Missing man saved by UAV
A 25-year-old man had an accident and wandered away from where his car rolled on Highway 5 near St.Denis about 40 kilometres east of Saskatoon. He had suffered a head injury in the crash and became...
View ArticleGerman railways to test anti-graffiti drones
Germany’s national railway company, Deutsche Bahn, plans to test small drones to try to reduce the amount of graffiti being sprayed on its property. Costs of damaged property are estimated to be about...
View ArticleLost your drone? There’s an App for that
Did your drone lose a signal and got lost in a distance? For amateur drone makers this could be a serious problem. Don’t worry, we have an app for that. FIND MY DRONE is a free app for iOS developed by...
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A new bar for portable UAVs has been set by Draganfly inc.
The use of high definition cameras had been limited by the necessity to use large transport cases due to the large size of the UAVs capable of carrying them, but this problem has been eliminated by the...
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Why UAVs are the superior surveillance tool during floods.
As the recent flood situation in Central Europe has arisen, it occured to me that using helicopters to monitor the areas affected by the floods is not exactly ideal, which is why I decided to write...
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Draganflyer X4-ES may be the first UAV to rescue a person.
On the 9th of May the Royal Canadian Mountain Police received a distress call from a driver who had a rollover accident in his car while driving about 5 km far from Saskatchewan but upon arriving at...
View Article5 Surprising Drone Uses
Most of people know drones only as death delivering vehicles on the battlefield, but there’s plenty interesting civilian uses that many people still overlook. Besides pizza delivery, which was...
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RCMP in Yellowknife recruits a Draganflyer
The „G“ division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police added a Draganflyer X4-P UAV to their squad last year and it has already aided in two vehicle collisions in the Northwest Territories since it has...
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Timothy Baur – Draganflyer X6 in the hands of filmmakers
Timothy Baur from Baur Films is one of many commercial photographers who use UAVs for their job . Tim’s UAV is Draganflyer X6, why exactly this particular drone? The helicopter is professional looking,...
View ArticleCollaborative multirotors for search and rescue.
Work being undertaken at the Lakeside Labs Austria has great potential, especially for search and rescue missions. Their recently released video which shows multiple air frames mapping an area whilst...
View ArticleSouth Australian police to use unmanned drones to spy on criminals
South Australian police will use sophisticated remote-controlled drones to spy on suspects as it takes the war on crime to new heights, literally. The stealthy miniature unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
View Article3D printable ‚Drone It Yourself‘ kit turns almost anything into an unmanned...
After Crazyflie Nano kit, when you had the opportunity to build your own drone, here’s another interesting kit. ‚Drone It Yourself‘ as a paraphrase of the famous ‚Do It Yourself‘ motto, is a kit that...
View ArticleDrones to the rescue of Avalanche Victims
Most prestigious ski resorts have a helicopter on stand-by, but the flying time costing 2000 € per hour can be inconvenient. However and assuming the weather is favourable it remains the most effective...
View ArticleDry Cleaner Drone Delivers Clothes to Customers
A freshly laundered shirt, covered in plastic, flaps in the wind as it takes flight from in front of Manayunk Cleaners in Philadelphia. It wasn’t picked up by a breeze, though, rather a...
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Commercial drones could have endless uses under Canada’s laws
Drone – this word usually evokes a picture of a killing machine floating over the landscape, but this isn’t Afghanistan – it’s Milton, Ontario, where geographer Scott McTavish is using his autonomous...
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Horizon Hobby 350 QX, GoPro quadcopter for beginners
Horizon Hobby is an american company with a long tradition of manufacturing RC models of aeroplanes. When copters reached the market and went widespread Horizon Hobby couldn’t stay behind. Soon,...
View ArticleUNLV Getting its Wings With New Area of Study
UNLV (University of Nevada Las Vegas) is looking to the skies for its newest course of study: drones. The university plans to launch a minor degree program in unmanned aerial vehicles sometime next...
View ArticleDrones: Not just for killing anymore
An empty field in Leesburg, Virginia and in the middle of the field a young art school graduate Doug Bennett with his drone. The six propellers on drone started spinning, slowly at first and then much...
View ArticleNASA using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to monitor hurricane power
As a part of an intensive campaign to gain insight into the dynamics of hurricane intensity change in the Atlantic Ocean basin NASA plans to begin flying Global Hawk unmanned aircraft sometime in...
View ArticleNew Aeromapper X5 from Aeromao
The Aeromapper X5 drone, created by Aeromao Inc, is complete ready-to-fly UAV platform ideal for mapping and surveying applications. This drone is particularly suitable for beginners in unmmaned...
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