Drone Blogs

On an average day, there could be over 100,000 manned aircraft flying across the United States. Organizing these flights is a massive undertaking for air traffic controllers, but they have one major factor helping ensure the safety of these flights. All of these aircraft have at least one pilot on board communicating with traffic controllers... Read More

In 2009, Dave Sanders read an article about the emerging drone industry, one that was predicted to be a $25 billlion industry by the year 2020. With a background in software engineering and efficiency technologies, Dave began toying with the idea of getting into the drone market. That is when he called Dale King, who... Read More

Atlanta is not only the capital of Georgia, it is also the state’s most populous city with a population of more than 6 million. The city that sprawls over 134 sq miles is broken up into 242 neighborhoods that fit into 3 urban business districts, Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead. On the northside of Atlanta, Buckhead... Read More

 In the simplest of terms, engineering is the art of creating a device to solve a problem. The device could be a structure like a bridge to get people from one place to another or a car to drive across that bridge. Nothing about the design of a bridge or a car is simple... Read More

The Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were not the only competitors facing off at the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 7, 2021. Verizon and T-Mobile went head to head with humorous commercials pumping up a promise of better connectivity through a 5G network. Verizon’s commercial promised connections that would keep gamers playing... Read More

Powering the world is a massive undertaking. As energy supply companies look towards ways to sustainably source power, new technologies have become the backbone of progress. In 2016, Italian based Saipem branched off from its parent company Eni and is now one of the largest oilfield service companies in the world. Saipem provides the technical... Read More

Stretching more than 3,000 miles from British Columbia in Canada down to New New Mexico in the US, the Rocky Mountains are the largest North American mountain range. The majority of the range’s highest peaks can be found in Colorado, followed by Wyoming, New Mexico, Montana, and Utah. Much of the Rockies are called backcountry... Read More

As global human populations rise, many animal species begin to decline due to habitat competition. Farmland birds have become particularly threatened as intensive agriculture practices are implemented to meet the demands of human consumption. According to studies conducted by the European Commission, Europe has seen a 4% decline in common birds over the last decade.... Read More

Even though Mike Jech was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, (as far from any large bodies of water as possible), ever since he was a child, he had dreamed of working on the water. As a sophomore zoology student at Kearney State College in Nebraska, Mike had an opportunity to spend 12 weeks with... Read More

 Since 1988, IROS (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) has been one of the most highly respected annual academic technology conferences. With more than 400,000 members from 160 different countries, the IROS Conference Paper Review Board can receive up to 2,000 submissions for review each year. In 2019, engineers from Caltech and NASA’s... Read More