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,…

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…

German designer creates Apple drone concept

Posted on April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 by dan

A German graphic designer Eric Huismann has designed a drone concept which has been widely named as the idrone by online media As many reports suggest we can confirm this is not a concept linked directly to Apple but in fact is the creative work of German graphic designer Eric Huismann, It is suspected Apple will release a drone at some point in the future but at the moment the concept design by huismann gives…

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