First International UAV Humanitarian Award to be Awarded at UK Drone Show 2015

Posted on July 9, 2015 by dan

Today, unmanned aerial vehicles are used across a myriad of applications, from filming Hollywood blockbusters to exploring impenetrable geographic locations. However recently, the aerial technology has begun to lend itself to a new purpose – Humanitarianism. Today’s UAVs are faster, safer and cheaper to fly which makes them hugely appealing and effective candidates for humanitarian ventures. This has been highlighted in the recent Nepal earthquake disaster, where volunteer UAV pilots played a huge part in…

Research takes to the skies

Posted on July 9, 2015 by dan

The University of Brighton is using a drone in Western Canada to map a river bed both above and below water level, and then model how sandy rivers respond to human interference and environmental change. The radio-controlled quadcopter gives scientists an aerial view of the river at such a high resolution that is possible to see a 10p coin on the ground. Phil Ashworth, Professor of Physical Geography, is leading the technological development of the…

Custom-built vehicles to drive international UAS research programs

Posted on July 8, 2015 by dan

BN Security & Defence, a specialist solutions integrator, has delivered two custom-built, feature-packed UAS Command and Control (CC) vehicles to the Autonomous Systems Research Group (ASRG) at the University of Southampton. The strategic research group is funded by international agencies to undertake work in autonomous systems, sensing, computing, communications and platforms that provide world class, cost effective capabilities for scientists and business. The two new vehicles will play a central role in the University’s engagement,…

Nasa reveals drone prototype bound for Mars

Posted on July 7, 2015July 8, 2015 by dan

The drone could scour Mars to look for landing sites for a manned mission in the 2020s Nasa will begin testing the craft here on earth at an altitude of 10,000 feet to recreate the conditions faced on the red planet. The drone named the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-m, which is a flying wing aircraft is planned to be ready for launch from at high altitude via a balloon…

Ethan Jackson at Microsoft Research talks about outbreak prevention using drones

Posted on June 18, 2015June 23, 2015 by dan

Drones continue to be used in new research for life preservation, the latest project from Microsoft aims to do just that by using drones to collect data on disease carrying mosquitoes Microsoft Research, working with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health, University of Pittsburgh and St. George’s University, conducted a feasibility study in Grenada to determine the viability of Project Premonition. The research uses autonomous methods such as drone-enabled mosquito traps to attract and collect mosquitoes,…

Drones packing infrared imaging cameras identify wildfires

Posted on June 17, 2015June 23, 2015 by dan

Drones and emerging infrared camera imaging technology could provide a much-needed boost to wildland firefighters in the coming years as they try to spot new fires and keep track of existing ones. Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Jason Curry said Tuesday a national unmanned aircraft system could be in place within the next few years to help with monitoring, measuring and eventually detecting wildfires. “Something real-time that could notify dispatch centers…

GoPro aim to release their own consumer drone before July 2016

Posted on May 28, 2015June 23, 2015 by dan

Gopro founder Nick Woodman has confirmed it will release their ultimate camera accessory CEO and founder of Gopro made the announcement at the Code Conference in California where he confirmed he aims to have a drone ready within the first half of 2016, he also unveiled a new mount which takes a step into capturing virtual reality footage holding multiple cameras. Nick Woodman commented “Quadcopters have a special place for us at GoPro because…

Lily, the water proof drone that tracks you

Posted on May 15, 2015July 9, 2015 by dan

Since extreme sports enthusiasts discovered the wearable camera, a natural aerial photography evolution has risen and continues to innovate Meet Lily! a drone that not only follows you through a wearable tracking device, but is fully water proof and floats, so will be appealling to water sport enthusiasts too! The device follows its user at a safe distance avoiding the risk of accidents and will land safely before the battery runs down, it will also…

3DR Solo – Launch Film

Posted on May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 by dan

EasyJet to deploy drones to aid aircraft safety checks

Posted on May 12, 2015June 23, 2015 by dan

Usually when you hear the two words drone and airplane in the same sentence, its more often than not that the drone gets negative coverage in the media, but one such drone technology is being used to run aircraft safety checks. Usually faults which take human power a day to find is found in a matter of just hours by creating 3D images with millimetre accuracy. the drones are due to be in operation next…

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