A new approach using multiple swarms of drones could be used to manage natural disasters like forest fires. The technique is being tested by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Climate change is making catastrophic weather events like wildfires more frequent and severe. “A swarm of drones could …
Read More »Drone-deployed Mini LineFly robot crawls power lines to save…
It’s a sad fact that birds are often killed when they collide with unseen overhead power lines. A new system is designed to keep that from happening, by using a drone and a robot to make those lines more visible. Announced earlier this month, the setup consists of an E2500 …
Read More »New technology could save ‘ōhi’a from rapid death
HILO, Hawai’i (KHON2) — The University of Hawai’i at Hilo has announced that professor Ryan Perroy and his research team collaborated with ETH Zürich, a public research university in Switzerland; the U.S. Department of Agriculture; R&R Machining/Welding in Hilo on Hawai‘i Island and UH’s Academy of Creative Media to create …
Read More »Autonomous drone system could save lives at sea
In recent years, thousands of refugees and migrants have fled across the seas as a result of humanitarian crises around the world. A team from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, is now developing a fully autonomous drone system that can increase the efficiency and speed of response in rescue operations …
Read More »Save 61% on this do-it-yourself drone-building kit for kids
Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. TL;DR: This DIY Building Block STEM Drone is on sale as of April 16 for just $49.99, which is 61% off its original price of $129. Whether it’s from their insatiable curiosity or the fact that they were practically …
Read More »Cutting-Edge Drone Technology Can Help First Responders Save…
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire – Nasdaq) Dania Beach, FL, Feb. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Drone Nerds, an industry leader in drone solutions and distribution, has teamed up with Freefly Systems, a motion stabilizer and UAV technology development company, to add the Astro and Alta X to its product lineup. Both drones …
Read More »Drone Helps Save Life of Cardiac Arrest Patient in Sweden
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Jan. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Everdrone’s Emergency Medical Aerial Delivery service (EMADE), an innovative link in the chain of life-saving measures of Region Västra Götaland, Sweden, was put to the toughest of tests in the morning of December the 9th of 2021. In the Swedish city …
Read More »Defibrillator drone helps save Swedish heart attack patient
An autonomous drone carrying a defibrillator helped save the life of a 71-year-old man who suffered a cardiac arrest in Sweden, the man and the drone operator said Friday. Emergency services dispatched the drone followed by an ambulance when Sven, a retiree who asked for his last name to be …
Read More »A high-tech camera can save Maine’s blueberries from climate…
Few things are more scenic than a wild blueberry barren full of plump and ripe berries. But Maine’s iconic berry crop is facing a climate crisis that threatens its future. Scientists earlier this year reported that the Down East region — home to the state’s blueberry barrens — is warming faster than …
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Photo: Gabe Carey Best Tech DealsBest Tech DealsThe best tech deals from around the web, updated daily. One thing I learned about myself in the Great Summer of Social Isolation is I am absolutely a Drone Guy now. Whether to snap photos from an aerial view or because I just …
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