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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…
Drone video shows revelers dancing away in ‘isolation disco’
Hundreds of revelers in Newcastle in the UK were dancing away in an ‘isolation disco’ during the coronavirus lockdown. The incredible sight was captured by a drone and shown in the video below.
Increased pressure on FAA to relax drone regulations in fight against coronavirus
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, we have seen the use of drones expand quite dramatically in a number of countries. For instance in China, Spain, and France local police are using unmanned aircraft to communicate to the public to…
Draganfly’s ‘pandemic drone’ can remotely detect people with a fever
Draganfly, an award-winning, industry-leading manufacturer within the commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“UAV”), Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (“RPAS”), and unmanned vehicle sector, today announced that it has been selected as the exclusive global systems integrator for a project (the “Vital Intelligence…
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,…
Pix4D releases a whole new suite of photogrammetry tools
This week, Pix4D released a whole new suite of photogrammetry tools that will address the “modern-day professional challenges”. The four new applications, Pix4Dsurvey, Pix4Dmatic, Pix4Dinspect, and Pix4Dscan, have been developed in close collaboration with customers and partners and the company…
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 teamed up with Moment and Andy To for the ‘Learn It to Earn It’ Giveaway
DJI teamed up with Moment and Andy To for this ‘Learn It to Earn It Giveaway’. A total of $2,500 in gear will be given away. The winner will be announced on April 7th, 2020. Here’s what DJI announced: Moment…
Launch DJI Mavic almost certainly delayed because of Coronavirus
Not too long ago, when I was still working for another news outlet, we reported on the first leaked photos of what appears to be the successor of the DJI Mavic Air, the DJI Mavic. This drone has been rumored…