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GALESBURG — The forests of Southern Illinois have a new friend in the fight against invasive species. The University of Illinois Extension Forestry program has taken to the skies to see if drones can be used to survey for evidence of the invasive shrub amur bush honeysuckle. “This is an exciting time for technological …

Malaysian Drone Company Poladrone Launches “Oryctes” – World’s First Precision Drone For Oil Palm Plantations CYBERJAYA, Malaysia, Aug. 25, 2020 — (PRNewswire) — Oryctes, the world’s first precision spot spraying drone designed for oil palm was launched today at a MyDroneX Exclusive event held at Futurise, Cyberjaya. The 16L drone, …

A quartet of U.S. federal agencies and departments issued an interagency advisory earlier this month regarding the use of drone mitigation and detection technologies by state, local, and private entities. While the agencies—which included the FAA, the Federal Communications Commission, Department of Homeland Security, and the Justice Department—noted that the …

Britain and Belgium signed a statement of intent to work together after both countries acquire the MQ-9B drone, they announced this week. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System is built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems of San Diego, and is known as the Protector RG Mk1 in Europe. In remote signing …

Becoming a social media influencer, an app developer or a video games developer are now the most popular dream jobs among school leavers, new research suggests. A report from Samsung’s Alternative Careers Guide found that 16-to-18-year-olds were no longer interested in traditional jobs such as becoming an accountant, teacher or …

21:32, 19 August, 2020 YEREVAN, AUGUST 19, ARMENPRESS. Armenia tested a new strike drone of local production. ARMENPRESS reports Minister of High-tech industry Hakob Arshakyn posted a footage from the test on his Facebook page. ‘’A new strike drone is being tested. This is another achievement of the …

Deutsche Telekom has announced a partnership with the university of Siegen to cooperate on the research project Kodrona, which stands for Cooperative drone technology for medical applications, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The projects aims to make drone flights available for medical logistic operations. Deutsche Telekom will supply a …

Launch Pad for Drones at Wake Forest Baptist Wake Forest Baptist Health Wake Forest Baptist Health has begun drone deliveries of medicines and blood. As soon as a patient checks in at a Wake Forest Baptist Health infusion clinic, their specific medicine is created at the hospital and flown over …

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY)- A lot of advancements have been made during the pandemic, but now we have “pandemic drones” used to detect symptoms of COVID-19 from up to 400 feet away. Draganfly is the oldest commercial drone manufacturers in North America, and now the masterminds behind this brand new drone …

Photo credit: CIA From Popular Mechanics During the Cold War, the CIA considered building a bird-sized drone designed to spy on the communist bloc. The drone would carry “black box” spy packages into Russia and China, as well as take secret photographs—all while hiding in plain sight disguised as a …