A Scottish drone specialist has been enlisted to help cut the cost of monitoring electricity networks that cover much of the UK. Edinburgh-based Cyberhawk has won a contract to provide drone-based inspection services across ScottishPower’s 2,400 towers and electricity transmission structures. The agreement with the power giant’s SP Energy Networks …
Read More »
Renault production line of the R240 electric motors mainly for the Renault ZOE electric car. Photo … [+] by: Andia/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images As I write articles about electric transportation technologies for Forbes.com, I keep a reminder on my desk of the importance of electric motors to …
Read More »
In July 2019, Cori Crider, a lawyer, investigator and activist, was introduced to a former Facebook employee whose work monitoring graphic content on the world’s largest social media platform had left deep psychological scars. As the moderator described the fallout of spending each day watching gruesome footage, Crider was first …
Read More »
The House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee this week released the 400-page findings of its 16-month investigation into the “state of competition in the digital economy.” WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 29: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies via video conference during the House … [+] Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative …
Read More »
Slated to officially begin the last week in February is a drone-inspection program offered by Gulf Power Company. PANAMA CITY BEACH — Gulf Power has taken to the sky in hopes of preventing power outages before they happen. The regional utility company is slated to officially begin a drone-inspection program …
Read More »
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Mar, 12 2019 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) is putting into practical service unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to more easily and efficiently inspect the interiors of power plant boilers and other large indoor structures. Demonstration testing for manually operated drones was completed last …
Read More »
Drones have arrived in US airspace, and now they are multiplying. By 2022, 700,000 of the little unmanned aircraft could be exploring American skies, according to the FAA, delivering packages, monitoring traffic, inspecting bridges, and filling other yet to be discovered niches. To do that work, every last one will …
Read More »
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle The latest drone news