Drone Blogs

It has been 47 years since NASA last led a mission to the moon.  The Apollo 17 mission lasted for 12 days in December of 1972.  NASA is projecting that their next lunar mission will be ready come 2024.  As part of their preparations for this mission the researchers at NASA are teaming up with... Read More

Winter is coming, and along with its heaps of heavy snow.  Experts are already warning people to expect unusually strong snow storms this year.  While looking out a window at freshly fallen snow may be lovely and serene, it becomes a whole new story when you have to get out of your house.  Having to... Read More

Some may argue that with the continued advancement of drones in the workplace, human jobs are being lost.  However that is far from the case.  Many of the jobs that drones are being used for are ones that are too dangerous for humans to do.  These drones are filling the gaps in the workforce, not... Read More

Armed with a passion for adventure and history, underwater explorers Tim Taylor and Christine Dennison have set out to solve the mysteries of lost US submarines.   Tim, the CEO and founder of Tiburon Subsea, has over 30 years of experience leading underwater expeditions.  Christine is the founder of Mad Dog Expeditions and is known... Read More

It seems as if LiDAR technologies are having a huge moment right now.  LiDAR is being used in everything from self driving cars to autonomous drones.   LiDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging and it is a system of sending out pulses of light to create measurements.  The system measures how long it takes... Read More

It’s hard to believe that a creature about the size of your pinky nail, a mosquito, is the most deadly creature in the world.  The World Health Organization announced that nearly 7250,000 people a year die from diseases carried by mosquitoes.  Of these diseases, every year 200 million people get malaria leading to the deaths... Read More

After the Great Northeastern Blackout in 1965 that left 30 million North Americans without power for 13 hours, we realized just how dependent we had become on our electrical grid.  In response to this, Congress held hearings in the early 70’s to address the lack of research the nation was putting into the power industries. ... Read More

In 1990, an archeologist discovered ancient artifacts on Raleigh Island on Florida’s Northern Gulf Coast.  Then in 2010, further exploration of the island revealed an ancient settlement dating from 900 to 1200 CE.  But it wasn’t until recently that archeologists were able to uncover the full scope of this long lost settlement.  Professor Ken Sassaman... Read More

In 2016, the US Navy established the iLab at the Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific.  Lt. Cmdr. Chris Keithley who is the iLab’s military advisor said, “We believe that [for] many of problems that Sailors are experiencing right now, there are solutions.  Unfortunately, they’re nascent inside of the Sailors’ heads, and getting to the point of actually... Read More

On March 19, 2018 Sudan, a northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya.  Sudan was the last known male northern white rhinoceros in the world.  Currently there are only two females of the species known to be alive, both of whom are in captivity.  The southern white rhinos are faring much better and as of now... Read More