A drone show in Perth, Australia, didn’t quite go according to plan after a number of the flying machines fell out of the sky and crashed into the water during the performance. Sunday night’s “City of Light” event took place in front of thousands of onlookers, but as the show …
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Drone technology is being developed to help ensure pupils at some of Scotland’s most remote island and mainland schools receive hot meals direct from the heavens. In what is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, Argyll and Bute council has partnered with a specialist company …
Read More »Drones to keep an eye in sky on Tasmanian roads
Jacquie Petrusma,Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management The Tasmanian Liberal Government 2022-23 Budget will include an additional $460,000 to facilitate Tasmania Police’s continued usage of drone technology to help bring offenders to justice and to crack down on anti-social driving. Since 2018 the Tasmanian Liberal Government has provided $400,000 …
Read More »Beating Retreat ceremony today: 1,000 drones to light up sky…
Image Source : PTI Light show using 1000 drones, during the full dress rehearsal of Beating the Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk, in New Delhi. Highlights India will be the fourth country to carry out such a large-scale show with unmanned aerial vehicles 1,000 Drones will be in “Beating Retreat” …
Read More »1K drones to light up dark sky at ‘Beating The Retreat’ cere…
Indian govt goes easy on drone laws A ‘1,000 Drones Light Show’ will light up the dark skies at the ‘Beating the Retreat Ceremony’ on January 29, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Jitendra Singh said on Friday. India will be the 4th country after China, Russia …
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A police drone deployed to help hunt for car thieves ended up pinpointing a huge Birmingham cannabis factory. The discovery was made by officers after the drone was used to search for suspects thought to be behind the theft of a car. After officers discovered the stolen vehicle, the kit …
Read More »Eyes in the sky: Gathering evidence with drones | Science & …
Sometimes the capturing of an image or a single video can have a transformative effect. George Floyd’s killing is an example. The eight-minute, 46-second video speaks for itself. That is why it sent so many Americans onto the streets. And anyone contending with state violence, whether they are in Minneapolis, …
Read More »In pandemic, using drones to drop medical supplies from sky
Martha Mendoza, Associated Press Updated 9:02 am PDT, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 With a loud whir and a whoosh, a fixed-wing drone slingshots out of a medical warehouse, zips through hazy skies at 80 mph, pops open a belly hatch and drops a box of medical supplies. Slowed by a little …
Read More »Morocco launches drones to tackle virus from the sky
RABAT: Morocco has rapidly expanded its fleet of drones as it battles the coronavirus pandemic, deploying them for aerial surveillance, public service announcements and sanitisation. “This is a real craze. In just weeks, demand has tripled in Morocco and other countries in the region,” said Yassine Qamous, chief of Droneway …
Read More »Pandemic Drones That Can Detect Fever Will Take to the Sky
Drones are being increasingly called into action during the COVID-19 crisis, primarily as surveillance tools and mobile speakers to remind people about the importance of lockdown. But there are other use-cases for drones, too. Last month, Digital Trends wrote about how Draganfly, one of the longest-serving commercial drone companies, was …
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