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.
Wyckoff Police use drones for good with Birthday Drive-By program
This is a really nice story. The Wyckoff Police in New Jersey, use drones for good with their highly successful Birthday Drive-By program. Based on the number of videos they have shared on Facebook, it seems that they just recently…
Zipline is ready to deploy medical drone deliveries to fight COVID-19
Here’s another great article about ZIpline and the fact that this drone company is ready to deploy medical drone deliveries to fight COVID-19 across the United States. It makes you wonder if the FAA will be able to keep up…
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…
Police drone helps to find missing 12-year old boy in England
A police drone helps to find a missing 12-year old boy, who had disappeared overnight. Police officers had started their search after he was reported missing just after 8 p.m. in Nottinghamshire on Saturday, April 4th. This story is our…
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.
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…
Dog found safe by drone team after missing for six days in Swiss Alps
Last week, a dog that had been missing for 6 days was found by a drone team on a steep cliff in the Swiss Alps, near Levron / Val de Bagnes. The drone that was outfitted with a thermal camera…
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…
DJI commits 100 drones to US Disaster Relief Program to fight COVID-19
DJI’s Senior Director of Public Safety Integration, Romeo Durscher writes in a post that the Chinese drone maker has already committed 100 drones to 40 police, fire and public safety organizations in 21 states as part of the US Disaster…
Drone with thermal camera locates missing 73-year-old man in NJ woods
A drone with a thermal camera locates a missing 73-year-old man suffering from hypothermia in New Jersey woods. The man Califon man who went missing from his home Sunday night was found following a police search that included an unmanned…
Welcome to DroneXL – We cover all that is new in the drone industry!
Hello, and welcome to DroneXL! After two and a half years and publishing more than 2,500 articles on DroneDJ, it was time for something new. So, here we are with a brand new website. What can you expect from DroneXL?…