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Erika Lopez Coca, founder and CEO of the GAIA Center, and former co-founder and strategic planning … [+] coordinator at Bolivia Flying Labs Erika Lopez A team led by two women from Bolivia have used their drone skills to help map fires and work with local authorities there. In 2023, …

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have a bold vision: deploying swarms of coordinated drones to combat forest fires and other disasters. Traditional firefighting methods, while heroic, have limitations. Ground crews can only cover limited area, while aircraft water drops might not target the most dangerous parts of …

A new navigation system for drones reduces the processing power needed to avoid obstacles, even in tricky environments like forests Technology 4 May 2022 By Chris Stokel-Walker A new navigation system enables a swarm of 10 lightweight drones to fly together without crashing into one another or obstacles, even in …

A drone collecting data in the forest using Treeswift technology. Treeswift One of the major challenges of managing forest lands against threats like fire and deforestation is the daunting logistical hurdle of collecting data. Drones darting through forests under the canopy may help. The precarious-sounding premise has won a big …

Genevieve Poblano/Digital Trends Graphic In the middle of the night last October, a suspected drunk 26-year-old rammed his Toyota Corolla into a power pole, shearing it in half. An off-duty California sheriff, who was driving on the same stretch of Orange County’s Santiago Canyon Road, saw the resulting fireball in …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The UC3M’s researchers coordinating the scientific part of the project, Fernando García y Abdulla al-Kaff, from the Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, have developed the complete automatic flight system, as well as the interface with which the emergency service can access information about what is …