Drones for Good
Drones For Good: Discover inspiring stories of drones making a positive impact worldwide. Explore how drones are used for humanitarian aid, conservation, and more.
Sterile mosquitoes deployed by drone to stop spread of insect-borne illnesses
Sterile male mosquitos will be deployed by drone to help stop the spread of insect-born illnesses such as malaria. As the male mosquitos will not produce any offspring, this proof of concept experiment if successful could save thousands of lives…
Drone used in search for missing boater in Delaware waterway
A drone helps in the search for a missing boater in the Delaware waterway. On Tuesday morning the search resumed for a 45-year-old missing man from an overturned boat in a Delaware waterway.
Search and Rescue and drone team locate person who was missing for eight days
The Spotsylvania Search and Rescue team and the drone team located a person who was missing for eight days with help from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the Spotsylvania Fire Rescue & Emergency Management. #dronesforgood
Drone aids in San Joaquin River rescue of father and daughter after their canoe capsizes
A drone from the Antioch Police Department aids in San Joaquin River rescue of a father and daughter after their canoe capsized and sinks in the middle of the river. #dronesforgood
DHS wants to know what you think about using drones during emergencies
On Tuesday the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a notice on the Federal Register about a survey to get a better idea of citizens’ knowledge and feelings of government agencies using drones during emergencies.
Overdue hikers located by drone on Four Pass Loop attempt
The two hikers were one day overdue during an early-season attempt of the Four Pass Loop in Colorado. The duo was located by a drone from the Mountain Rescue Aspen team near Crater Lake on Wednesday.
Parrot Anafi Thermal SE outdoor tactical drone shows in new photos
This week new photos appeared online that show the Parrot Anafi Thermal SE outdoor tactical drone in greater detail and also side-by-side to its smaller brother the Parrot ANAFI. As we said before, this seems to be the perfect search…
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.
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…