Drone unit impresses Nottinghamshire police during first six months
The new drone unit of the Nottinghamshire Police in the UK has had an impressive first six months and has helped fight crime and save lives.
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Drones and machine learning to detect dangerous ‘butterfly’ landmines
Machine learning in combination with drones could be used for good to detect dangerous ‘butterfly’ landmines says new research from Binghamton University and State University at New York.
Police use drone to locate missing woman in Orange County
The Police used a drone for good and located a missing woman in Orange County, Calif. Around 11:42 a.m. on Monday, the police responded to a call and called in the help of a drone operator to help find an…
Flash Forest aims to plant 40,000 trees per month with a drone
Drones can do many things faster, more efficiently, and more economically. One of them we now learn is planting trees. The Flash Forest drones can plant up to 40,000 trees per month. Much faster than humans could do. The goal…
Drone with thermal camera locates missing 84-year-old woman
In Nijkerk, The Netherlands, a missing, 84-year-old woman was found in a field with help from a drone outfitted with a thermal camera. Volunteers and two helicopters were used in the Search and Rescue mission, but it took a drone…
Police use drone in search for missing 74-year-old man
UK Police use a drone in their search for the 74-year-old, missing man from Aberdeen, Robin Green. Mr. Green was last seen around 2:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon. #dronesforgood
Drone used to search for possible victims after SUV crash in Ogden Canyon, UT
Last Thursday, a 25-year-old man was rescued from the Ogden River after the SUV he was driving had crashed in Ogden Canyon, UT. The Weber County Search and Rescue team used a DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise with a thermal camera…
Police drone helps to find ‘high-risk’ missing woman
A Police drone helps to locate a ‘high-risk’ missing woman in Derbyshire in the UK. As we have seen in many other examples, the drone pilot was able to find the missing person quickly with the help of the unmanned…
With help from drone firefighters locate stranded kayaker in Fairfield, CT
As darkness set in, the Fairfield Fire Department used a drone to help locate a stranded kayaker in Fairfield, CT. 22-year-old Connor Meaney had fallen off the kayak and was ultimately saved by the Firefighters from the rocks at the…
UK tests drone to deliver medical supplies to hospitals
In the UK, tests are underway with a very large drone, the size of a car, to deliver medical supplies to hospitals to help ease pressure on the country’s health system during the new Coronavirus crisis.
COVID-19: Disinfecting with drones at Chicagoland Park, Illinois
Aerial Influence just posted this video on YouTube that shows how the company is using the DJI Agras MG-1S and the DJI Agras T16 drones to disinfect the Chicagoland Park and kill the Coronavirus. This was merely a test and…
Drones help locate 15-year-old missing girl from Mooresville, NC
Drones were used by the Mooresville Police Department and Mooresville Fire Rescue in the search for a missing 15-year-old girl, who was last seen at the intersection of Montebello and Plantation Ridge Drive. This is the lastest example in which…