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World’s first documented drone delivery of insulin happened in Ireland
The international medical team that accomplished the world’s first documented drone delivery of insulin for a patient living in a remote community described the project in an ENDO 2020 abstract that will be published in the Journal of the Endocrine…
Mysterious drone tells New Yorkers to keep social distance. FAA starts investigation.
Here’s an interesting story. A mysterious drone tells New Yorkers to keep a social distance, but it is not an official NYPD drone. No, this is a drone from the ‘Anti-COVID-19 volunteer drone task force’, which seems to be a…
Search and Rescue drone finds stranded hikers in the dark
A Search and Rescue drone was used to find stranded hikers in the dark in Weber Country, Utah. The pair had wondered off-trail by accident and became stranded on steep cliff last Friday. When they realized that it had become…
DJI Matrice 210 checks body temperature at hospital in Javits Center
Today, we learn that a DJI Matrice 210 with a Zenmuse XT2 Dual thermal camera is being used at the entrance of the makeshift hospital in the Javits Convention Center in New York City.
Drone video shows what lunch time for dolphins looks like in Tampa, Florida
Pretty amazing footage in this drone video, that shows what seems to be lunchtime for the dolphins in Tampa and St. Pete area beaches in Florida. The footage was shared by See Through Canoe on Youtube.
Hiker lost in Alaskan woods is found with help of a drone
In our second story of today about drones for good, we turn to Alaska. Police in Anchorage used a drone with a thermal camera to quickly find a hiker who had gotten lost in the dense woods. Update: it was…
Viral drone date video on TikTok may not be so romantically spontaneous after all
Remember that TikTok video that went viral last week in which the twenty-year-old freelance photographer Jeremy Cohen shows how he lands a date with a ‘quarantined cutie’ by sending his drone over with his phone number attached? Well, it turns…
Calvert County Sheriff’s Office puts DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise drones to fight Coronavirus
In Maryland, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office puts DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise drones to use during the Coronavirus outbreak. Calvert County Sheriff’s office is not new to the use of drones. Their drone program is not even one year old,…
Irish drone startup Manna Aero delivers medicines to self-isolated people during Coronavirus crisis
Earlier today, we posted this story about Zipline planning to make deliveries by drone in the United States to help fight the Coronavirus crisis. Now, we learn that an Irish startup called Manna Aero is planning to provide similar services…
To fight Coronavirus Zipline brings medical delivery drones to the U.S.
To help fight the rapidly spreading Coronavirus, Zipline will bring its medical drones to the U.S. Until now, the company has been most active in a number of African countries, most notably in Rwanda where it has successfully completed over…
Drone Racing League and FanDuel announce Fantasy Sports Partnership
Today the Drone Racing League and FanDuel announce their Fantasy Sports Partnership for a player-to-pilot esports tournament. Drone racing pilots from 75 countries around the world entered the 2020 DRL SIM Tryouts, which live-streams tonight at 9 pm EST on…
Drone videos show deserted streets around the world because of Coronavirus
These drone videos show almost completely deserted streets in major cities around the world. The empty streets are the result of measures to slow down the rapidly spreading Coronavirus and to ‘flatten the curve‘. The aerial footage is shared on…