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NYS Thruway Authority Announces Pilot Program for Drone Highway Bridge Inspections

The New York State Thruway Authority  announced it will launch a pilot program using drones in partnership with New York based nonprofit NUAIR. The initiative, which is at no cost to the Authority, has the potential to increase efficiency and improve safety while lowering costs for inspections of bridges, culverts, and pavement, along with mapping, surveying and countless other uses. Continue reading →

Drones and Facial Recognition Tech to help save Australia’s koalas

In Adelaide, South Australia, a Flinders University College of Science and Engineering research project with conservation charity Koala Life and the State Government is developing non-invasive koala monitoring techniques with drones and a special facial recognition software program to count, identify and re-identify koalas in wild populations. Continue reading →

Seedcopter Tech Launched in India

Tollywood actor Rana Daggubati flies a drone after inaugurating the Seedcopter initiative by Marut Drones, at KBR National Park in Hyderabad

In a bid to further intensify green cover in the State, the Seedcopter initiative by Marut Drones in collaboration with the Forest Department and ITES of Telangana, began on Friday last week. It was inaugurated by actor Rana Daggubati and Chief Conservator of Forests, IFS MJ Akbar, at KBR National Park. Continue reading →