target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> wp-image-42446″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tremco-Roofing-SKyBEAM-UAV-1024×575.jpg” alt=”drone job” width=”420″ height=”236″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tremco-Roofing-SKyBEAM-UAV-1024×575.jpg 1024w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tremco-Roofing-SKyBEAM-UAV-300×169.jpg 300w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tremco-Roofing-SKyBEAM-UAV-768×431.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px”/>With the enactment of Part 107, the US expects thousands of new commercial drone operators to enter the market this year. The FAA predicts that 90% of those new operators will be small …
Read More »Vayu Drone Project Will Battle Zika Virus
A top U.S. relief agency is enlisting drones in the War on Zika. This past week, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) released a list of finalists in the Combating Zika and Future Threats: A Grand Challenge for Development. Drone startup Vayu was among the winners that will …
Read More »Drones Help Hurricane Victims File Insurance Claims Faster
Two of the largest insurers are processing millions of property claims following Hurricane Matthew more efficiently by using drones. The hurricane, which rampaged through the Caribbean and several Southern Seaboard states, was responsible for an estimated 1,300 deaths and $6.91 billion in damage. Allstate and Travelers deployed several drones over …
Read More »Intel Incoming: Tech Powerhouse Enables Innovation Throughout the Drone Ecosystem
With each wave of technological innovation dominant players emerge. With PCs, there were Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and Apple. With the internet, Google, Facebook, and Amazon became dominant. With mobile phones, there was a resurgent Apple, adaptive Google, and emerging Samsung. As these waves recede, one-time major players can get washed …
Read More »Commercial Drone Companies: Making Drones an Integral Part of Industrial Practices
Guest post by Efrat Fenigson, Head of Marketing at Airobotics (Autonomous Drones) It took a tease and a bold prediction from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to get the general public to begin thinking a couple of years ago about the ways in which drones might change the business landscape forever. But …
Read More »Police Drones Take Flight Over Central Asia
Police agencies in Central Asia are using more drones to fight drug trafficking, riots and roving gangs of thugs. In Pakistan, law-enforcement agencies report an upswing in drone deployment across municipal and provincial police departments. Officers use the aircraft to monitor large gatherings in an effort to quell potential riots …
Read More »New Patent Expands Amazon Drone Plan
Source: U.S. Patent Office When we think of Amazon and drones, we think of airborne delivery. But with a new patent awarded to the retailer on Tuesday, Amazon wants to expand UAV technology, making drones smaller, lighter, cheaper and responsive to voice commands. In the company’s patent application, Amazon envisions …
Read More »Survey Says… What Most People Really Think About Drones
The United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (USPSOIG) has released a report detailing what the public really thinks about drones. The report is the result of an online survey targeting 18-75 year olds in an effort to “understand the current state of public opinion on drone delivery,” the …
Read More »Drone Delivery: The Winners and Losers
wp-image-43139″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-1024×506.jpg” alt=”delivery drone” width=”328″ height=”162″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-1024×506.jpg 1024w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-300×148.jpg 300w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-768×380.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px”/>Drone delivery is big news, with drones delivering everything from blood platelets to burritos. While drone delivery has been a hot topic in the drone industry for sometime, there aren’t many companies who are making it …
Read More »After Hurricane, Verizon Drone Inspects Cell Towers
One of the world’s largest telecoms is leveraging its growing drone division to help hurricane victims. Verizon completed a successful inspection deployment of UAVs in the wake of Hurricane Matthew in North and South Carolina over areas beleaguered by heavy flooding. Launching a quadcopter operated by drone-service contractor Measure UAS, …
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