Drone Blogs

For thousands of years, bats have been falsely feared. Mayan artwork dating back to 2,000 BC depicts bats as fearsome creatures, harbingers of death. It is easy to see how this misconception started. Bats are nocturnal creatures that live in caves or dark creepy places. They stealthily swoop through the night, and when spooked, a... Read More

Having the best tools available to get a job done can make all the difference. For law enforcement and emergency agencies in the United States, drones have become just that tool to take operations to the next level. When the Federal Aviation Administration designated the Chula Vista Police Department in southern California as a pilot... Read More

Fueled by dry conditions and strong winds, a wildfire broke out in South Africa’s Table Mountain National Park on the morning of Sunday, April 18, 2021. The winds quickly pushed the fire down the mountain and into Cape Town where it engulfed the area in thick smoke. More than 200 emergency workers rushed to help... Read More

Steve Rinard has lived in the Pacific North West his entire life. For the last 13 years, he has been teaching in the math and science department at Ridgefield High School (RHS), a school with around 800 students in Clark County, Washington. He is currently teaching AP Calculus and Algebra and an elective that he... Read More

Biologists have estimated that leopards once roamed wildly over 13.5 million square miles throughout Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. In a study carried out by a consortium of scientists in 2016, that range has been reduced to only 3.3 million square miles. Poaching for the leopard’s unique pelt and habitat loss has led to... Read More

The United States of America Armed Forces has close to 1.3 million Active Duty members. In November of 2014, the Department of Defense published a paper entitled Enabling Collaborative Support to Reintegrate the Military Family that states, “Around 200,000 service members have separated from the Active Duty each year during the previous few years and... Read More

A little over a decade ago, the average American household didn’t think much about drones. In the minds of many, drones were tools used by the military to gain a superior tactical advantage. Around that same time, scientists and researchers were beginning to recognize the possibilities afforded to them with drone technology. There was also... Read More

When Amazon launched its Prime services in 2005 with the benefits of free two day shipping, there was a dramatic shift in how consumers shopped. People could get what they needed rapidly from the comfort of their homes. It wasn’t long until next day delivery became available in certain locations leading to even more people... Read More

Drones being used by the military is not a new concept. The United States Armed Forces began using drones during World War II in 1939. From that time on, drone research and development were primarily for military use. During Desert Storm in the early 1990’s, the United States relied on drones heavily for surveillance. Over... Read More

 According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, an apex predator is “a predator at the top of a food chain that is not preyed upon by any other animal”. For decades, the great white shark has been considered the most fearsome apex predator of the oceans. In actuality, great white sharks come in second after orca... Read More