UAV-g 2013 is a follow up conference of the very successful UAV-g 2011 at ETH Zurich. The conference is organised with the focus on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics (UAV-g). Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
Australian Animal Rights Group HexaCopter Controls Free Range Farms
Animal Liberation activists in Australia have dramatically stepped up their campaign against intensive livestock production, with their first official investigation using a hexacopter to capture aerial footage. Continue reading
Crowdfunding Sought for Open Source Programmable Flying Robot
A new Kickstarter campaign has been launched to create a programmable flying robot called Spiri. Spiri is a versatile, airborne Linux device with sensors, cameras, wifi, cloud support, development tools and more. Continue reading
Air National Guard Predator Helps Fight California Wildfire
As crews advanced against a giant wildfire around Yosemite National Park, fire commanders said they would maintain use of a Predator UAS to give them early views of any new flare-ups across in the remote and rugged landscape. Continue reading
Quadcopters in the Construction Industry
The talk of construction lately has been devices, which includes tablets, smartphones, and more. Now, there is another device flying—yes, flying—onto many construction jobsites, giving construction companies the opportunity to provide the owner with progress shots of the job – enter the ‘quadcopter.’ Continue reading
New York Viewed by Phantom/GoPro Hero
A video recently added to Vimeo by New York City-filmmaker Nicolas Doldinger is guaranteed to make film geeks squirm with anxiety until they can get their hands on the Phantom quadcopter used to film the thing. Continue reading
Colorado Firms Develop UAS Weed Control Service for Agriculture
Two Boulder businesses are hoping to bring pioneering UAS technology to the age-old business of farming – if only federal regulators will let them out of the barn. Continue reading
Quad Copter Summer Camp at UT Dallas University
More than two dozen high school students learned how to fly right as technology entrepreneurs during a four-week summer camp at The University of Texas at Dallas. Continue reading