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Drones for Good

In Australia, a search and rescue crew used a drone that played mom’s voice in an effort to find a missing three-year-old boy. However, it...

Haye KestelooSep 21

Data Security

Australian government concluded it is comfortable with data security of DJI drones after having conducted its own cyber vulnerability review.

Haye KestelooSep 19

Amazon

How Reuters, one of the world’s leading news agencies uses drones to bring you real-world news in real-time and go where journalists can’t.

Haye KestelooSep 19

Wildlife

Dr. Debbie Saunders uses wildlife tracking drone to track endangered animals, such as Pangolins, swift parrots, honeyeaters, koalas...

Haye KestelooSep 8

DJI Matrice 300

A DJI Matrice 300 outfitted with a LiDAR system flies autonomously underground in two Aussie mines for the first time ever.

Haye KestelooAug 19

Contraband

In New South Wales, Australia prison officials allegedly thwarted a drone drug drop at Cessnock jail. The contraband has an estimated value

Haye KestelooJul 28

Australia

A drone captures a pod of killer whales attacking a humpback whale mother and her calf of the coast of Ningaloo in Western Australia.

Haye KestelooJul 27

Australia

Lifeguards with drones keep beachgoers (and sharks) safe in New South Wales, Australia. The NSW government started the drone initiative...

Haye KestelooJul 22

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