Drone Blogs

In 2016, Jeri L. Williams was appointed Police Chief of the Phoenix Police Department (PPD), serving more than 1 million residents over 516square miles. Under her leadership, the department has focused on a data-driven principle of policing. As explained by 25 year PPD veteran Assistant Chief Steve Martos, a data-driven police department uses technology gathered... Read More

With approximately 486,451 deaths due to COVID, India has by far been hit the hardest by the pandemic. There isn’t a solitary reason why India has been so greatly impacted by COVID. It is a combination of overcrowding, underfunding, understaffing, miscommunication, political unrest, environmental hazards, and inaccessibility to medical supplies. Eventually, with help from world... Read More

In 1884, English theologian Edwin Abbott wrote the satirical short story Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. The story has a dual subtext that questions Victorian societies and hierarchies as well as the idea of thinking about multiple dimensions. Though it was not widely popular during Edwin’s life, the idea of multiple dimensions he presented... Read More

With its headquarters in Tempe, Arizona, Salt River Project (SRP) is one of the primary power and water suppliers for the metropolitan Phoenix region. In 2016, SRP recognized that drones could go a long way in the maintenance of utility assets and began researching the best way to implement a drone program. After figuring out... Read More

In the last decade drone technology has progressed beyond what many believed possible. To keep up with the growing need for drone regulations and development, the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 was enacted, authorizing the FAA to establish sanctioned UAS test sites. The goal of these testing sites was to push drone capabilities... Read More

In the United States, the commercial drone market brought in more than $20 billion in 2020. Enterprises like agriculture, utilities, research, logistic, and real estate were all large supporters of the growing industry. However, military branches continue to represent the US’s largest contributor to the drone market. One of the US military’s primary drone suppliers... Read More

The African Serengeti in Northern Tanzania is a prime example of an ecosystem that has not been altered by humans. Covering about 12,000 sq miles, the protected Serengeti has remained an ecologically intact ecosystem for more than 500 years. Not long ago, with the help of satellite imagery and drones, another ecologically intact ecosystem was... Read More

Solar power is an infinitely renewable source of energy. If private homes and buildings around the world all switched to solar power sources, there would be a dramatic decrease in fossil fuel emissions. In 2007, Lynn Jurich and Edward Fenster founded Sunrun, a solar panel provider, out of the San Francisco Bay Area to take... Read More

Andreas Claesson of Norway earned his Ph.D. through the Centre for Resuscitation Science at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Working as a paramedic in western Sweeden, Andreas continued his relationship with the Karolinska Institute where he conducts research and holds lectures on innovative technology that can be used to improve patient resuscitation results. As a... Read More

As one of the fastest growing industries, it comes as no surprise that drones were a top purchase for the 2021 holiday season, especially in the wake of COVID19. One of the many things the world learned during the pandemic is that drones are amazing tools that can keep us entertained and connected, provide job... Read More