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Drones for Science: Boreal Gathers Climate Data

Weather researchers are discovering the value of using drones for science.  In a project designed to help understand current climate issues used the BOREAL fixed-wing UAV equipped with specialized sensors to gather data from areas around Barbados. The EUREC4A project (Elucidating the role of clouds-circulation coupling in climate), co-directed by …

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Smellicopter Tiny Drone Uses Moth Antenna to Find Smells

Meet the Smellicopter.  Smellicopter is a tiny drone developed by scientists at the University of Washington, capable of detecting smells like gas leaks, explosives, or even the survivors of a natural disaster.  This amazing, obstacle avoiding UAV doesn’t use a man-made sensor to smell: it uses a moth antenna to …

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Amazing Drone Video Shows Mega Colonies of Penguins!

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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Technology for Good: Intel Explores New Areas of Wildlife Re…

picture: Intel Intel is partnering with wildlife researchers and conservationists to advance analysis with drone and AI expertise. The firm has introduced two separate collaborations in very totally different environments.  Intel has partnered with wildlife photographer and conservationist Ole Jørgen Liodden, utilizing the Intel® Falcon™ eight+ system to trace polar …

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Drone Science: Research Team Will Fly Drones Into the Eclips…

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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