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No one says the 100-year old Elephant Butte Reservoir Dam is in any danger. But it is the first Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) dam in America to try out drone technology for some of its safety inspections. “So when there’s new technology out there, we will take our
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Riser (Remote Intelligence Survey Equipment for Radiation) reduces dose to operators and effectively characterises historic facilities to enable decommissioning progress. Background The 1957 fire at Sellafield’s Windscale Pile left radioactive contamination levels too high for decommissioning work to start. Although the intervening years have reduced these levels, remotely operated
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Drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras are being deployed on the French side of the Channel Tunnel to track asylum seekers attempting to cross to the UK. Eurotunnel said the measure had been under consideration since the refugee crisis intensified last year but the deployment today comes amid speculation that
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PatentYogi has unveiled a patent application that might shine some light on the drone’s design. They found a patent published last week, filed by a GoPro employee who works on drones. If this is GoPro’s drone (and that’s a big if), it’s like nothing else on
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DJI has introduced an improved version of its geofencing system in the latest update to the DJI GO app that controls its Phantom and Inspire aerial platforms. The Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) software will help pilots avoid flying drones near airports and other sensitive locations, and automatically update with temporary
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Measure, a commercial operator of drones in the USA, and DJI have announced a partnership to pair UAV technology with operational experience so that commercial enterprise customers can achieve their most demanding business goals. "Our partnership with DJI allows Measure to enhance technical capability and scale business operations across
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Added to the Turkish Armed Forces' inventory in 2014, the Bayraktar TB2 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was put into service with the Turkish National Police. Consisting of three UAVs and ground control units, the first system was delivered in June following tests and approval procedures. The second system
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The Property Drone Consortium (PDC), a collaboration that consists of insurance carriers, roofing industry leaders and supporting enterprises is pleased to announce a new research initiative with Rochester Institute of Technology, a renowned world leader in imaging science. The program will assess the usefulness of various Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
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US Nuclear Corp has announced the Aerial Radiation Detection instruments of the DroneRAD system. In this time of multiple threats to our security: dirty bombs; cyber crime; shooters in public places; homemade bombs; misinformation; etc. we feel extremely vulnerable; perhaps more vulnerable than ever before. With the advent of Drone
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South Korea and Israel have agreed to jointly develop an amphibious drone as part of their cooperation in financing research and development projects, the trade ministry announced. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Israeli Ministry of Economy held a meeting on industrial development in Israel to discuss
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David Johnston, assistant professor of the practice of marine conservation ecology at Duke University, is currently implementing drones to study coastal waterways. "At the Duke Marine Lab, we are working on applications that use drones to study various aspects of the marine environment ranging from coastal erosion to changing
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Solar Impulse 2 has arrived in Europe after 71 hours and 8 minutes of flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Bertrand Piccard has safely landed in Seville, Spain after spending 71 hours and 8 minutes flying across the Atlantic Ocean in a solar airplane, welcomed there by André Borschberg. He took