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The Ulster Society Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Northern Ireland has been using a quadrocopter to expose the secretive world of Badger baiting. Badgers are a protected species and killing one can lead to a prison sentence. That has not deterred the criminal gangs who dig into setts in
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An enthusiast from Russia has created a replica of Doc Brown’s DeLorean from Back to the Future, fully capable of flight thanks to the included Turnigy 2204-14T motors. The car has been pimped out with plenty of LEDs, with the wheels doubling as propellers. It even has a Mr.
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Police in Queensland, Australia, are testing a hi-tech surveillance UAS that can be used to chase criminals, detect drug crops and find missing people all at a fraction of the cost of a helicopter. A police spokesman confirmed testing was under way but would not give details on what the
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A new method for managing irrigation with UAS may be easier and more effective than anything used by farmers today. It's designed to solve a pressing problem for California orange farmers: getting the coveted "Fancy" quality classification for their fruit. Left at a constant irrigation level,
Training
Robert Fitzgerald, a 22-year Air Force veteran and president of BOSH Global Services is optimistic about the future. The company doesn't build unmanned aircraft, but it provides flight training, classroom instruction, technical support and other services. Headquartered in Newport News, its clients include the US military, the intelligence
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At Jornada Experimental Range in southern New Mexico, ongoing research is aimed at determining the utility of UAS for rangeland mapping and monitoring and developing an operational UAS-based remote sensing programme for ecological applications. USDA scientists Al Rango and Andrea Laliberte are leading a team to conduct ongoing research at
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Seattle police have a new tool in the fight on crime—a small, remote controlled Draganflyer helicopter that gives them a unique viewpoint. The three pound aircraft can carry an array of cameras and send still shots, video and even thermal images to officers on the ground in real-time. "
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Idaho Power Co. fish biologist Phil Groves doesn’t want to see any more of his colleagues injured or killed in helicopter crashes while doing research. So he has embraced technology typically used by the military and hobbyists: unmanned aircraft. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game frequently surveys salmon
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Conservationists have converted a remote-controlled aircraft into a potent tool for conservation. Using seed funding from the National Geographic Society, The Orangutan Conservancy, and the Denver Zoo, Lian Pin Koh, an ecologist at the ETH Zürich, and Serge Wich, a biologist at the University of Zürich and PanEco, have developed
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The “eyes in the sky” scenario outlined by the U.S. Pentagon is now beginning to make its way towards civil government use - a trend that will add significantly to commercial satellite bandwidth requirements over the long term, with UAS dominating the comms-on-the-move (COTM) segment until 2020. As a
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Armed with a remote-controlled helicopter nicknamed the "scientific predator", Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientists are circumnavigating Australia, documenting the tons of litter left or washed up on the nation's beaches and calculating the impact on marine life. Ecologist Dr Denise Hardesty said South
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Gearing up to tackle possible chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) emergencies, premier Indian research organisation DRDO is developing an array of ground-based and unmanned aircraft systems to detect and map contamination zones in all geographical conditions. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing such systems and equipments