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North Carolina, like Texas, is fast becoming one of the nation’s leading drone “hubs.” The Tarheel State is already tied for 4th place on the Mercatus Center’s 2023 scorecard ranking the “readiness” of US states to promote drone commerce. Part of its high ranking is due to a new program office in the Division of... Read More
Drone innovators have been known to look to the insect world for their design inspiration – bees and beetles are two favorite templates – especially when it comes to wing design. Now, a team of Swiss designers are turning to cockroaches for insights into how to design a drone that can better explore tree canopies.... Read More
A number of recent studies point to a sharp increase in the number of extreme bushfires globally. These blazes not only destroy property and cause injuries to humans and wildlife, they also exacerbate climate change. In Australia, carbon dioxide emissions during the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-2020 amounted to nearly 80 percent of that country’s... Read More
Graffiti artists have been using drones for years to spray paint building walls and public infrastructure – especially bridge overpasses – with their colorful artwork, sometimes transforming cityscapes for the better. But now, faced with a rising tide of street graffiti that many angry local residents find vulgar and offensive, some state and city transportation... Read More
Unmanned aerial vehicles are widely known for their controversial role in overseas military conflicts, most notably in Ukraine. Their expanding role in mapping farms and public infrastructure and aiding public safety organizations and emergency responders is also increasingly acknowledged. But there’s another zone of rising drone involvement that’s remained largely invisible: the US-Mexico border. “Small... Read More
Sydney-based Carbonix, founded in 2011, has pioneered the development of a large fixed-wing drone that is fast making its mark on commercial UAV aerial surveillance operations worldwide. The drone, known as the Volanti, figured prominently in Carbonix’s farm mapping and data collection operations in partnership with Aerial Vantage in Michigan last year. The year-long operations,... Read More
Inspection drones are one the fastest growing components of the global UAV industry. In fact, the types of inspection drones vary widely, almost as widely as the kinds of niches in which they’re needed. One basic difference is between indoor and outdoor inspection drones. While outdoor drones typically survey power grids and oil and gas... Read More
You can add Denver, CO to the growing list of US cities where FAA-approved drones can fly on a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) basis to deliver store goods and groceries to local residents. While most of these cities are located in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas – with drone companies like Drone Up,... Read More
Maine, like most of New England, isn’t known as a drone industry hotbed. Like neighboring Vermont and New Hampshire, the state hasn’t moved to pass legislation that would speed the pace of drone commerce. In fact, resistance to drone flying due to privacy concerns, especially in small towns in rural Maine, remains high. But quietly,... Read More
Law enforcement drones are sweeping across America, helping local police catch fleeing criminal suspects and rescuing lost and missing persons. Occasionally, their high-powered video cameras even catch a perpetrator red-handed. It happened last week in Beverly Hills, California, when a BHPD police drone, responding to a house alarm, caught a burglar climbing from the... Read More