drones to Monitor Plastic Pollution in the Maldives by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Melissa Schiele, a researcher at Loughborough University, is heading a new partnership with non-profit organization Oceans Unmanned and the Marine Research and High Education Center that aims to utilize drones to …
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Prince Charles Talks Drones with GeoAerospace by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby On March 24th, His Royal Highness, Prince Charles traveled to Ireland, where he met with experts in agricultural innovation, with representatives from Teagasc, Glanbia PLC, Bord Bia & GeoAerospace. GeoAerospace drone display at Shane Fitzgerald’s farm, Co. …
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See this image change at Ellipsis Earth Drones are proving to be a critical tool for environmentalists. Now, a city in the U.K. is utilizing the sophisticated technology of Ellipsis Earth to address the problem of trash with drones. Cities Today reports that a pilot program in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) …
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Source: Robonomics Aquatic drones are taking to the high seas to fight against contaminated drinking water. According to the World Health Organization, more than 2 billion people worldwide drink contaminated water due to pollution – a problem that will only worsen as demand is projected to spike by 30 percent …
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It’s World Oceans Day – and DRONELIFE is noting the day by reporting on researchers at Loughborough University’s Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering who are pushing the boundaries of drone technology to protect marine wildlife. “Sometimes when I’m out at sea and I see the devastation caused …
Read More »Drones have helped scientists discover mega colonies of penguins – over 750,000 pairs – in protected areas within the Antarctic Peninsula. The journal Nature reviews that a “multi-modal survey” together with floor counts and laptop automated counts of drone imagery, confirmed enormous populations of Adélie penguins within the Danger Islands …
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Smog is a serious well being drawback in Poland, killing tens of 1000’s of Poles annually. Now the Polish authorities is cracking down on polluters, utilizing Scentroid Flying Labs to detect law-breakers. Poland is dwelling to 33 out of the 50 cities in Europe which can be most affected by …
Read More »While drone operators all over the place might be in search of their greatest photographs throughout Monday’s eclipse (take a look at this information from Kittyhawk) a workforce of scientists from Oklahoma State University and the University of Nebraska might be flying all day to measure the impact of the eclipse …
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By Gary Bembridge from London, UK (Monacobreen Glacier Calving, Svalbard, Arctic) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 had many provisions relating to drones – some of them widely affecting the drone industry and others more specific in nature. One of the latter …
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