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California’s High Tech Approach to Preventing Wildfires

Editor’s Note: This article appears in Governing‘s Summer 2024 magazine. You can subscribe here. On the morning of Sept. 5, 2023, a fire sprang to life in a redwood forest in Humboldt County, Calif. It was spotted by one of more than a thousand cameras that are part of a backcountry network …

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High school teams go high tech: Local football programs inve…

By: Chris Harlan Thursday, August 24, 2023 | 5:36 PM Christopher Horner | Tribune-Review Central Catholic assisant coach Jason Pinkston uses a television while talking with players on the Vikings sideline during a game at Seneca Valley last season. Chaz Palla | Tribune-Review Deer Lakes head coach Tim Burk leads …

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Insitu announces high seas, long endurance Integrator VTOL U…

Insitu, A Boeing Company, announced its Integrator Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exhibition in National Harbor, Maryland. Integrator VTOL launches vertically on ships or land without sacrificing payload capacity or endurance. The system retains the performance of fixed-wing aircraft, providing the same long …

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Flying High: Amazon Delivery Drones Ready for Take-off

In 2013, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos went on “60 Minutes” to introduce plans for a futuristic-sounding product: drone delivery.  “These are effectively drones but there’s no reason that they can’t be used as delivery vehicles,” Bezos said in the segment. “We’re talking about delivery. There’s an item going into the …

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New technologies flew high at International Drone Show in De…

Drone companies from Denmark, Europe and the U.S. flocked to the International Drone Show last week to showcase technologies and get updated on the latest drone developments. The annual expo and conference in Odense, Denmark, got a big thumbs up from international drone companies, who said the level of innovation …

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