Drones for Good

Conservation, medical delivery, disaster response — the missions where drones save the day.

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Firefighters

Firefighters used a thermal drone to help them fight a fire in a Lauderhill home on Wednesday afternoon. The thermal imaging capabilities...

Haye KestelooFeb 12

Zipline

The drone delivery company Zipline has partnered with the Nigerian state Kaduna to deliver COVID-19 vaccines by fixed-wing drone.

Haye KestelooFeb 3

Drones for Good

In Alexander County, NC, officers used a police drone with a thermal camera to find a 78-year-old man who had gone missing on Wednesday...

Haye KestelooJan 29

Wingcopter

In a series-A funding round, the German drone start-up Wingcopter raised $22M to expand its operations to the US market and to develop the...

Haye KestelooJan 26

New Zealand

A drone is used to help find a lost kayaker who went missing overnight off Wellington’s southern coast in New Zealand. Strong winds have

Haye KestelooJan 18

Drones for Good

A drone is used in the search of missing Russian-American climber Alex Goldfarb on a trekking peak (Pastori Peak 6,209m) near K2.

Haye KestelooJan 18

Drones for Good

A 19-year-old student from the Indian province of Kerala saved the lives of four sea fishermen whose trawlers had capsized with his drone.

Wiebe de JagerJan 11

Police

Soon, the city of Woodbury, MN will be presenting its plans during a City Council meeting to purchase a DJI M300 RTK as a police drone.

Haye KestelooJan 8

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