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Drones are impacting a growing number of industrial sectors, but none more important than large-scale farming. One recent study estimates that 80% of all drones in operation in the United States will soon be devoted to agriculture. Drones are typically considered useful for tasks such as land mapping and crop maintenance, including fertilizer spraying and... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Drones allow businesses to speed their operations and cut their costs all the while enhancing workplace safety. After a decade of successful deployment, it’s hard to argue with the commercial advantages of properly registered and skillfully deployed drones. But with so many drones now in operation, the need to reign in drone excesses is growing,... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Are passenger drones really the wave of the future? Talk of having such vehicles fully operational by 2020 and more recently, by 2026, has been circulating for years. But the idea hasn’t really caught on. A survey taken in 2017 found that most Americans hadn’t even heard of passenger drones. Even worse, just 4% said... Read More
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Drones are entering every industrial sector imaginable, so why not the arts? In fact, drones made their first splash – literally – in the art world as far back as 2015, when a street muralist known as “Katsu” piloted a drone into New York’s Hole Gallery to spray paint one of its walls. Two... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:If you’re looking for a shiny example of a burgeoning national drone industry, you might be tempted to overlook Australia’s. True, it’s not one of the world’s largest – not yet, at least. And it doesn’t have a single-minded focus on technology innovation as South Korea does or a relentless pursuit of supremacy in the... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Leaked videos have suggested for weeks that DJI plans to launch a new indoor drone – dubbed the “Avata” – sometime this summer. We now have a confirmed launch date, Thursday, August 25. The news is creating considerable buzz among drone industry enthusiasts. What’s all the fuss about? For one thing, it’s DJI’s first foray... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Aerodynamics experts have tested modern aircraft in wind “tunnels” for years. But unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are subsonic propeller-driven vehicles with navigational systems and functions that differ from conventional aircraft. Wind tunnel testing of drones therefore requires substantial adaptation. One obvious adaptation is the tunnel’s size, which is generally much smaller for drones. But UAV... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:The manned aircraft industry is notoriously male dominated. Even today, despite a steady diversity push, few women have risen the ranks to become commercial airline pilots. Plenty of men prefer it that way, of course. But something new is happening in the drone industry: Large numbers of women, on their own initiative, are stepping forward... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations prohibit the flying of drones near commercial airports or above an altitude of 400 feet. But apparently, drone operators near Chicago’s O’Hare Airport – one of the nation’s busiest – never got the memo. In recent months, commercial airline pilots landing and taking off at O’Hare have complained to the... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Could drones become an important educational tool in the nation’s classrooms? Some school administrators and teachers think so. A growing number are allowing their students to experiment with drones in the hopes of spurring greater interest in the science and technology fields. Some schools are even preparing students to become drone pilots or to train... Read More
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