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Drones Inspect Bridges and Map Traffic Crashes --To Save Lives, Time And Money, States Say

3/31/2018

 
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In Forbes, Tanya Mohn touches on the benefits of drone innovation in highway and transportation settings. "​The March 2018 survey found that of the 44 state DOTs that responded, 20 said they currently incorporate drones, or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), into their daily operations to gather photos and videos of highway construction projects. In addition to photography, 14 states also reported using them for surveying, 12 for public education and outreach, 10 for bridge inspections, eight for emergency response, six for pavement inspections, five for scientific research, two for daily traffic control and monitoring and one to conduct high-mast light pole inspections."


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FAA Issues Fact Sheet for Drone Pilots

3/31/2018

 
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General Aviation News reports on new rules issued by the Federal Aviation Administration regarding small unmanned aircraft operations. "When you are at the controls of a drone, always avoid manned aircraft and never operate in a careless or reckless manner. You must keep your drone within sight. Alternatively, if you use First Person View or similar technology, you must have a visual observer who always keeps your aircraft within unaided sight (for example, no binoculars). Neither you nor a visual observer can be responsible for more than one unmanned aircraft operation at a time."


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First Responders Used Drone to Save Man's Life for First Time in Ozarks History

3/30/2018

 
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The Drive reports on the use of a drone to save a man's life in the Ozark Mountains. "According to KSPR, the drone was in the air and collecting vital data within seven minutes, letting the first responders know just how much manpower they’d need, or how time-sensitive the situation actually was. 'It speeds the recovery process probably ten times over because you know if there are resources that you don’t have at the scene you can call those resources in,' said Baird. Like many of us, Baird’s experience with quadcopters began as a hobby, but quickly became a tool."


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Commercial Drone Use Just Got Easier

3/30/2018

 
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ConstructionEquipment.com reports that the FAA is testing automatic approvals for low altitude UAS operations at air traffic facilities covering 500 airports. "If your company uses drones to view, map or monitor construction projects, getting approval to operate your commercial drones in controlled airspace is about to become easier and safer. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced it is expanding tests of an automated system that will ultimately provide near real-time processing of airspace authorization requests for unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators nationwide. Under the FAA’s Part 107 small drone rule, pilots or operators planning to fly in controlled airspace under 400 ft. must receive an airspace authorization from the FAA. Until recently, this involved a 19-step manual application process."


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In Ivory Coast, Drone Academy Offers Youth the Chance to Soar

3/27/2018

 
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The Star reports on a new drone academy that is being utilized to inspect infrastructure and reduce costs in the Ivory Coast. The training is being offered at a new "drone academy" which has been set up by the Ivorian Electricity Company (CIE) in order to revolutionise the inspection of its infrastructure and ultimately to reduce costs. Although common in Europe, the use of drones is still in its infancy in West Africa although the commercial market for unmanned aircraft is expanding. The aim is for CIE – which is majority-owned by France's Eranove Group, a key provider of water and electricity in West Africa – to train around 20 local pilots to inspect its high-voltage lines which criss-cross the country, stretching more than 25,000km (15,500 miles). 


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Caribou Drone Study Finds 'Enormous Variation' Within Herd

3/26/2018

 
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Phys.org reports on the first paper to use drones to record the movement of animals within groups. "Andrew Berdahl of the Santa Fe Institute, his long-time collaborator Colin Torney of the University of Glasgow, and their co-authors used drones to collect overhead footage of caribou migrating to and from mainland Canada and Victoria Island. Then they extracted trajectories of each individual caribou and used those trajectories to quantify how social influence impacts fine-scale movement patterns within the herd. 'New technologies, like the drones and computer vision we used in our study, are really exciting because they give us the ability to collect movement data on every single individual in a group simultaneously,' says Berdahl. 'That means we can now unravel the important role that social interactions play in guiding migratory movements.'"


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Watch a Giant Industrial Drone De-ice a Huge Wind Turbine

3/26/2018

 
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The Verge provides footage of a drone clearing ice off of a wind turbine. "We’re still riding a wave of drone innovation as companies dream up new ways to put this cheap flight technology to use. But here’s an application you’ve probably never seen before: using a giant tethered drone to de-ice a wind turbine. The drone itself is built by Latvian firm Aerones, which specializes in heavy-duty UAVs. These powerful craft have up to 36 propellors and can lift as much as 100 kilograms. Aerones has been making them for years and says they have a range of potential uses, including help in rescue scenarios, firefighting in high-rise buildings, delivery, and industrial cleaning."


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Southwest Research Institute-led team developing UAS to use in Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

3/22/2018

 
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AUVSI reports on the use of UAS to examine damaged units at a Fukushima nuclear power plant. "Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is leading a team that is developing UAS technology to fly into the containment vessels of the damaged units at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and assess conditions. SwRI was contracted by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated (TEPCO Holdings) to explore the use of UAS within the containment. SwRI engineers are working with the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Engineering and Applied Science, to help 'adapt small drones to autonomously operate within the containment.'"


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